Vintage Victorian Christmas Card with Children & Holly Designs

The decision to outfit five identically-faced children in matching pink and gray hooded cloaks marching in formation like some kind of Victorian holiday cult is impossible to ignore — several of them clutching what appear to be greeting cards, presumably recruiting others to their cause. The right panel offers the counterpoint: a lone child in blue standing inside, gazing through a window at a figure riding a horse-drawn sleigh, surrounded by Christmas gifts with red ribbons, which sounds festive until you realize this child is just... watching, motionless, alone. The center text is doing the most, with 'Merry Christmas Every One' rendered in no fewer than four different fonts and colors, topped with holly sprigs, because apparently Victorian graphic designers were paid by the typeface.