Christmas Reversed – Victorian Christmas Greeting Card

A wonderfully bizarre Victorian Christmas card entitled Christmas Reversed, featuring the traditional Christmas dinner brought exuberantly to life - with a fiddle-playing hare, dancing Christmas pudding, a striding bottle and a festive joint of meat, accompanied by a rather bewildered-looking half-plucked goose. Christmas Reversed indeed - the meats, pudding and booze have effectively unionised.

Dating from the late 19th century, the design gleefully turns the Victorian Christmas feast into its own festive procession. Food, kitchen utensils and animals dance together amongst sprigs of holly, creating a gloriously nonsensical scene that seems to require no explanation beyond A Merry Christmas to You.

Carefully restored from the original Victorian card, the design preserves the colour, character and wonderfully peculiar details of the period artwork.

- Blank inside for your own message
- Deep green envelopes included
- 5 × 7 in (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
- Fully printed front and back

A little piece of Christmas history

Turn each card over to find the title and approximate date of the original Victorian design, together with a framed detail from the artwork. The fully printed backs have been individually designed to complement each card.

Together, the five cards offer a glimpse into the wonderfully eccentric world of Victorian Christmas greetings - sometimes charming, sometimes funny and occasionally rather unsettling.

Printed in rich colour on silk-finish art card, giving the original illustrations depth and vibrancy while retaining their vintage character. Each card comes with a deep green envelope, chosen to complement the rich reds, aged creams and period colours of the artwork.

Printed in the UK using eco-friendly toner on card made from sustainably sourced pulp and produced as part of the Carbon Capture Programme.

Also available: as part of curated sets of five and ten cards.