Ellen H. Clapsaddle's Christmas Cards
Vintage Christmas cards by Ellen Clapsaddle are numerous and diverse. We prepared a selection of about forty different old cards designed by the master of postcards with thousands of original designs. The presented antique Christmas Cards by Clapsaddle are arranged by theme. You can use them for decoration or maybe send them as an attachment to your friends. You can also publish them on your social profiles or personal blogs. A link to this website will motivate us to add even more Christmas greeting cards here and in other related addresses.
Ellen Clapsaddle's Christmas cards are divided by themes. Most of them have a dominating red and green combination of various symbols related to the holiday season. Some are signed, and some are not. Some are the same but with different greetings. Some vary only by the shades of the used colors. They are all here for your aesthetic enjoyment.
Decoration is a very important part of celebration. The right colors and other elements help to set the right vibrations for you and your guests. Use these vintage Christmas postcard designs for inspiration.
Antique Christmas Postcards by Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle
Sound is another important element of the holiday season. Who doesn't know Jingle Bells and other Christmas classics? Clapsaddle definitely created her share of Christmas bells!
Bells are traditionally used to announce beginnings, ends, and arrivals. The church bell is rung at midnight on Christmas, telling the world that Jesus is born. Many church services start right after that. But there are other bells, too. A bell at the door announces the guest in front, a bell in school announces the beginning and the end of the school hour, bells were traditionally used by sleighs to warn pedestrians, and we can't forget handbells, used at ceremonies.
Have you ever heard a handbell ensemble performing Christmas songs? They are quite spectacular!
Speaking of music, we need to mention Christmas carols, as well. Carols were only religious songs at first, but their popularity had softened the rules, and today, every Christmas song can be considered a carol. They spread the Christmas spirit just by decorating trees, Christmas greetings, visits, and presents.
Time for a Christmas Carol!
Christmas is a classic family holiday, yet somehow we perceive it more as the time for kids. Maybe because of the magic associated with Christmas? Or, maybe because we all love to return to our childhood at least for a few hours in a year?
Anyway, kids seem to be the most occupied during the holiday season. Free time and fresh snow (on condition there is any snow outdoors) give them the opportunity for long walks, building snowmen, decorating Christmas trees, writing wishlists, or just running around. Everything goes on Christmas.
Did you notice how skilfully Ms Clapsaddle used the color red in every one of the presented designs, sometimes almost hiding it yet always enlivening the scene with it?
Poinsettia, fir trees, and mistletoe are among the most popular Christmas plants. Their colors and ability to survive cold winters obviously contributed to their wide acceptance. These plants had special importance thousands of years before Christianity. Mistletoe, a so-called kissing plant, for instance, was used as a crown of the goddess Artemis, the Greek goddess of immortality and fertility.
A sled is a typical symbol of Christmas. It's not only used for fun rides, but it can also transport important stuff, like decorative plants, as we can see on the next series of Clapsaddle's old Christmas postcards.
If you need to move a large portion of plum pudding, a sled can be the answer.
And, of course, you can transport just about everything else. Or you can use a car!
Christmas Greetings by Clapsaddle
Kids love Christmas for many reasons. We can't deny the presents are very close to the top of the list. Children are wishing, hoping, and waiting. Expectations are half the fun!
The main event of Christmas for kids is still the arrival of Santa Claus. We are mostly used to seeing him on flying sled, but around 1910, with zeppelins at the top of popularity, he obviously preferred more modern vehicles.
Santa Claus can deliver his gifts in many mysterious ways. He also has secret little helpers.
When the gifts are finally delivered, the real fun begins! Did you know an average American spends about one thousand dollars on Christmas, with seven hundred on gifts only?
We are almost done. Here is some more plum pudding!
Do you need more?
Ellen Clapsaddle was not the only postcard artist who excelled at Christmas designs. We can cordially recommend at least three more, each with a distinguished style and their share of success in the competitive world of vintage postcards:
Paula Ebner was a German artist. Everybody loves her Christmas angels.
https://paulaebnerfansite.godaddysites.com/christmas-cards
Samuel Schmucker created a wide range of conventional and unconventional Christmas postcards under the strong influence of the Art Nouveau style.
https://samuel-l-schmucker.mypixieset.com/christmas/
France Brundage was the biggest competition to Ellen Clapsaddle. She had to be noticed in Germany first to eventually become highly popular at her home in the USA.
https://frances-brundage.weebly.com/christmas.html
Thank you for you visit. Have a great Christmas!