If Christmas cards are designed to send a note of seasonal affection to both your nearest and dearest and more distant acquaintances, then the images below might make you re-think. You might believe that some modern traditions of holiday celebrations are rather weird until you see the 19th century Victorian era Christmas cards, that are truly as creepy as those times themselves. A series of photographs of festive cards from the Victorian period have been unearthed showing a much more surreal approach to the annual festive missive.
Anthropomorphic cats, murderous frogs, and insects dancing by the moonlight aren’t exactly part of our Christmas card tradition today. However back in the 19th century, Victorians thought nothing unusual about sending their loved ones a grim image of a dead robin with the words “May yours be a joyful Christmas,” or a card with a boy greeting a jellyfish hovering in the air:
Greetings from Krampus
image source (Image Source)May all jollity lighten your Christmas hours
image source (Image Source)A Merry Christmas to you
image source (Image Source)May Christmas be Merry
image source (Image Source)Wishing you a Merry Christmas
image source (Image Source)May yours be a joyfull Christmas
image source (Image Source)A Merry Christmas
A Happy Christmas
image source (Image Source)Wishing you a Happy Christmas
image source (Image Source)Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
image source (Image Source)Happy Christmas
image source (Image Source)Here’s a crow for Christmas
image source (Image Source)Wishsing you a jolly Christmas
image source (Image Source)Happy Christmas
source: boredpanda
