Vintage Halloween Greeting Card Witch & Children 1900s

A smiling jack-o'-lantern head perched on a human body in a white dress and witch hat is the focus here — and it's labeled helpfully at the bottom as 'The Witch.' One boy in a blue suit reaches up to lovingly caress its face while another sits nearby grinning like this is completely normal. Up in the crescent moon, a tiny witch rides her broomstick through the star-dotted sky, presumably fleeing the deeply chaotic domestic scene below involving what appears to be scattered pumpkins and a bare tree doing its best 'ominous backdrop' impression. The pumpkin figure's wide smile and the children's absolute delight in this encounter raises so many questions about what, exactly, Victorian-era parents thought was a reassuring thing to mail someone.