Vintage Victorian Christmas Card with Bells, Holly & Winter Scene

Most modern viewers will immediately notice the absolutely aggressive holly border that's aggressively framing what is otherwise a quiet, pleasant snowy cottage scene — complete with a telephone pole and a yellow house — like nature itself is trying to mug you on Christmas. Whoever designed this card took one look at the landscape and said, 'You know what this needs? An absolute *assault* of spiky leaves and red berries.' Two oversized gold-and-burgundy bells dangle from the top like festive wrecking balls, and the whole composition is anchored with a red wax-seal badge reading 'A Merry Christmas,' as if the card needed to be *notarized* before the holiday cheer could be legally binding.