Fröhliche Weihnachten Christmas postcard with couple and mistletoe – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of Fröhliche Weihnachten Christmas postcard with couple and mistletoe. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fröhliche Weihnachten Christmas postcard with couple and mistletoe
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A German-language Christmas card, "Fröhliche Weihnachten" (Merry Christmas), shows a couple standing beneath a sprig of mistletoe, a pairing that places it in the holiday tradition of kissing under the plant. The title sits oddly on a board devoted to Valentine's Day and Cupid, and that tension is worth noticing: the postcard belongs to Christmas greetings, yet its romantic imagery drew it into the same visual language of love and courtship. Mistletoe kissing customs were widespread in England and parts of Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and cards like this one helped spread them to a wider public.
| Original scan | 519 × 817 px |
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| Reference | Img92 |
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