Old 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?

Cover of an old Christmas photo card

I love vintage Christmas cards! This is a collection of vintage and mid-century Christmas images free to print and use in your holiday decor.

Old-fashioned Christmas

Last year I shared part of my vintage Christmas card collection with you all, and well, the collection has grown, and I’m here to share more with you! I’ll start by sharing the card we …

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 Christmas card

I love vintage cards! These are the latest score from a Poughkeepsie junk shop on Route 9, and I got an entire box for $1. For some reason, they're easy to find, and they're usually really cheap. These are from the bottom end of the Christmas card market, and are kind of cheesy, but who can resist them? The Santa ones are all covered with dusty red flocking, and the kitten on the sled is a little pathetic. I like the dry brush style ornaments, they look very late 50s to me. The cards are all…

Image from vintage Christmas card.

50s Classic Candy Cane Gold Pine Berries Green Ribbon Vtg Christmas Card USED. Always Combined Shipping! Vintage Christmas Card Measurements are viewable in the last photo.Smoke-free and pet-free home. If you have won multiple cards and are ready to cash out, I'll send an invoice with the $2.99 shipping fee to cover all cards.