I shared some vintage ads a few weeks back that showed Santa enjoying a smoke and an adult beverage or two. It reminded me f a post from a number of years back that shared a group of odd Victorian Christmas images. Those Victorians had a darker and weirder sense of humor than we give them credit for. At least, I think it was a sense of humor. It was often definitely weird, with creepy clowns, distraught children in china teapots, walking root vegetables and roasted rats.
I won’t even try to explain the murderous, thieving frog or the gun-toting Chihuahua.
I think my favorite is the first one below with the polar bear mauling a skater under the heading ” A Happy Christmas ” with ” A Hearty Welcome” under it. I get that way about the holidays sometimes myself.
So, if you think we’re living in a strange time, take comfort in knowing that it was equally weird 125 years ago. Now get out of here or I’ll let my polar bear out of the shed.
Git!
Children attacking a large pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Roasted Rat for Christmas
Redtree Times 