Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Greeting Card Early 1900s

Santa's resolute back-to-camera stance as he walks away from the viewer through snowy landscape is apparently his chosen brand this year — apparently eye contact is simply not part of it. The composition is genuinely bizarre in its intimacy — we're staring directly at Santa's retreating backside, his red coat trimmed in white, his shadow stretching dramatically across the snow toward us like he's being followed by his own shame. A small rabbit crouches in the border below the greeting, because when you think 'Merry Christmas,' you naturally think lonely bunny watching Old Saint Nick ghost the entire human race. The text cheerfully invites you to 'join Santa Claus in having a good time,' which, given that he's visibly walking away from everyone, raises some deeply personal questions about what kind of good time we're talking about.