Victorian Christmas Carolers Greeting Card | Children Singing 1890s

Apparently, three children were stationed outside a warmly lit multi-paned window in the snow to perform their little holiday labor for whoever is warm and comfortable inside — one toting a glowing accordion-style paper lantern, one clutching what appears to be a red carol book decorated with stars, and one in a red polka-dot dress with fur trim playing the role of Designated Adult. Someone looked at these three dead-eyed Victorian cherubs silhouetted against a glowing window at night and thought, yes, this requires legal protection, which is why Max Feinberg copyrighted it in 1911. The smallest child in the blue coat stares directly into your soul with the vacant intensity of someone who has been caroling since October and has lost the will to feel joy, while the snowy pine tree to the right glistens with the false promise that any of this is festive.