“The Elfin Knight”
Pencils (oil, pastel, and regular) and drybrush
2024 
   Unedifyingly orthodox Anglican that I am, I participate in all the obligatory Christmas rituals/festivities/parties, etcetera.
That said?….I have, for decades, admired/envied my quite consciously pagan friends, for whom the entire season takes on a different meaning/import (and, yes, I’m talking at you, Miss Janet Kersey…out there on the coast of Cornwall).
In many ways, the pagan celebrations are, indeed, a great deal more purely joyful. Or maybe it’s just the people. In any case, here’s a fine, jolly song (“The Elfin Knight”) for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUCbKYKkDis…