The 20 Most Important Christmas-Themed Art Pieces of All Time It's the most visual time of the year! Jennifer Wood. December 25, 2013. Share. Complex Original. Image via Complex Original.

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Christmas is a creature of the 19th century, so the advent of the Civil War found Americans in the throes of Victorian sentimental enthusiasm for Father Christmas, gift-giving, and candlelit trees.