But if you received a Christmas card in the late 19th century, there’s a good chance you’d find yourself looking at an image of a dead bird. According to Hallmark, about 1.3 billion Christmas ...

Today, Christmas cards have their own familiar, comforting iconography: Santa Claus, candy canes, snowmen, gingerbread houses, etc. But, back in the 19th century, people were still figuring this ...

One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards is the dead bird, which may symbolize mortality or something more ritualistic. by Allison Meier December 16, 2016 July 13, 2022 ...

Tagged: Christmas, Christmas Cards, Editor's Picks, holidays, Victorian Allison Meier Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic.

Christmas cards today show snowy scenes, Santa Claus or Christmas trees. But Christmas cards back in Victorian times were very different, with lucky horseshoes, dancing dice and exotic parrots.

The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead ...

The first Christmas card was designed in 1843. It was a simple illustration with a seasonal greeting. The first cards were expensive, but by the late Victorian period Christmas cards became more ...

Take a trip back to the 19th century, when beautiful cards like these were how people sent their Christmas greetings. 24 December 2012 • 12:46am A traditional image of an angel visiting a ...

Christmas cards and crackers are also Victorian inventions which the royals evangelized. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, printed 100 festive cards ...