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Title: Wenceslas Variations 1. Good King Wenceslas: King bestows gifts on peasant. 2. Bad things Wenceslas: King steals gifts from peasant. 3. Indifferent King Wenceslas: No gifts 4. Two Kings Wenceslas: Kings exchange gifts. 5. No King Wenceslas: Gifts divided between peasants. 6. Philosopher King Wenceslas: King and Peasant discuss gift-giving. 7. Quantum King Wenceslas: Gifts given and simultaneously not given. 8. Apex Predator King Wenceslas: King devours gifts and peasant.ALT

A King Wenceslas cartoon for New Scientist a few years ago.

Or, if you’d like a more literary Wenceslas:

Image: A moonlit night, snow lays round a castle, deep and crisp and even. A poor man is out gathering winter fuel. Caption: Unfortunately for the peasant, King Wenceslas spent the whole feast of Stephen utterly gripped by the Jack Reacher book that the Queen had given him as a christmas peresent.ALT