Vintage Halloween Greeting Card - Jolly Child Witch with Black Cat

What exactly has the jack-o'-lantern witnessed before being hauled around by this curly-haired child in her dramatic red cape and towering red witch hat? Behold Ellen Clapsaddle's magnum opus of holiday chaos: the white-dressed child simultaneously manhandles a visibly unenthusiastic black cat AND a leering pumpkin with what can only be described as the smug grin of a gourd who knows things. The child's own smile radiates the unhinged cheerfulness of someone who absolutely did not ask the cat's permission before incorporating it into her aesthetic. The jack-o'-lantern's deeply unsettling carved face — all wide eyes and knowing smirk — suggests it has witnessed horrors that no gourd should ever witness, probably starting with being carried around by this particular child.