Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Star Witch & Jack-o'-Lantern Moon

A witch rendered entirely in pearls or beads flies on her broom across a grinning jack-o-lantern moon — and that's the setup for the Victorian era's most ambitious astronomy lesson. Below her, bundled corn shocks flank a black cat, scattered pumpkins, an owl, and a bat, all presumably enrolled in the celestial curriculum announced by the card's earnest instruction to 'Study the Stars on Hallowe'en Night.' Nothing says 'wholesome holiday greeting' like a glittering rhinestone witch presiding over what appears to be a full occult field trip. The composition achieves the rare feat of being simultaneously festive and deeply threatening, as if your grandmother's decorating aesthetic accidentally summoned something.