After thefirst Christmas card was send out in 1843 , Victorians eagerly embraced the novel custom . Here are just a few of the wonderfully eldritch bill we tracked down .
1. Walking Robins
This card , circa 1870 , shows " The Robin family " taking a stroll on Christmas dawn . Victorians connect robins with Christmas , and often put them on their cards .
2. Snowball Fight
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Why is Father Christmas in a gargantuan Abronia elliptica on this 1879 notice ? There ’s no telling , but it does n’t look like it ’s going to terminate well .
3. Race to the Finish
The Victorians loved natural history , which might explicate why a mouse hinge on a lobster on this 1880 card , which wishes the recipient " Paix , Joie , Sante , Bonheur , " or " Peace , Joy , Health and Happiness . "
4. First Flight
Just a tyke taunt on a butterfly in this circuit board , circa 1883 . ( In 2011 , The Rock would reenact this scene inJourney 2 : The Mysterious Island . )
5. The Cat’s Meow
This 1885 card register that the trend offestive animal attireisn’t a unexampled affair . ( Although I reckon my cats wish the only thing I made them fag was a medallion ) .
6. O Christmas Tree
Father Christmas gets an especially creepy-crawly rendering in this bill , also from 1885 .
7. Woof
This disembodied weenie oral sex , fork out a grace message in 1899 , is totally not weird at all .
8. So Foxy
George Fox were coolheaded manner beforeThe Fantastic Mr. Fox — at least if you ’re pronounce from this card , circa 1900 .
9. Big Bird
There ’s no day of the month on this bill , but we just had to let in it anyway . Seems like Christmas in Australia could be very unpleasant — at least if there were emu running free .
