30 Amazing Vintage Gnome New Year’s Greeting Cards From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries


Dec 28, 2020

The New Year is a time to let go of our bad habits and make some sort of effort to improve ourselves. It’s a time of optimism, when the new year spreads out before us as a blank slate. Any unpleasantness from the past year can be left behind. So it’s not surprising that people used to send New Year’s greetings that were filled with symbols of good luck and promise.

There are also quite a few depictions of bearded humanoids. The cards with dwarves were typically created for Scandinavians. These magical diminutive creatures are symbols of luck. Other European countries incorporated their magical creatures (elves, gnomes and the like) into their New Year’s cards.

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