Editing Father Time (section)

==New Year==
Around [[New Year's Eve]], the media (in particular [[editorial cartoons]]) use the convenient [[Trope (literature)|trope]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Luckovich Copyright 2010 Creators Syndicate |url=http://theweek.com/section/cartoon/0/210634/all-cartoons |title=Father time takes a beating – Foreign Relations Political and Editorial Cartoons |work=The Week |access-date=2012-08-12}}</ref> of Father Time as the personification of the previous year (or "the Old Year") who typically "hands over" the duties of time to the equally allegorical [[Baby New Year]] (or "the New Year") or who otherwise characterizes the preceding year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/bysubject/subjectbyartist.php?id=92&sid=6259M |title=The Father Time Comics and Cartoons – Cartoonist Group – Lisa Benson's Editorial Cartoons |publisher=Cartoonist Group |access-date=2012-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=dePIXion studios www.depixion.com |url=http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/94366/ |title=AAEC – Political Cartoons |publisher=Editorialcartoonists.com |access-date=2012-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211042/http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/94366/ |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> In these depictions, Father Time is usually depicted wearing a sash with the old year's date on it.

Time (in his allegorical form) is often depicted revealing or unveiling the allegorical Truth, sometimes at the expense of a personification of Falsehood, Fraud, or Envy. This theme is related to the idea of ''veritas filia temporis'' (Time is the father of Truth).