Santa Coming Down the Chimney

Wonderfully vintage and Victorian drawing of St. Nicholas coming down the chimney from the beloved children’s story Twas the Night Before Christmas.

The illustrator of this vintage Christmas image was not identified. It was used to illustrate Clement C. Moore’s (1779-1863) famous poem Night Before Christmas published circa 1870.

Santa Coming Down the Chimney

This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.