Victorian Apple Bobbing Halloween Greeting Card with Children

The first thing you notice is how five rosy-cheeked children are peering over the rim of a large wooden barrel filled with water and bobbing apples, their expressions suggesting they are either delighted or have accepted their fate in this aquatic purgatory. Then you spot a sixth girl in a pale blue dress standing beside the barrel blowing what appears to be a horn or bell, clearly the ringleader of whatever ritual is unfolding here, her red ribbon accessories giving her distinct 'cult leader chic' energy. A smirking jack-o'-lantern sits at her feet on the ground, surrounded by scattered apples, completing a scene that reads less 'Merry Halloween' and more 'the Victorian era had absolutely zero concerns about child safety around large open containers of water.'