Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Jack-o'-Lanterns and Ghost

The ghost's arms stretch outward in dramatic reaching pose — absolute 'I just want to talk' energy — while lunging toward a fleeing redheaded boy as a row of leering jack-o-lanterns watch with deranged enthusiasm. Apparently the best way to wish someone a 'Happy Halloween, friend!' is this scene, and yet here we are, calling it a *greeting*. The reaching gesture somehow feels more terrifying than if it were wielding a weapon like a normal monster. Up on the hill, two silhouetted figures stand beneath a full moon doing absolutely nothing to help this child, which honestly tracks for the era. Edwardian society really looked at child terror, slapped 'A Halloween Greeting' in festive script at the bottom, and said: yes, this is the one, send it to grandma.