New Republic

Victorian Christmas cards featured nightmarish snowmen, boiled children, and the occasional dead robin.

The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead birds ...
The Sun

Creepy collection of Victorian Christmas cards feature sinister snowmen, dead robins and a Santa kidnapping a child

The cards showed that the Victorians did not give up their dark sense of humour during holidays, not even for Christmas THIS creepy collection of Victorian Christmas cards proves that the festive ...
Daily Mail

Wishing you a very EERIE Christmas! Creepy Victorian greetings cards include dead robins, Santa kidnapping a child and terrifying snowmen

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 ...
The Sun

We look at the creepy Christmas cards loved by the Victorians including a dead robin and sad melting snowman

The Victorians had a much more macabre approach to the festive season CHRISTMAS cards today usually feature a jolly Santa, fluffy woodland animal or green glittery tree, but Victorian versions had a ...
Daily Record

Primary pupil chosen to have her Santa and snowman design on politician's official Christmas card

A Paisley primary school pupil has won a competition to design a Christmas card for local MSP Russell Findlay. Ralston Primary 5 pupil Anoop Kaur produced a colourful artwork depicting Santa and a ...