Thursday, 5 June 2025

A brief history of weird and wonderful Victorian Christmas Cards


From puddings, to a lobster snipping at a child, cats doing acrobatics and a dog postman with human hands – explore the wide selection of (sometimes unexpected) Victorian Christmas cards in the V&A's collection!

Join the V&A as curators Alice Power and Sarah Beattie take a look at cards from our Prints collection to reveal weird and wonderful tastes from the Victorian era. In a period of great change and innovation, Victorian card companies didn't hold back on trying new ideas, resulting in everything from the now familiar image of Father Christmas and robins, to talking vegetables, fighting kittens – and even clowns!

ATC's by Kat Hazelton and hello again! 🤗

Hi everyone, I know it's been way too long since I last posted here!!!! A combination of ill health, financial constraints and to be hon...