World's First Christmas Card by John Callcott Horsley (1843)
Christmas Cards
Our Christmas Card collection features Victorian and international Christmas cards, primarily from the 19th century. These curious cards demonstrate how differently prior generations and different cultures have experienced the holiday. You may also enjoy our Christmas Stories and Children's Christmas Stories
Swedish Christmas by Adele Soderberg (1916)German L'Christmas Tree (1900)Norwegian Glaedelig Jul (1887)Australian Boys in the Crow's NestFrog band by Louis PrangCatland by Louis Wain (1910)Victorian Lace (1870)Swedish Card by Carl Rogind (1919)German Dwarf Postcard, Good LuckWilliam B. Steenberge (1844-1922)Victorian Children (1885)"Jovial" Froggies, BerlinHolly Berry by Shirley Wynn (1880)Sweden Happy New YearTime for New Year Chick!Russian Snowman (1900)Ragaz by Caswell (1879)U.S. Greetings by J. Hoover (1880)Goody Santa Claus (1889)U.S. Postcard (1907)Norwegian Greetings (1908)Kate Greenaway Maiden PoemRussian Greetings (1917)Nova Scotia GreetingsChristmas Song of Joy (1880)Jacobite Broadsite Card (1925)German Card by Frances Brundage (1937)Brownie Rust Craft (1950)Have a Cat Crazy Christmas!Happy New Year from Germany, 1910Godt Nytaar! (Danish Happy New Year)Happy New Year, 1885Happy New Year, 1910Charles R Knight, 1922Thomas Crane, 1880Russian New Year in Yiddish, 1900Pop goes the Frog, New Year, 1908
