Merry Christmas!

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Henry John Yeend King (1855 - 1924) was a British painter. He mostly captured images of rustic genre scenes set in an idealized past. 

The title of this painting is taken from the first line of the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore, but it doesn’t illustrate the poem. It shows a small choir of little boys singing carols in front of a large house. There are lights in the windows, and you can see the silhouettes of two figures standing in the doorway and listening to the music.

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