Victorian Christmas Greeting Card with Child & Gifts

"Fair be all thy Hopes and prosperous thy Life" reads the card's caption—a benediction of earnest Victorian sentiment that feels decidedly at odds with the image of a suspiciously well-dressed child in a head-to-toe mustard-yellow suit who has decided that the mountain of holly-adorned gift boxes piled behind him in the snow are beneath his notice, too busy smugly admiring a large red hat trimmed with holly that he's clutching to his chest like it's the One Ring. The rosy cheeks and sly downward smirk suggest he absolutely knows which presents are his and has already mentally catalogued their contents. Artist Ellen Clapsaddle—yes, that is her real name, printed right there on the card—has rendered this tiny capitalist overlord against a blizzard-blue background, making the whole thing feel less like a Christmas greeting and more like a threat delivered by a child in expensive shoes.