Victorian Christmas Card with Santa and Children, 1890s Holly Border

A bearded figure in a deeply sus green robe stands outside a frosted window clutching a walking stick, while two formally dressed children press their faces against the glass from inside—a composition that essentially invented the concept of 'stranger danger in festive form.' The sack slung over his shoulder is bursting with what appear to be gifts, which is doing exactly zero work to make the outdoor-nighttime-peeping situation feel less legally ambiguous. Meanwhile, the holly-and-berries border cheerfully screams 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS' at the bottom, because apparently the best way to evoke holiday warmth is a large bearded man in the dark staring at your kids through a window covered in icicles.