9. The Dream of St Joseph – Philippe de Champaigne
On a more traditional festive note, we have a painting by the artist Philippe de Champaigne in which God sends an angel to Joseph in a dream to explain the divine conception and ask him to name the baby Jesus. The French painter Champaigne is one of very few artists to depict Joseph’s story, imagining his dilemma and this angelic intervention. Now that’s definitely more like it.