Have a creepy Christmas with t

Have a creepy Christmas with these disturbing Victorian cards [photos]

The Victorians sure knew how to turn relatively cutesy holiday — these days anyway — into a freakshow.

Have a creepy Christmas with t

With murderous frogs, dead birds, and weird-looking children without their bodies, Victorian Christmas cards are definitely as eerie as you would imagine!

  1. Meet Krampus: a half-goat, half-demon, beast who literally beats people into being nice and not naughty…
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2. “May all jollity ‘lighten’ your Christmas hours” with these scary-looking birds.

May All Jollity ‘lighten’ Your Christmas Hours
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3. Nothing says ‘Merry Christmas’ like a wicked frog.

A Merry Christmas To You
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4. This frog looks a little bit more cheerful.

May Christmas Be Merry
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5. A dead bird…Christmas…the same thing.

May Yours Be A Joyful Christmas
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6. Chewbacca? Chewie? Is that you?

A Merry Christmas

7. The stuff nightmares are made out of…

A Happy Christmas
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8. “I Hope cannibals don’t eat you!” The Victorians… not exactly known for being champions of human rights.

Wishing You A Happy Christmas
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9. Because no one likes Christmas Carollers.

Wishing You A Jolly Christmas
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10. “A Hearty Christmas Greeting: Four jovial froggies a skating would go; they asked their mamma, but she’d sternly said, ‘no!’ and they all came to grief in a beautiful row. there’s a sweet Christmas moral for one not too Slow. Just so!”

A Hearty Christmas Greeting: Four Jovial Froggies A Skating Would Go; They Asked Their Mamma, But She’d Sternly Said, ‘no!’ And They All Came To Grief In A Beautiful Row. There’s A Sweet Christmas Moral For One Not Too Slow. Just So!
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11. They’re dancing…

A Happy Christmas 12. Here’s a crow for Christmas…because that was on my list.

Here's A Crow For Christmas
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13. He’s here to spread some Christmas cheer.

A Merry Christmas To You
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14. More appropriate for Halloween…I’d say.

A Merry Christmas

15. “As All I’m Good For Is A Used Up.”

So Please Excuse This Impecunious Card, As All I’m Good For Is A Used Up
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16. “Absent friends [natives], may we soon see them again! A Merry Christmas To You”

Absent Friends [natives], May We Soon See Them Again! A Merry Christmas To You

17. Here’s a message from Hogwarts:

A Happy Christmas To You
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18. Toy Story: The racist version.

With Love And Good Wishes For A Happy Christmas
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19. Some Christmas dinner for you!

The Best Wishes Of The Season To You
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20. The “Christmas clown”.

A Right Merry Christmas To You