Victorian Dogs Christmas Tree Greeting Card, Anthropomorphic Holiday Art

The card text promises 'holiday cheer,' yet four anthropomorphic dogs in Victorian dress — two in the foreground wearing red tops, one in a blue skirt with red heels, the other in plaid knickers — have collectively lost their minds over a Christmas tree, pressing their oversized heads against its branches with the desperate energy of people who peaked in December. The tree itself is festooned with a toy train, candy canes, ball ornaments, and two doll figures nestled in the branches: a clown in a top hat perched triumphantly at the very top, and a doll in a blue dress just below, because apparently tiny humans imprisoned in your foliage perfectly captures the spirit of 'holiday cheer.' Holly garland drapes the background wall, a cheerful witness to whatever interspecies yuletide ritual is unfolding on this hardwood floor. The artist A.E. Kennedy signed this fever dream in the corner, presumably before fleeing the country.