This time of year is a little odd in our house: My wife, the Sainted Rachey Klabe, is a Christmas traditionalist, and I am a fan of turning convention on its ear. Luckily, she’s been patient this past quarter century, and not found too many reasons to give me the boot. Except on Saint Nikolaus Day, when I guess our footwear is supposed to spend the night on the porch.
My absolute favorite thing about the Holiday season, though, is how people celebrated them in the past. Hyperallergic has a great collection of Victorian Christmas cards, and as you can probably deduce for yourself, I freaking love them.
The look on this kid’s face says it all: “Glory me, mumsy sure left me the plumpest oranges for DEAR CHRIST A GOAT!!!” Really makes you wonder what kind of vagrant goat problems the Victorian English had to contend with.
And then there’s this little ditty:
WHO WOULD (other than me) give this to anyone? Poor froggies! And this isn’t the only morbid frog card in the collection!
Seriously, do yourself a favor and check out the rest of the cards at Hyperallergic. Definitely worth your hard-earned Holiday time!
Grimmleigh's Lab 
Hahahaaaaa! Gotta love those Victorians… These cards had me in stitches. 😂 I’ll have to go and look at the rest of them!
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