French Joyeux Noël Christmas Card: Santa Military Officer & Children

This Santa figure seems to believe that 'jolly' is for quitters, dressed in a dark blue military-style coat with gold buttons and a matching cap while distributing wrapped packages to two children in the snow with the energy of a bureaucrat clearing his inbox. The boy is practically climbing the man's coat to receive his gift, while the little girl in her red dress and white apron clutches her own box with the satisfied grin of someone who already knows she got the better deal. Meanwhile, a woman leans cheerfully out of a doorway in the background, presumably to confirm that yes, the bearded authority figure dispensing goods to minors in a snowstorm is, in fact, expected. 'Joyeux Noël,' reads the card, which is French for 'your Santa is a naval officer and we see nothing wrong with this.'