Vintage Christmas Train Santa Greeting Card, Early 1900s

An open train car glides through a snowy mountain landscape under a full moon, where Santa waves a small Christmas tree like he's in a parade while a girl in a red dress and a boy in a blue coat ride cowcatcher-style on the front of a live steam locomotive — the boy actively doffing his hat as if this is completely normal. The engine itself is festooned with holly garlands because if you wanted to convey 'holiday cheer,' heavy machinery decoration is obviously the answer, and somewhere in the back car, additional figures lurk in the shadows, presumably waiting their turn to also cling to a moving train like it's a competitive sport. A rustic stone tunnel looms overhead, casting appropriately Gothic vibes over what the card insists, with aggressive cheerfulness, are merely 'Christmas Greetings.'