Merry Christmas everyone!
Here is my last vintage Christmas card this year.
This is very funny that in the imagination of postcard makers, at Christmas time everything is either done by children or angels. They bring the Christmas tree and decorate it, they bring the presents, they do the errands by car or sledge, often in the huge snow. Now this kid is bringing home a pine tree.
This vintage Christmas postcard shows a real family, because it's a photo. This postcard was posted in 1917.
It used to be quite popular, as it is now, for families to have a photo taken of themselves, have it printed out and sent to friends and relatives.
Now I'm just wondering, why wasn't this dad at the front in 1917? Did he come home already because he was wounded? Or was this photo taken before the war?
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
A beautiful monochromatic card which has un undivided back. It means there is no place for the text on the back side. This is why the sender wrote his greetings on the front. The sender also wrote two names under the children: Frici and Hilda. I wonder who were Frici and Hilda?
This card was posted in 1905.
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
I can say that there is nothing special about this card but of course I can't say this because it's cute and vintage - almost a 100 years old. It was posted in 1927.
This is a beautiful black and white card. Actually, more grey than black and the white is more dirty white. But I love the subtle colours of this card.
Do you see that the gentleman is holding a bunch of mistletoe? What he's up to?
Another lovely card with car. This is a very popular theme in antique cards, that angels do all sorts of ordinary, but Christmasy things like singing Christmas songs, carrying Christmas tree, playing an instrument, bringing gifts...
Here is another postcard with a beautiful woman.
This gorgeous lady is sitting on a very old Christmas card, because this card was posted in 1904.
Are those money bags on the little boy's sledge and on the snowman's arm? It certainly looks like it, because there are zeros written on the outside of the bags. And why are the boy and the snowman pointing in the same direction? Very strange.
So this is the day when the Hungarian children find small gifts and treats in their shiny boots if they were good. If they were naughty then they get birch rods from the Krampus.
This card is very special to me. For years I had been watching and longing for this card, but I didn't buy it because it was so expensive. I have never spent that much money on my vintage postcards. Then it just disappeared from eBay and I was so envious of the person who bought it. And guess what, it was my husband. He bought me this as a Christmas present.
Unfortunately, this card was not posted.
The only thing I know about it, that the publisher of the card was BR, so probably Bloc Frères, Bordeaux - I'm not sure about it.
So as you see, the little girl isn't afraid of Krampus at all and she doesn't need to be, because that's just a toy in her room.
Today and tomorrow I will show you two cards with Krampus. In Hungary, Saint Nicholas visits on the evening of the 5th and on the morning of the 6th, children find little presents (mostly sweets) in their boots. Saint Nicholas is accompanied by Krampus, who gives birch rods for the naughty children.
I think this is my second vintage postcard with dahschund. A few years ago I shared with you a special Tuck card with this breed.
The couple seem to me to be a grandmother and grandfather going to visit their child's family with their puppy and presents.
The card was posted in 1932.
My other favourite is if there's a car on a Christmas card. And you can't really see that in the picture but the snow is not printed but it seems as if they spattered the card with white paint after the printing.
I have favourite themes among the vintage Christmas cards. One of them is the snowy landscape where someone is holding an umbrella. Don't ask me why? LOL
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
Hello everyone, It's December 1st and, apart from last year, every December I have shared with you some of my Christmas card collection.
So I decided that this year I will be more organised and try to post every day a new card.
This year, here is the first.
This card has - I think - an Art Deco style. The girl's dress refers to the era of 1920's. Now they call this dress the Gatsby Dress after the movie, The Great Gatsby.
Another proof of the 1920's that the postcard was posted in 1925.
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
With this beautiful postcard I wish you a very Merry Christmas!
How beautiful this postcard is! These two girls are so cute, you can see in their eyes how naughty they are. They're trying to climb over the fence in the heavy snow. I wonder where they are going?
This was posted in 1923. And the Albrecht&Meister AG (Amag) publishing company printed this card.
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
How lovely this postcard is! Beautifully drawn and coloured!
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
For me this image is cute and fun too. Cute because of the little children and fun, because the kitten is dressed like a human and shows the exact date :-)
You can find my other vintage Christmas cards, just click on the label - old Christmas cards - on the sidebar.
