Victorian Saint Nicholas Christmas Greeting Card with Toys

A bishop in full gold mitre regalia clutching a shepherd's crook while crowding the frame with a pink-dressed doll and a jester-hatted puppet figure imply nothing says 'holy holiday cheer' quite like this arrangement—both toys appearing to have accepted their fate with the dead-eyed resignation of hostages. The circular portrait vignette framed in what appears to be decorative icicle trim gives the whole composition the energy of a locket you'd find in a haunted house, something a Victorian grandmother kept on her nightstand and never explained. Meanwhile, the garland borders dripping with tiny toys, baubles, and ribbon bows are doing their absolute level best to convince you this is wholesome, and they are failing magnificently.