You've heard of The Nightmare Before Christmas, but weirdly The Nightmare After Christmas came first.  From The Harvard Lampoon, 1904.

"The gate of heaven," from The Sketch, 1903.

Here's one of the very few headlines we've believed in Popular Mechanics.  "Film nightmares get zest from distortagraph."  From 1928.

It's always a fitful night's rest when the wee folk demand autonomy.  From Kladderadatsch, 1928.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

"A dream vision."  From Fallacy of Ghosts, Dreams, and Omens by Charles Ollier, 1848.

It isn't a blue monkey with a pink tail.  From The Harvard Lampoon, 1878.

From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1883.

"The hot dog fiend."  From Cartoons Magazine, 1920.