A quiet Christmas moment filled with mystery, stillness, and the memory of an unexpected kiss. Walter de la Mare’s Mistletoe captures the strange enchantment of a house after the celebration has ended, when candlelight, shadows, and mistletoe make the familiar seem almost otherworldly.
⭐️ Museum-quality giclée print created with archival pigment inks for rich color and lasting detail
⭐️ Printed on premium archival paper for a refined, substantial finish
⭐️ Sizes available: 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 24x30, and 24x36
⭐️ Display options: Unframed, Black Frame, or Hanging Canvas
⭐️ Materials: Archival paper and archival pigment inks
⭐️ Carefully packaged to protect your artwork during shipping
⭐️ Warm ivory, candlelit gold, evergreen, and deep crimson create a romantic, old-world Christmas palette
De la Mare’s poem finds its magic not in the bustle of Christmas festivities, but in what remains afterward. The dancers have gone, a final candle burns low, and the speaker sits alone beneath the mistletoe—until an unseen presence leaves behind a single mysterious kiss.
The artwork reflects that dreamlike atmosphere with an empty wooden chair, flickering candle, darkened window, trailing crimson ribbon, and mistletoe suspended overhead. Its loose, painterly treatment gives the scene the feeling of an illustration from an old volume of Christmas poetry, balancing romance with just enough mystery to capture de la Mare’s distinctive imagination.
Display it in a living room, bedroom, entryway, or reading corner throughout the Christmas season. Alongside other classic Christmas poems and literary prints, it can become part of a collected seasonal wall devoted to the stories, traditions, and words that make Christmas feel remembered as well as celebrated.
A piece for those drawn to the quieter, more mysterious side of Christmas.
