Victorian Children Sledding Winter Christmas Greeting Card

The most immediately unsettling detail is the direct, unblinking eye contact the two children maintain with the viewer — one in a red cape with a blue-trimmed hood, one in a cream sweater and red cap — as they hurtle down a snowy hill on a wooden toboggan as if to say 'we have accepted our fate.' The plaid blanket tucked around their laps and the golden sunset blazing behind them give this whole scene the energy of two tiny Victorian aristocrats absolutely refusing to acknowledge that they are moving at dangerous speeds. Holly and gold ornamental corners frame the chaos, because apparently the best way to express 'Happy Holidays' is by outsourcing your seasonal terror to unsupervised children on an unmanned sled.