Bizarre Vintage Christmas Cards From the Early 20th Century

Strange Christmas Card 1

The holiday season is often a time for comparing the number of cards received among friends. Nowadays, these cards typically feature charming and quaint designs, but historically, they were quite peculiar.

To people from earlier times, our current fascination with robins, carol singers, and snowy scenes might appear as strange as their cards seem to us. However, tastes and traditions evolve over time, and the past is a distinct realm with its own unique customs.

h/t: vintag.es

Strange Christmas Card 2
Strange Christmas Card 3
Strange Christmas Card 4
Strange Christmas Card 5
Strange Christmas Card 6
Strange Christmas Card 7
Strange Christmas Card 8
Strange Christmas Card 9
Strange Christmas Card 10
Strange Christmas Card 11
Strange Christmas Card 12
Strange Christmas Card 13
Strange Christmas Card 14
Strange Christmas Card 15
Strange Christmas Card 16

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

More Inspiring Stories

Spacelander was the Bicycle of the Future, 1946-1960

Not Your Innocent Colouring Pictures: The Superb Collages by Ihor Hora

WTFpots: This Artist Makes The World’s Ugliest Pots

Retro And Futuristic Illustrations By James Gilleard

Stunning Retro Cover Illustrations from The Satirical German-Language Magazine "Kladderadatsch"

Fight Like A Gentleman: The Art Of Self Defense, ca. 1940s

Beautiful Colorized Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II From the 1930s and 1940s

Amazing Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of the Sci-Fi Classic “The Incredible Shrinking Man”, 1957

"Mersey Paradise": Photographer Tom Wood Spent Decades Photographing The Pubs, Clubs And Bus Rides Of Liverpool – And The People Who Inhabited Them

Romantic Colorized Vintage Postcards Show French People During The WWI Era

Gorgeous Photos of a Young Linda Ronstadt, the First Lady of Rock, in the 1970s

Robots And Donuts: The Amazing Retro-Futuristic Art Of Eric Joyner

Vintage Family Photos Painted As Large Scale Murals By Mohamed L’Ghacham

1977 Pontiac Phantom, the Last Car Designed by Bill Mitchell, One of the Automobile Industry’s Best Known Designers

Retro Birdhouse Camper Kit Makes the Perfect Backyard Outpost

Vintage Men's Magazine: Cool Pics Of Cavalier's Beauties During The 1960s

Artist Creates Superheroes With AI To Help Fight Your Real Everyday Problems

34 Found Photos Capture People Posing With Their Volkswagens In The 1950s And '60s

The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere Recreated As Classic Marvel Star Wars Comic

SØLV Jewellery Boutique Creates Cold Shapes Of This ‘Natural’ Jewellery Line That Can Mesmerise You

Photographer Perfectly Restores Vintage Mugshots Of Famous People

For the Last Decade, Artist and Collector Thomas Sauvin Recovered Discarded Negatives from A Recycling Plant Outside Beijing

Amazing Vintage Photo Portraits of Nina Payne, The Dancer Who Was Ahead of Her Time

Unveiling the Emotions of Female Portraits: The Masterful Art of Hungarian Artist Krisztian Tejfel

The Goblins Will Get You If You Don’t Watch Out – 1920s Nightmare Fuel

Beautiful Kodachrome Photos of Life in New York in the Late 1960s

The Super Cute 3D Characters and Animations by Cosmik Madness

Beautiful Vintage Photos Of The First Miss Soviet Union Beauty Pageant, 1988

Indian Mom Creates Tiny and Minimalistic Food Art

Vintage Japanese Watercolor Sketches of Toy Designs