Baby New Year

1897 Baby New Year with Father Time
1908 Baby New Year on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

The Baby New Year is a personification of the start of the New Year commonly seen in editorial cartoons. He symbolizes the "birth" of the next year and the "passing" of the prior year; in other words, a "rebirth".[1] Baby New Year's purpose varies by myth, but he generally performs some sort of ceremonial duty over the course of his year such as chronicling[2] the year's events or presiding over the year as a symbol.[3]

  1. ^ "Baby New Year". www.novareinna.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. ^ JibJab. "JibJab.com: '2008 Year in Review'". YouTube. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "Saturday Evening Post cover". www.antiqueshoppefl.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-25.