Victorian Christmas Angel Joyeux Noel Greeting Card

The angel seems convinced that blessed with wings and a basket full of toys—including what appears to be a doll with a very haunted human face—the real Christmas miracle is playing a tiny trumpet directly at a deer who did not ask for a private concert. The snow-dusted cottage glows warmly in the background, completely unbothered by the fact that its front yard has become an unsanctioned toy distribution ceremony presided over by a child with wings and an alarming level of self-confidence. The Christmas tree, lit with actual open-flame candles because the Victorian era had a complicated relationship with survival instincts, bears silent witness. The deer's expression, if deer had expressions, would read as 'I came here for carrots and now I'm in a French postcard.'