This Christmas is a bit bananas.

My favourite Yorkshire seaside town Filey_UK nailed it with this lobster pot Xmas tree; about as festive as it gets!

Have yourself a merry murder Christmas!

Tag yourselves for this Christmas; I’m Blazing Death Torch.

GOTHIC ADVENT If you haven't got all your gifts yet this beauty is still for sale in the gallery in Todmorden #GothicAdvent I might have to purchase it for the Open Graves & Minds headquarters!

An amazing pair of homemade vintage Krampus gloves, which were used for over 70 years at an annual Krampus Festival in a small town in Austria. ⁣ Made from goat hair, antlers, and the bitter regrets of naughty children. ⁣

A Little Christmas Dream (1868) ☃️ 🌨 Punch Magazine satirises the idea that natural history ought to replace children’s fairytales like Cinderella - the poor boy pictured hasn’t had a decent night’s rest since learning of the 🐊🦕 “peaceful Fauna of the Preadamite World”. 🦣🦖

Santa's Secret Super Powers

Christmas Eve, a visit from Father Christmas #KateGreenaway #ChristmasEve

Christmas, snow, orphan, grave... this has it all! Festive greetings from @Museum101. 💀☃️

Christmas c. 1982

Merry Christmas from Magnum. In the spirit of the holiday, we have gathered some archival images of Santa Claus, as captured by our photographers. © Martin @parrstudio Susan Meiselas, Trent Parke, @PeterMarlow_FDN/Magnum Photos

Happy Christmas!

For MuseumBums.Bsky.Social who were wrongly locked out of twitter for an art bum as their bio pic, we have a male nude (he's posed as a sculptor) by Ford Madox Brown, 1847. With a great art bum we're sure you'll agree! Do give MuseumBums.Bsky.Social a follow if you don't already! 🍑

get in the soup GET IN THE FUCKING SOUP

One more day until the official launch of my new walking tour. #Birmingham #Tour #History #Westside #Broadstreet #Plauge #Fiveways #Gothic #Walkingtour #walking #icc

The Wedding of St George... no one looks like they're looking forward to the main course at the reception! One of the designs for the St George and the Dragon stained glass windows by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1861-62.

#RichardDadd’s ‘Puck’ depicts this literary character as a child, with a devilish smile, perched on a toadstool. Don't you think the artist has captured the mood of the play and Puck’s personality perfectly in this painting? ‘Puck’ is currently on display at the Tate Britain. 🧚