The list of Christmas-themed posts in Papergreat's long history continues to grow. There are more than 150 now! So it's time for a newly updated directory all of the Ho-Ho-Holiday Goodness that's been dished out here over the years. Postcards, recipes, fashion, advertisements, greeting cards — there's a little something for everyone on this list. So bookmark it and scroll through it at your leisure this month when you need a break from wrapping gifts, singing carols or shoveling the driveway.
Postcards
- A merry Christmastide to you, Marguerite E. DeWitt
- Cute little pigs get their chance to be reindeer
- Early 1900s Oilette postcard from Tuck's featuring snowball fight
- Christmas postcard with a crinoline and a black cat
- Christmas postcard mailed to Mattoon, Wisconsin, in 1910
- 1911 holiday postcard sent to Hortonville, Wisconsin
- Vintage Christmas postcard featuring dangerous escapades
- Vintage Christmas greetings featuring a holly-jolly snowman
- Christmas greetings sent overseas to France in 1913
- 1920 Christmas postcard from the Bottjer family
- 1921 postcard: "Please accept my hearty Christmas Greeting"
- Peace and Goodwill 2015 (a Raphael Tuck & Sons card)
- "Christmas Greetings" postcard mailed to Palmyra, N.J.
- Postcard: The helter skelter at Santa's Workshop in Colorado
- Embossed postcard: A hearty Christmas Wish
- Postcard: The original Christmas Tree Shops location in Massachusetts
- 1913 Christmas postcard from A.M. Davis Company of Boston
- A 1910 postcard that was processed on Christmas Day
- Vintage Christmas postcard: "Kiss Me Quick!"
- Postcard from the first year of Santa's Village in Jefferson, N.H.
- Old Italian-language Christmas postcard: "Buon Natale"
- God Jul! A vintage Scandinavian postcard
- "Dear Friend Mable come down on beldsnickle night"
- Vintage Christmas postcard: Two girls with their gift on a sled
- From 1913: Combining Christmas greetings and gossipmongering
- 1938 holiday postcard from Leinhardt Bros. of York
- 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")
- In which angels descend to the Nativity on a ladder
- 1912 Christmas postcard mailed to a place called Foltz, Pennsylvania
- 1915 Christmas postcard: "Nothing Too Good For The Baby"
- Gorgeous postcard from Russia with Elena Potyakina artwork
- Adams County, Pennsylvania, Christmas postcard from 1916
- Wishing Thoma a Merry Christmas in 1913
- 1915 post-Christmas postcard: "Many thanks for the stationery"
- 1960s Russian С Новым годом postcard ("Happy New Year!")
- Christmas postcard from Raphael Tuck & Sons
- Vintage Christmas postcard, plus the famed Otto Christmas Cats
- Amusing Sinterklaas postcard from The Netherlands
- Christmas-themed QSL card from Appleton, Wisconsin
- Five vintage holiday postcards that will be traveling the world
- Another cozy Christmas postcard
- The Christmas snake charmer
- What even is happening here? (The severed-head postcard)
- Mark Felt helps with the severed-head postcard mystery
- Old holiday card: Best wishes from the Laurelettes
- Vintage Christmas card from Father: "Bright Days Always"
- Lee S. Boggs' Christmas card
- Cozy vintage Christmas card decked out in greens and reds
- The Cloud family and Frankford Memorial Methodist Church
- Long-ago holiday greetings from Edna Belle Curtin
- "Hoping ... you will pass this way and make me a visit"
- Season's greetings from Mr. and Mrs. William C. Spencer
- Old Christmas card (and more) inside 1890's "Triumphant Songs"
- Cheerful Card Company can help you earn extra money
- Reader submission: Amazing collection of vintage Cheerful Cards
- Awkward family Christmas card idea from the past
- Merry Christmas from The Gazette and Daily of York, Pa.
- Christmas remembrances card featuring Strasbourg Cathedral
- Small Christmas card from long ago
- Colorful card from 1920s (includes bonus pictures of Yours Truly)
- "Accept my Christmas Greetings" — a badly damaged old card
- Vintage Christmas card from Hawthorne-Sommerfield
- Edward Drosback's 1932 Christmas card to John Bryant
- Colonel McCormick from Cantigny wishes you Merry Christmas
- Old-style illustration of a boy carrying a Christmas tree
- Vintage punny card: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
- A pair of beautifully illustrated vintage greeting cards
- Four vintage Christmas cards (So many cozy buildings!)
- In support and defense of tiny Christmas cards
Recipes
- Fruitcake: Lost corners, rabbit holes and recipes
- Peter Pan recipe for peanut butter cookies
- Some holiday recipes from the Inglenook Cook Book
- Christmas recipes from The Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library
- Your gas company wants to share some holiday recipes with you
- Five holiday recipes from your friendly neighborhood gas company
- Betty Crocker shares her steamed holiday pudding recipe
- Christmas recipes and crafts from a half-century ago
Books and magazines
- 1945 magazine advertisement for Strathmore Magic Toys
- Holly-jolly book cover: "The Cotter's Saturday Night"
- Christmas-gift dust jacket on 1919 Harold Bell Wright novel
- 12 toys Mattel wanted you to buy for your kids in 1967
- Lucian Lowen's cover illustration for a 1961 edition of The Sphere
- Santa on cover of the December 1949 issue of Model Railroader
- Santa-themed fun book from the York (Pa.) Mall (circa 1971)
- Macmillan Reader presents a very 1950s in suburbia Christmas
- Gorgeous bit of penmanship in Christmas 1909 inscription
- Christmas recipes and crafts from a half-century ago
- Santa's Christmas Rocket coloring book (1982)
- Two Christmas-themed 19th century tales by Mrs. W.J. Hays
- A collection of "The Night Before Christmas" covers
- "Treasure Chest of Christmas Songs and Carols"
- 1886 Christmas gift inscription to Myrtle H. Gilkeson
- "Beautiful Christmas tree" illustration from 1903 textbook
- Christmas-themed cover of the December 1979 issue of Cricket
- Inscription from Grandma Burbank inside "Carl Bartlett"
- Family Circle's "Most Beautiful Christmas Tree" of 1981
- The Weed Christmas Tree
- A handy Christmas cape that doubles as a tree skirt
Miscellaneous merriment
- Holiday story time: "The Christmas Crab Apples" (gently adapted from Ruth Manning-Sanders' version)
- Christmas Eve mashup: Infocom and Dan Fogelberg
- Christmas superstitions collected by Edwin and Mona Radford
- Jedediah Hotchkiss' Christmas gift to Chesley Doak Shultz
- Christmas tradition: R.L. Ripples and the @TweetsofOld
- "Hayes Tips and Clues" for December bulletin boards
- Ruth Manning-Sanders' signature on Christmas Eve 1930
- Colorful gallery of vintage Cinderella stamps (including many Christmas seals)
- Mystery: "Here comes Santa Clause" at 7:47 on WRAW
- Mystery vintage photo of figure on snowy steps
- JFK reassures child: "You must not worry about Santa Claus"
- Holiday hanky from Peoples Laundry & Dry Cleaning of York, Pennsylvania
- Letter: Summing up Christmas 101 years ago in Mason City, Nebraska
- 1975 "Merry Christmas!" U.S. postage stamp
- "Carols for Christmas," a vintage pamphlet from The Prudential
- Five awesome Christmas gift tags
- Hurry and get this old-fashioned ice skating party for just $1
- Some vintage board games you probably won't get for Christmas
- An assortment of ephemera, including schlumbergera truncata
- Crīstesmæsse 2012
- Festive Christmas matchbook from D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Co.
- The Christmas Baby (religious song card from December 1937)
- See what Loretta is getting on someone's forgotten list of presents
- Rib-tickling requests of Santa from @TweetsofOld
- Kids Say the Darndest Things, Holiday Edition
- What American children want for Christmas (2014 edition)
- Ink blotter: Get your Christmas cards from Star Printing in Coatesville
- Santa Claus just told him he's not getting a Red Ryder BB Gun
- Remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914
- The American Gas Association's holiday lineup for 1971-72
- Panel from a merry Marvel Christmas in the 1970s
- Vintage vernacular photograph of a boy with Christmas presents
- Cash and puns make for a wonderful holiday mix
- Photo: Sitting in front of the fireplace, with stockings hung above
- 1970s Christmas snapshots of me
We all know it's just not the Christmas season until the killer emus roll in. pic.twitter.com/GIBm8vWeYZ
— Undine (@HorribleSanity) December 4, 2018
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