Vintage Merry Christmas postcard, Santa in sleigh with reindeer – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of Vintage Merry Christmas postcard, Santa in sleigh with reindeer. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Vintage Merry Christmas postcard, Santa in sleigh with reindeer
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Santa Claus rides across a snowy sky in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, the kind of scene that became a staple of holiday postcards in the early 20th century. Cards like this were mass-printed and mailed in large numbers during the season, often in color lithography that gave the red suit and greens a bold, cheerful finish. The sleigh-and-reindeer image grew out of the 1823 poem often called "A Visit from St. Nicholas," which gave American Christmas its flying reindeer and jolly gift-giver. Look closely at the cards of this era and you will see how artists turned that verse into a settled, recognizable picture.
| Original scan | 2,100 × 1,350 px · prints to 7 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 100 (461) |
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