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 Nest
Frog band by Louis Prang
Catland by Louis Wain (1910)
Victorian Lace (1870)
Swedish Card by Carl Rogind (1919)
German Dwarf Postcard, Good Luck
William B. Steenberge (1844-1922)
Victorian Children (1885)
"Jovial" Froggies, Berlin
Holly Berry by Shirley Wynn (1880)
Sweden Happy New Year
Time 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 Poem
Russian Greetings (1917)
Nova Scotia Greetings
Christmas 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, 1910
Godt Nytaar! (Danish Happy New Year)
Happy New Year, 1885
Happy New Year, 1910
Charles R Knight, 1922
Thomas Crane, 1880
Russian New Year in Yiddish, 1900
Pop goes the Frog, New Year, 1908
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