Vintage Christmas

Merry Christmas all! This is my favorite card of the whole batch - and why not? Mid-century goodness and the jolliest prankster of 'em all! Vintage Christmas card - 1950's.

This is my second favorite Christmas card this year. I'm a sucker for these oblong cards and their oft simplistic designs, plus you've got a mischievous Santa to boot! Winner! Vintage Christmas card - late 1950's.

How's this for your straightforward, jolly St. Nick? Vintage Christmas card - circa 1950's.

Santa's all smiles on this vintage 1950's Christmas card.

Vintage Christmas card - 1950's.

Vintage Christmas card - 1950's.

Tonight's three vintage offerings all differ in their treatment from the usual depictions of a jovial Santa or the hi-jinx of anthropomorphic snowmen, and each of these differs further in its progressive abstraction. This final entrant is abstract and highly geometric - a tad unusual for its age - but graphically not without its charms. And there you have it... my Christmas card mini-thesis! ;-p

Tonight's three vintage offerings all differ in their treatment from the usual depictions of a jovial Santa or the hi-jinx of anthropomorphic snowmen, and each of these differs further in its progressive abstraction. This card boasts a certain flatness, along with an interesting palette, which adds to the overall contrast and effect, perfectly conjuring that crisp, cool winter feel. At least to me it does! ;-)

Tonight's three vintage offerings all differ in their treatment from the usual depictions of a jovial Santa or the hi-jinx of anthropomorphic snowmen, and each of these differs further in its progressive abstraction. This card still hints at a more traditional, illustrative style, yet the trees stand in stark enough silhouette to the sparse sky that it serves stylistically as the perfect bridge to the next of the trio...

In general, it's tough to beat snowmen - but when it's a whole snow-family, the cuteness is off the charts!! Vintage Christmas wrapping paper - circa 1940's.

Vintage Christmas wrapping paper - 1940's.

Ahhh... another perfectly rural, perfectly idyllic Christmas! Vintage wrapping paper - circa 1940's

I'm going out on a limb here in suggesting that this vintage wrapping paper was intended for young boys... Circa 1940's.

Vintage Christmas wrapping paper - 1940's.

Snowmen frolic merrily on this vintage Christmas wrapping paper - 1940's.

It's Saint Francis in snow! Vintage Christmas card - 1940's.

Vintage Christmas card - 1950's.

Vintage Christmas card - 1950's.