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Octopus's Tree-Topper.

Manage expectations this year with our cheeky, vintage style Christmas card. 

Ideal, funny holiday gifts for friends on the naughty list.

Magical Christmas card with enchanted elements in the style of Gennady Spirin coloring book page

Past Cremonesi Family Christmas Cards (2/3)

2034, (a year after the youngest, Duke Elliot, passed away) was a year of heavy controversy for the Orillian Royal Family, Particularly with the Cremonesi Triplets. Prince Conan, Second in Line, abdicated from his position in the line of succession, a rash decision by the Prince, who later went on to regret his actions. In retaliation, he wooed, then Tsesarevna [heir apparent] of Valrovia, Tsarina Alice Sokolov. The tumultuous love life of Princess Honoria was widely regarded by most, if not all Orillians as a failure. The Princess, Third in line (second after her brothers abdication), was free to explore her passions in ways her siblings never could. Pursue them she did, in a particular Edmund Scutari. By the end of 2034, Edmund divorced his wife and asked for Honoria's hand. In 2039, she went on to marry Sultan Dario Osmanoğlu. But most historic of all, 2034 was the year of Crown Prince Oliver of Orillia and Princess Ila of Valrovia's wedding. The two christened their love in winter of the year, and understandably so, was met with large criticism. Ila and Oliver had an 11 year age gap, Ila being 19 and Oliver being 30. This years Christmas card was the first to have two variations. And it depicted the couples various moments of candid activity. While the couple struggled in their first decade of marriage with one another and with their fertility. They welcomed their daughter, Princess Fiona 8 years into their marriage in the year 2042.

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December Day 9: Christmas Card 💌

#ChristmasCardDay

These cards at World Market were so fun.

Victorian Christmas Cards

Printed Christmas cards became popular in the Victorian period (1837-1901) thanks to a combination of cheaper printing techniques and even cheaper post, with the arrival of the Penny Black postage stamp. Coming in all shapes, sizes, and materials, Christmas cards were sent in their millions to all corners of the British Empire. Victorian illustrators created an entire mythology of exactly what we imagine a European Christmas should look like with their now-classic scenes of present-covered Christmas trees, holly, robins, sleighs, and snow-covered country lanes. When we dream of a white Christmas, it is the festive cards of the 19th century which are largely responsible for that evergreen imagery.