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If you’re looking for an old-fashioned way of saying Merry Christmas, you can always do it with a dozen antique Christmas cards at a time.  They are the new fashion statement for today’s letter writer and giver of cards.  Vintage cards are not just any alternative to e-cards. Their style has been incorporated into the latest e-cards to add a classic, retro appeal which is both charming and timeless.

You can trace antique cards back to the days when Christmas cards were mailed in bulk.  People simply loved sending and exchanging Christmas cards, and there was enough goodwill to go around.  It was traditional to buy a boxed set of greeting cards and post them to relatives and acquaintances who were part of your yearly mailing list.  Nowadays, if you know where to buy Christmas cards online of the vintage type, then you are able to relive this same classic experience of spreading the holiday cheer.

Looking back, you cannot help but appreciate these special cards which featured classic vintage art of the 1950’s.  Originally, their paper was textured and their words were written in old script.  Some even had pictures which endearingly popped up everytime you open the card.  The most elite of them were fringed with silk and written in Victorian letterings.  They featured quaint scenes of slumbering villages and snow-covered hills, or groups of children all bundled up in winter clothing and singing Christmas carols with their innocent gazes resting above.  You felt refreshed by the sight of their healthy cherub faces and rosy cheeks.    Just as lovable were the pictures of kittens and puppies which accompanied the sweetest of childrens Christmas cards.  Best of all, there was the heartwarming character of Santa Claus and the all-too familiar figure of Rudolph by an open sleigh.

In those times when the home was at the hearth of all Christmas celebrations, old cards would portray the traditional nativity scene with Jesus’ birth at the center of the story.  You could see in fine artistic detail how the faces of Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus would reflect such serenity and radiance.

A similar touch of shining glitter also used to spruce up those Christmas cards which featured holiday decorations like holly and mistletoe as well as poinsettia and pine cones.  You could almost smell the scent of evergreens telling you that Christmas was in the air.

It’s that time of year, and Christmas is once again in the air!  The idea of antique cards could bring you home for Christmas, or better yet, you could bring home a boxed set of these holiday cards to give away to your loved ones.  They make great collectibles, because where else could you find such beautiful art?  They are great materials to receive, inherit, and collect over the years.  They also make great subjects for framing.  Your table tops and mantel pieces come alive when you display these fine creations.  When you put up your Christmas tree, these cards also make fabulous decorations.  Just hang them with ribbons and let them be illuminated by tiny lights.

With vintage cards back in fashion, as if they were ever out of style, there is a new Christmas hallmark for sale.  You can now buy Vintage Christmas Cards online as clip art images you can send to people in the form of e-cards.  You can even print images of this clip art and incorporate each photo into your crafts like sewing, quilting, and scrapbooking.  They are endearing clip art which you cannot simply discard and replace with another, because most of them are rare and they are really meant to be treasured as age-old pictures of bygones days.  Aside from buying unlimited downloads of these antique pictures in CD form, you can also choose to buy a box of children’s vintage sugar cards from online specialty shops which sell them cheap for the value they’re worth.  After you shop for them, all you have to do is sign your name with flourish and send them on their way.