This series of creepy Victorian Christmas cards reveals that heart-warming images of a red-cheeked Santa Claus surrounded by plump turkeys, mulled wine and a brightly lit tree are a relatively new invention.
From a murderous snowman to dead birds, insects and Santas kidnapping little children, this series of nineteenth-century seasonal cards reveal the twisted and darkly humorous side of the Victorian Christmas.
While we have come to expect happy families and Christmas puddings on our Christmas cards today, the Victorians adored bizarre and often macabre oddities on their cards - which were anything but religious and joyful in tone.
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