Victorian christmas cards

New Year's greetings from a...turnip? Potato? With...riding boots and an umbrella? Something to consider as you select holiday cards this year: in a hundred years, will someone be really perplexed by what you've picked out?

I have always had a fascination for antique postcards ~ any holiday...but the Christmas ones are quite strange indeed. From their morbidity, to the just plain strange! here are a few that have made me say... "....Hmmmm...." I mean, creepy walking root-vegetable men? or how about a kidnapping santa? this one cracks me up - just look at their little legs! a little too much eggnog perhaps? and doesn't a cat-fight outside a tenement window just scream Happy Christmastide? or would you prefer a…

Vintage Postcard of Kitty Cat with Krampus Doll

Circa 1890 chromolith but could be slightly earlier.

Victorian Christmas cards don't look anything like the commercialized and happy greeting cards we're all used to today. They're cards were creepy and grim.

Digitally printed cards on heavyweight stock Uncoated blank interior provides a superior writing surface Each card comes with an envelope for mailing or gifting Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received

Santa kidnapping children and murderous mice were par for the course in the Victorian‑era Christmas card tradition.

Nothing says Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year more than a screaming Christmas Pudding, a dead sparrow and an old woman trying to boil a child alive. A selection of Christmas cards from the Victorian era. #socialhistory

This item is an **Instant Digital Download** No physical item will be shipped. *Each image in my shop is unique and one-of-a-kind. These images are not available anywhere else.* This kit has 25 images of nostalgic Victorian Christmas images for you to use in your journals, card making, scrap booking, or crafting. AI generated images. What you will receive: 5 zip folders Each folder has multiple printable pages with one image on each page. 8.5 inch x 11 inch NOTE: No papers are mailed to you…

Today, you will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. You know what, scratch that. We’re experiencing the present, and the future is too unpredictable. Let’s just focus on the past!