Vintage 1913 Christmas Greeting Card with Santa in Automobile

An open wooden sleigh flanked by two glowing lanterns like some kind of discount hearse, a pack of rosy-cheeked cherub children mobbing Santa from behind with the frantic energy of unpaid interns on deadline, and a clock tower reading nearly midnight all converge to suggest that a man being swarmed by holiday gremlins in a snowstorm—with the looming spectre of time itself bearing down on him—is apparently the ultimate expression of 'Christmas cheer'. The copyright credit reads 'John Winsch, 1913,' which means someone sat down, designed this feverish scene of Santa being ambushed by children, and thought: yes, this is the vibe.