Jolly Halloween Vintage Greeting Card | Black Cats & Jack-O'-Lanterns

What exactly are four anthropomorphic black cats in pointed red hats doing descending a staircase in single file, each clutching a jack-o-lantern with the grim determination of union workers picketing outside a pumpkin factory? A small child in pale pajamas meets them at the bottom, armed with nothing but a lit candle and a broom — which, frankly, seems like exactly the wrong energy to bring to a feline procession of this magnitude. The cats walk upright with unsettling human confidence, their glowing yellow eyes locked forward as if they have somewhere important to be and this child is simply a scheduling conflict. The card is labeled 'A Jolly Halloween,' which is doing a heroic amount of emotional heavy lifting.