Victorian Christmas Greetings Card with Holly Boy & Toy Wagon

A child dressed head-to-toe in holly leaves and berries with a leafy headdress, belted at the waist, grips a walking staff with the thousand-yard stare of someone who has seen things while dragging a red sled loaded with dolls and toys through a snowy landscape. Congratulations, Victorian greeting card industry — you looked at this normal child covered entirely in festive foliage like a pagan sacrifice that got lost on the way to the solstice ritual and thought 'yes, this is the face of Christmas cheer.' The serene, slightly smug expression on this little holly goblin suggests complete awareness that it is, in fact, the most unhinged thing you will receive in the mail this December.