Victorian christmas cards

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…

The most wonderful time of year? Tell that to the illustrators of the 19th century, who seemed to love nothing more than drawing scenes of violent frogs and creepy onion people

Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards but in Victorian times it was all par for the course.

The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and spreading Christmas cheer. Even since the first commercially produced Christmas card, as legend … Continue reading "Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards"

Ever since the Victorians invented the Christmas card, people have gotten creative—and a bit bizarre—with their holiday greetings. Forget serene woodland scenes or snapshots of a family decorating a tree beside a roaring fire. From dead birds to sinister snow people, these vintage holiday cards are more disturbing than delightful.

Victorian mushroom Christmas cards. Because mushrooms are so Christmas.

This is a marvelous collection of Vintage Sledding Images! Included are Christmas Sledding pictures, Winter Sledding Clipart and more.

Who needs Jolly Old Saint Nick when you have evil Krampus kidnapping your children and frogs committing murder! It's all part of a Victorian Christmas. More

Victorian Christmas cards were a mixed bag of iconography, ranging from religious to everyday things. But one theme common in these season...

Circa 1890 chromolith but could be slightly earlier.