Judge — December 6, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# A Christmas Son-Rise This sketch by Angus MacDonall depicts a domestic Christmas morning scene. A woman in a nightgown stands beside a bed where a man lies stretched out with arms extended, appearing to wake or rouse himself. A small child stands nearby watching the scene unfold. The title "A Christmas Son-Rise" is a pun playing on "sunrise" versus "son-rise"—the appearance or rising of a son (child) at Christmas morning. The satire likely mocks the disruption Christmas mornings bring to household peace, with the child's early awakening rousing the father from sleep in an exaggerated, theatrical manner. The humor targets the domestic chaos of holiday family life rather than political content.