Guide to Papergreat's Christmas 2011 posts

I know it's early, but clearly some of you are starting to hang the lights, watch the Christmas TV specials and address the Christmas cards.

So here's a handy guide to last year's Christmas-themed Papergreat posts, for your browsing convenience and pleasure during the extended holiday season.

There will, of course, be a whole new batch of Christmas-related ephemera posts this year, but those won't start any earlier than December 1st. I'm trying to keep this expanding season reined in!

(Also, I'm not going to consider it the holiday season until I see some snow on the ground here in southcentral Pennsylvania. Do you hear that, Mother Nature?)

Postcards

• Manger scene at St. Mary's Episcopal School for Indian Girls in South Dakota
• Sami girl and a reindeer
• The Singing Postcard by Phonoscope ("White Christmas")
• Adams County, Pennsylvania, Christmas postcard from 1916
• Wishing Thoma a Merry Christmas in 1913

Greeting cards

• Awkward family Christmas card idea from the past
• Colorful card from 1920s (includes bonus pictures of Yours Truly)
• "Accept my Christmas Greetings" — a badly damaged old card

Miscellaneous cards

• The Christmas Baby (religious song card from December 1937)
• Christmas recipes from The Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library

Books

• A collection of "The Night Before Christmas" covers
• "Treasure Chest of Christmas Songs and Carols"

Decorations

• Family Circle's "Most Beautiful Christmas Tree" of 1981
• The Weed Christmas Tree
• A handy Christmas cape that doubles as a tree skirt

Conversation

• Reader comments: Christmas 2011 edition

Surprises

• See what Loretta is getting on someone's forgotten list of presents