I'll admit I don't understand Victorian holiday cards - why would Christmas be
best illustrated by a pipe-smoking kangaroo in a dressing gown painting a
portrait of a cigar-smoking stork? Or what would lead someone to give their
loved ones a card with a crowd of
![Four very strange Victorian-esque Christmas cards, with leaping artichokes, dancing seahorses, and sledding poops.](/content/images/size/w795/2022/12/Christmas_card_Collage_2022-01.png)