Victorian christmas cards

Um, our ancestors were weird, y'all. Maybe we're just missing some context that would make these bizarre Victorian Christmas cards make sense?

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…

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?

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!

Victorian Christmas Wine and Insects

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…

Circa 1890 chromolith but could be slightly earlier.

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!

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

All things holly, jolly, and odd-ly. (Craig Kringle, Weird Xmas Podcast & ReReading Wolfe) Old cards! Anachronism! Murdering frogs and dead birds! Ho/ho/(ho)