Felt Mistress holiday windows for Selfridges in London

round-up of Designer Christmas cards
(via Dezeen, above designed by d.studio)

a heartwarming round up vintage Disney Christmas greeting cards and new year calendars from the 1930s through 1950s

“…It’s time again to share this batch of wonderful Christmas cards from the Disney studio collected by Disney animator, Claire Weeks from 1938 through the mid-1950s. The designs on these cards are so much fun, it makes you wish the films themselves looked this cartoony.” —Animation Archive

(above corresponds with year the feature film Lady and the Tramp was released: 1955)

simple & lovely integration of little Christmas trees to fill in the counters of the letter “B.”

vintage luggage label from Hotel Roctnhnua, Leningrad
(another from the collection of David Pearson)

“QRapping Paper™: The World’s Most Interactive Wrapping Paper”

It is a little early to be posting Christmas related posts, but I couldn’t help but share this cover for the 1983 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog.

(via Wishbook)

vintage czechoslovakian matchbox label
(via maraid on flickr)

In ’Twas the Icon of Christmas, Steven Heller looks at the visual history of Santa Claus and illustrators of the past. (article via AIGA)

vintage cards for Christmas and the New Year

Martha Stewart’s holiday decorations at home
(via The Daily Wag)

VPRO Christmas cover (via Moker Ontwerp)

Charles Eames with Christmas tree made of molded plywood legs circa 1946 (discovered link via monoscope)

First Christmas Card Worth £8,469 (via ephemera)

Merry Christmas from Your Milkman (via flickr)

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Feliz Natal
By Marina Chaccur