Victorian Christmas Greeting Card with Snowy Scene & Holly Bells

The truly alarming scale of the three massive bronze bells — dusted with snow and dangling clappers like little golden uvulas — becomes immediately apparent as they stage a hostile takeover of this card, physically bursting through the border of a perfectly pleasant winter scene where a lone figure herds sheep through a snowy landscape at sunset. The bells are festooned with holly and red berries, because apparently the best way to express 'Peace on Earth' is through enormous metallic objects colonizing a pastoral countryside. These bells are approximately the size of a barn relative to the tiny shepherd below, suggesting either a catastrophic perspective failure or a theological warning that God's jingle bells will crush you where you stand. 'A Hearty Xmas Greeting,' reads the text, in the cheerful font of someone who absolutely does not see the problem here.