A 19th century Father Time with Baby New Year

Detail of Father Time in the Rotunda Clock (1896) by John Flanagan, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D. The Baby New Year is a Personification of the start of a new Year, commonly seen in various New Year's customs especially holiday cards and illustrations C.

Father Time (known as Pakiž in some countries) is a personification of time. Personification is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of He is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe, carrying an hourglass or other timekeeping device (representing time's constant movement). An hourglass, also known as a sandglass, sand timer or sand clock, is a device for the measurement of Time. This image derives from many sources, including the Grim Reaper and Chronos, the Greek god of time. In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe In Greek mythology, Chronos ( Ancient Greek:) in pre-Socratic philosophical works is said to be the personification of Time. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca

Because of their similarity in name as pertaining to parental figures, he is sometimes paired with Mother Nature as a married couple. Mother Nature is a common Anthropomorphized representation of Nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing features of nature by embodying it in the form of

In various New Year's Eve customs, Father Time's image is used as the personification of the previous year (or "the Old Year"), who "hands over" the duties of time to the Baby New Year (or "the New Year"). New Year's Eve is on December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year and the day before New Year's Day. The Baby New Year is a Personification of the start of a new Year, commonly seen in various New Year's customs especially holiday cards and illustrations In this case, his old age is emphasized (in particular, he may be depicted walking with the aid of a stick).

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• Article on origin of Father Time