Victorian Santa Claus Christmas Wishes Greeting Card

Despite promising 'Best Christmas Wishes' at the bottom, this card actually depicts Santa as a man emerging from a circular gold medallion like a Victorian fever dream, clutching what appears to be a bundle of branches in one hand while hauling a basket of goods in the other — because apparently one prop wasn't threatening enough. The composition frames him in a way that suggests he's not so much delivering gifts as he is *escaping* from some kind of dimensional portal, flanked by holly sprigs dripping with red berries against a background absolutely blizzarded with white snowflakes. The beard is doing 90% of the heavy lifting here, a cascading white waterfall of facial hair so voluminous it seems less like a Christmas greeting and more like a recruitment poster for a cult, given that this man is clearly coming whether you want him to or not.