These steamy bottles took a break from ringing in the New Year with a kiss to wish you the best in the coming year (just kidding, they've been making out for HOURS) #newyear #holidays #sealedwithakiss

So I guess these wishes don't come from France or South America, since they are foreign visitors... #newyear #holidays #pineapple #champagne

These bottles are sending Hearty Good Wishes to your liver #newyears #holidays #drinkup

Have I entered an alternate reality where now everyone puts grape jelly on their MEATBALLS? With BBQ sauce? As party food? Dear Lord, that sounds horrific. #partyfood #holidays #grapejelly #meatballs

I have got to get back to Pompeii - it's been too long and this would be amazing to see: greekreporter.com/2025/12/28/a... #italy #myth #folklore #pompeii #folkloring

A violin playing squirrel is just what you need to ring in the new year. I'm not sure why it looks so weird around the squirrel's arm, but I am really hoping that the original card had that as a cut out so you could move the arm and have him "play" #newyears #holidays #squirrel

Broken glasses, spilled champagne and a cork popped to powerfully that it hits the moon's nose - without breaking the window glass. Now THAT'S a party! #newyears #holidays #champagne #maninthemoon

Angels getting the moon drunk? Seems legit. #newyears #vintagecards #maninthemoon #champagne

Not sure what is going on here - are they ceramic telephone line insulators from back in the day? Nothing like two of those shaking hands while one holds a poisonous mushroom - that'll get you in the spirit! #newyears #holidays #mushroom #vintagecards

These hybrid creatures deliver a traditional New Year's greeting - by striking an old man with a bat. #newyears #holidays #santa

Time to move on to New Year's cards - start the New Year right with these jockey angels riding bats - a beloved holiday tradition! #newyears #bats #holidays #angels

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And the final Freaky Food entry - this very British pudding seems like he is thinking about getting stabby, but wants to with you a merry Christmas first #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #stabbypudding

This anthropomorphic onion wants to extend holiday greetings #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #onion

More Freaky Food with this startled looking pudding heading out to dinner #christmas #pudding #vintagecards #holidays

For the last of the Christmas cards, we finish off with more Freaky Food, starting off with these German nut people with unusually large heads #christmas #nuts #vintagecards #holidays

For today's last Curious Characters, I give you this party scene. The looks are maniacal and I think there is a plan to snuff out that candle. #christmas #holidays #vintagecards

Today we will be looking at more Curious Characters, and this twofer gives us creepy smiling berries. Nobody is kissing anywhere near that mistletoe. #christmas #holidays #mistletoe #holly #vintagecards

Today we will be looking at more Curious Characters, and this one is a bit of a hybrid. Why does Santa look so scared? Who decided to photoshop this cake fail onto the card? Is that a cranberry belt? #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #cakefail

Today we will be looking at more Curious Characters, and though not technically a card, I couldn't resist the weirdness. How are those children not terrified of this creepy Santa? #christmas #holidays #scrooge #vintagecards

Today we will be looking at more Curious Characters with this woman inexplicably hanging out her window in a nightgown while apparently flirting with the moon #christmas #holidays #scrooge #vintagecards

Today we will be looking at more Curious Characters, starting with these mean-spirited old folks. They certainly seem jolly while assaulting these poor musicians. #christmas #holidays #scrooge #vintagecards

If you are going to be in London on January 4th, this looks like a lot of fun (and it's free!) thelionspart.co.uk/twelfthnight/ #twelfnight #mummers #folklore #folkloring #globetheatre

Once, people believed that, on #ChristmasEve, the veil between the living and the dead grew thin enough for old spirits to return, not to terrify, but to be remembered #folklore www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/co...

When my brother and I were in grade school, my parents would go to a party on xmas eve. Then my brother and I would lay on the floor by the tree and guess when the lights would go out all at once. We also picked ornaments and tried to guess what the other one was thinking of. What's your xmas lore?

Folkloring friends! I have just opened a new merchandise store (don't worry it is a company that runs in a sustainable way, ships locally, organic fibers and NOT fast fashion at all). I only have 3 designs out now, but let me know what else you might want to see: tee.pub/lic/Ut_R7ZCh...

These Christmas Critters are engaging in that beloved holiday tradition of getting a dog portrait painted by a monkey. As you do. #christmas #holidays #portrait #monkey #vintagecards

These Christmas Critters are locked in battle and quoting Macbeth, so not the most festive of holiday greetings out there #christmas #vintagecards #holidays #turtle

More Christmas Critters - These happy oysters taking a stroll on the beach just missing the natives that are presumably absent after being wiped out by colonialism. #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #oysters

More Christmas Critters today! I am not sure what this greeting means, but why are two cats in the carriage while one is pulling it? Is it a slave cat? A servant cat? I have questions #christmas #vintagecards #holidays #cats

A little folk medicine (I have one of these in my kitchen right now) gardeningsoul.com/benefits-of-... #folkmedicine #folklore #cloves #onions

Today's final Freaky Food entry is this Christmas dinner rebelling against the cook. The pudding and meat look pretty happy, but the turkeys are clearly enraged at being plucked while still alive. #christmas #vintagecards #holidays #turkey #onegoodturn

More Freaky Food with this fish having a serious conversation with this unbothered oyster. That oyster might want to consider the fact that the fish is wearing a chef's coat and an apron. Just sayin'. #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #oyster #christmasdinner

More Freaky Foods - this happy little nut has a big surprise coming - I call this "Trust Issues" #christmas #holidays #walnuts #vintagecards #trustissues

More Freaky Food - this fancy bok choi lady is clearly an introvert, evidenced by her distress at getting an invitation to a holiday party. I am somewhat concerned that the cabbage appears to have pulled off part of his head for that tray. #christmas #holidays #vintagecards #cabbage #bokchoi

Continuing the fancy root vegetable theme, I give you this fancy Christmas beet. He's so fancy his monocle is square! #christmas #holidays #beet #vintagecards

Today we return to Freaky Food, starting with this dapper Christmas parsnip as only a parsnip can. #christmas #parsnip #holidays #vintagecards

A little mistletoe lore: www.vindy.com/life/lifesty... #mistletoe #christmas #folklore #myth #freya #holidays

The latest episode of Darklore is now live! Join @drunkstoryteller.bsky.social and I as we discuss stories of Mothman sighting from around the world! www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #darklore #folklore #mothman #pleasantpoint #silverbridge

We have more Curious Characters today and I am not entirely sure what this is supposed to be. Does she take off her head to cook or do those massive flames behind her just do the job? Why a pot head, anyway? #christmas #vintagecards #holidays #pothead #whichseason

We have more Curious Characters today. Nothing says Christmas like two lads getting murdery and making sure the cop that has fallen through the ice stays there. Just a few more snowballs...... #christmas #holidays #snowballs #seasonsgreetings

We have more Curious Characters today! The expression on this elf's face makes me think there was a secret ingredient in that pudding! #christmas #pudding #holiday #folklore #vintagecard

We have more Curious Characters today, starting with these witches who apparently are trick riders and are riding side saddle and backwards #christmas #witch #sidesaddle #holidays

Christmas day weather folklore: www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news... #christmas #divination #weather #easter #folklore

Writing a book? Some days it is hard to squeeze out 1000 words. Trying to stay under a word count in an "about" section - 1000 words over the limit without even trying. #booksky #writersky #authorsky #thestruggleisreal

Today's card theme is Curious Characters and here we have that classic Christmas tale of the clown who beat the Bobby with his goose because he heard he should have a little sauce with his goose. #christmas #clown #goose #holidays #heartwarming #bobby

Today's card theme is Curious Characters and next up is this clown wheelbarrow ride. I am not sure what the exact kink is here, but everyone seems to be consenting adults. #christmas #clowns #holidays #merrychristmas

Today's card theme is Curious Characters and next up is this rather altered looking Santa - I hope he started drinking AFTER all the presents were delivered! #christmas #santa #holidays #jollystnick

Today's card theme is Curious Characters and next up is this suspicious Santa wearing a mistletoe crown and his hooded hand standing friend. The twins and their sister seem pretty happy about it, though. #chrismas #christmastree #holiday #felicity #badsanta

Today's card theme is Curious Characters and we start with these frolicking fairies worshipping a plump pudding. Why so some have antennae and some don't? Who is the dude with the martini? So many questions. #christmas #christmaspudding #fairies #fae #holidays #fairfolk