Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards but in Victorian times it was all par for the course.

Many of these strange Victorian Christmas cards are making the rounds on social media this holiday season (@HorribleSanity has shared some especially disturbing ones, like the scene of a frog-on ...

Today, Christmas cards have their own familiar, comforting iconography: Santa Claus, candy canes, snowmen, gingerbread houses, etc. But, back in the 19th century, people were still figuring this ...

The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead ...

As we’ve previously explored on Hyperallergic, Victorian Christmas cards could be quite creepy, with their murderous frogs and mobs of torch wielding birds. But one repeating image is especially ...

Some Victorian holiday traditions, though, are more difficult to understand from the vantage point of the 21st century than others, like the era's bizarre and sometimes downright morbid Christmas ...

Universal Studios Hollywood celebrates Christmas with Grinch, Harry Potter, Frog Choir, Mario and Luigi Dave Mason, Ventura County Star Sat, December 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM UTC ...

‘Sherlock’ Christmas Special Photo Teases Victorian Theme. BBC releases image of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in classic attire. BBC. Debbie Emery. July 8, 2015 @ 10:12 PM.

Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards but in Victorian times it was all par for the course.

Never mind that he stole Christmas. Everybody loves the Grinch. So much so that fans of all ages waited in a three-hour-long line on Dec. 8 to get their photo taken with the green guy, who let ...

Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards but in Victorian times it was all par for the course.