Victorian Santa Claus Christmas Greeting Card 1890s

The portrait shows Santa in full Victorian holiday regalia — red suit, white beard, holly wreath — a perfectly respectable scene until you notice he's apparently been hitting the eggnog hard, his ruddy, bulbous nose doing serious work, his wild white hair escaping dramatically from beneath his red cap like he's some kind of drunken Roman emperor who took a wrong turn at the North Pole. He's raising what appears to be a small bell or cup to his lips with the furtive energy of a man who absolutely does not want Mrs. Claus to know what he's drinking, and the message "May Santa Claus be Good to you" hits differently when Santa himself looks like he's three tankards deep into questioning every life decision that led him to this moment.