Victorian Christmas Angel with Child Vintage Greeting Card

What exactly is an angel doing hovering outside an open window in the dead of winter like a divine door-to-door salesman? Presenting a snow-dusted evergreen branch with the energy of someone who absolutely needs you to take this tree right now, while below, a small girl in a red polka-dot dress clutches a blue doll and stares upward with the vacant expression of someone who has just been informed that the gifts piled on the lace-covered table — boxes, books, and what appears to be a small model house — were not, in fact, from Santa. The teddy bear and ball abandoned on the floor complete the chaos of a child whose entire belief system is currently being dismantled by a winged intruder through the window. 'Best Wishes for Christmas,' says the card, as the angel stages what is either a miraculous delivery or the world's most passive-aggressive home invasion.