Jolly Halloween Vintage Greeting Card - Victorian Woman Pumpkin

What is that black cat doing wedged inside a hollowed-out pumpkin while a woman in a flowing white gown and clutching berried branches stirs it with a long wand like she's performing some kind of debutante ritual — because apparently a cauldron was too on-the-nose? The cat sits among what looks like straw or kindling, looking profoundly unenthused about its new living situation, which, fair. A starburst floats above her head like a halo of cosmic approval, as if the universe itself is endorsing whatever feral autumn TED Talk she's delivering. The card is cheerfully titled 'A Jolly Halloween,' which is doing a heroic amount of work given that the entire scene reads as a cat sacrifice framed as a dinner party.