Some WEIRD Victorian Christmas Cards

[@rachelmaksy]

Download June's Journey for free here: pixly.go2cloud.org/SH1U3 HIIIIIII GUYS! So I think I'm going to try to take next week off which means I get to pull the age-old dad joke of "SEE YOU NEXT YEAR"! I hope you all have a lovely holiday and New Year and eats lots of yummy food!

[@cottagethreaddesigns]

Have a wonderful holiday Rachel :) See you in the new year!

[@sassafrasandlemons1634]

Have a joyful Christmas.

[@MsQwerty135]

Have a wonderful Christmas!

[@AllThingsClarice]

Have a lovely Christmas Rachel 🎄💕

[@BoazsCrown222]

Rachel Maksy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!🎊

[@meganchung69]

You better watch out You better watch out You better watch out YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

[@nanamiharuka3269]

if you know you know😂

[@sint0xicateme]

The weather outside is...weather.

[@alexandrae4566]

big mood

[@sarahnewcombe4336]

Thats hilarious!

[@sammy_w]

I can hear this comment

[@ash.wlouise]

Why do I feel like greeting cards back then were like sending memes now.

[@uniquelymadison]

I thought so too!

[@Sam-gl6fu]

Ashley Louise 😂😂😂😂

[@aliveslice]

They were.

[@froggdoggs8551]

@mental H-how do you know

[@kateh.2324]

Frogg doggs sorcery

[@MagiaGirl]

The dead bird at the end of the video was for St. Stephen's day. It was a day to honor the fact he was the first martyr. The dead bird was supposed to represent the end of the old year and preparing for the new year. But still very strange. I work at a museum where we use a lot of the cards during our Dickens program. Another favorite of mine is a mouse riding a lobster. haha.

[@Cationna]

Thanks for explaining!! So interesting.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Wow too cool, thanks for the info!!!😁👍❤❤❤

[@lunagabriella213]

Omg 😂😂😂 I can't even picture a mouse riding a lobster

[@Uapa500]

So interesting, thank you 🙂

[@peachtea7269]

I want Christmas' cards of a dead bird and a mouse on a lobster.

[@charischannah]

I feel like someone on Etsy should be reprinting these.

[@AliceinDisneyWorld1125]

Seriously! I want the angry bird mob one. 😂

[@Anak-ie2pn]

Good idea!

[@elizabeththornton8982]

We need to get on this niche market

[@averyjeanne]

This is literally a year late, but I found a shop on Redbubble called forgotten beauty, and they are selling these cards and prints, including the dead bird.

[@valerietheodore1688]

@@AliceinDisneyWorld1125 Omg SAME!

[@katewc]

Definitely going to be exactly the same 100 years from now. People looking back at our cards wondering why we have pictures of Christmas llamas, sloths and unicorns 😋

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahahaha omg TRUE

[@DarkPrince784]

Wait sloths are a common thing in Christmas cards?? I was not aware of this

[@Eowyn3Pride]

@@DarkPrince784 it's a trendy thing right now...Winners has lots of it.

[@DewelynC]

@@DarkPrince784 me neither 👀

[@villarozie]

Unicorn sloths

[@Infernukoneska]

I need Victorian passive aggressive Christmas cards in my life.

[@isabellescales3763]

Have a happy Christmas and get in the bag

[@cecilyerker]

Santa used to be more of a disciplinarian figure and either he or Krampus would put naughty children in the sack and beat them with birch canes

[@hollybrooke322]

Cecily Erker wow 😐

[@basilbaby7678]

Jon Solo just didn’t a fun video on the Krampus theme.

[@froggdoggs8551]

D:

[@jessicaclakley3691]

It’d be a happy Christmas for the parents of this child for em to not be screaming at them for a change 😂

[@Cris999]

You can’t tell me people were not into memes since the 1800’s

[@Cris999]

@@lisagorska7389 cool!

[@poppyh1356]

I HaVE CoMe tO GrEET yU I’m dying 😂 petition to bring back menacing Christmas cards 👀😆

[@rachelmaksy]

Right?!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@AnkhaLavey]

Omg, isnt that a cool idea for a Rachel merch? I mean, I would buy such cards 😀

[@jessicastevens5782]

the kitty sleeping next to me did not find the fight noises festive at all, but the red stripes on my very pale leg where he pushed off do have a bit of a candy cane vibe

[@cecilyerker]

Jessica Stevens my dog woke up to snarl and bark at the cat noises

[@TheCatLady65]

My cat came running up looking to join in, lol

[@netajones2098]

I apologize beforehand, but I literally LOL as I read this. 😂 My cats just looked at my tablet like "WTF kind of weird stuff is Momma watching now?" Lol

[@deboralee1623]

surprisingly, the cat on my lap and the cat in the chair near me didn't react. and yes, they're still alive.

[@kenziehurlock]

Oh that ended bad for you. I'm sorry. :( My sleeping kitty just got scared and I paused and skipped ahead for him.

[@hannahboswell]

Here in Iceland we have huge wooden goat that gets put up every year outside the Ikea and every year it gets burned down. They put people to guard it and it still gets burned down HAHA

[@nennawah]

So you guys copy the people in my hometown with our christmas goat?😜 google: Gävle christmas goat (sweden). we've been (illegaly) burning our huge straw goat since the 60's🐐🔥🤣

[@Eowyn3Pride]

🤣🤣🤣❤

[@annlidslot8212]

@@nennawah Hi, Didn't they catch one guy doing it some years back and he was British? Very unusual. To catch and prosecute I mean. The guy being British... I can see a conspiracy theory coming up the road... God Jul och Gott Nytt År and Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Yours, Ann

[@nennawah]

@@annlidslot8212 uhm I don't think a British person have ever burned it down. Back in 2001 an American burned it down, thinking it was legal and he got a few months in jail🤪 the rest of the goat burners have been Swedish as far as I know. God Jul & Gott nytt år!🎄🎅 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!🎄🎅

[@annlidslot8212]

@@nennawah Hi, Ah, American yes that must be the guy I was thinking of. Well there goes the conspiracy theory. It wasn't any good anyway so this is better. Didn't you have the goat up almost until Christmas Eve one year fairly recently and how long did you get to keep him up this year? For you people outside of Sweden, The Christmas Ram (male goat) was a prominent personality in Swedish Christmas folklore He started out as one of the St Stefan's boys making a nuisance of themselves on the day of St Steven. After they had been made redundant the Mighty Ram, got the job as the Bringer of gifts (and firewood for the wicked, for some reason) on Christmas Eve (we celebrate Christmas on the eve and not on Christmas Day as is the usual thing in the English speaking world) I believe. When he lost that part to "Santa" he got the smaller role of banging on the doors and windows and bringing the the firewood, via a sack full of them thrown through the front door (at least that was the story my dad told me, and he claimed he remember The Ram and his firewood from when he was young. Before that, well he wasn't that old). After that the Ram has retired and Santa delivers the presents, no one gets any firewood any more. By the way, if anyone knows a better story about the Mighty Christmas Ram I'd be delighted to hear where I went wrong and being corrected. Yours, Ann

[@TheRealKissyRee]

That bit with "The perfect Christmas card for the emo in your life" just _killed_ me, you could even say it _sleighed_ me!

[@Eowyn3Pride]

🤯

[@anastassiakuznetsova4603]

n o

[@dizzyella8204]

Gotta love the Victorians, they wild

[@LolaMexica]

I don't know why, "She got horn duty" cracked me up so much. 😂

[@parryyotter]

Lindsey M Same. I laughed so loud. I definitely started crying at the ants story though.

[@LolaMexica]

@@parryyotter 😂😂

[@grittykitty50]

Lindsey M and the little horn girl was like, "I'll blow your horn, just don't lick me." Oooh, that unintentionally sounded nasty.

[@emilyxfae7261]

People actually still celebrate Christmas/the Winter Solstice with Mari Lwyds! It's actually fairly cool, and despite being originally welsh it's popular in some parts of England too. There's actually a lot of parades where I live where the Mari Lwyds walk through the streets in a type of parade similar to a carnival

[@emilyxfae7261]

Love the video btw!

[@rachelmaksy]

I love that!!! What a badass character!

[@emilamaa]

That's so cool and different. Im so ignorant to other peoples and countries traditions (in the USA) it's cool to learn about the ones people still upkeep. I read into and now I have a frantic feeling I need to memorize some poetry hahaha

[@QueenCerii]

Also Welsh and can confirm this still happens!

[@januzzell8631]

Ahha! Was beaten to this :D Yep - still going! This is not a bad video to explain more www.wales.com/about/culture/mari-lwyd

[@ceciliawubben2379]

In the Netherlands we have a Kinda Santa we call him Sinterklaas and he puts bad children in his bag and brings it with him to punish them so maybe that’s why he putted him in the bag

[@missrobinhoodie]

Cecilia Wubben we have the same guy in Switzerland 😂 called „Samichlaus“. He also has a servant named „Schmutzli“.

[@noracampbell6392]

Well that's terrifying

[@missrobinhoodie]

Raven the Collie it’s a myth. He gives naughty children a lecture to do better next year and in severe cases puts them in the bag for a short minute 😝 He mainly brings the children peanuts, clementines and chocolate! And he loves to hear them recite a poem or two 😂

[@ceciliawubben2379]

Bina Turtle we call the servants Zwarte Pieten. And say they get spankings when kids are bad. He comes 5 December and Santa just at Christmas so both in same month

[@missrobinhoodie]

Cecilia Wubben interesting!! Does it mean „black Peter“ because he’s dirty from working coal? Because „Schmutzli“ basically means „dirty“ 🙈 In my country Samichlaus together with his servant visits the families with children on the 6. of december aka „Saint Nikolaus-Day“.

[@Varulfen95]

I suddenly have the inexplicable urge to find weird and unsettling christmas cards to send to my friends and family. I wish these were still available as postcards, they're hilarious. :'D

[@toxickitti]

Seriously! This is now the plan for next year. This year will be spent searching. 😈

[@valerioliva9872]

Your humor is unparalleled

[@alljustletters]

i seem to remember that in germany we have tales about st. nick stuffing naughty children into his bag and taking them away so i'm gonna assume that's what your favourite card references

[@LaDonna_Arcona]

nor I thought Krampus did that? I probably spelled that wrong so I’m sorry.

[@CoquetFleur]

Difference in traditions between Germany and Austria 😉. In Germany we don’t have Krampus but Knecht Ruprecht who is a helper of St. nick stuffing naughty children into a sack and beating them or only giving them coal as presents 😅

[@alljustletters]

yeah krampus is austrians, but also afaik both knecht ruprecht and krampus are more recent figures that were invented in order to represent the punitive side of st. nick because i guess it just vibed better with the character to not have him be both a gift giver but also a kidnapper

[@LaDonna_Arcona]

Oh ok :) thank you for the information.

[@mccperin]

Ahh, yes, nothing reminds me of Christmas more than a *death messenger moth!* Merry Crysler, folks.

[@TheDeerhunter316]

Mr. Frodo your Hat is precious

[@deidrashort8172]

I instantly liked the video just because if that. 😍😍

[@maiasmith3996]

You honestly look like a young molly weasley

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

How dare you! Unless that's a compliment...

[@froggdoggs8551]

Sarah Randall definitely a compliment

[@hussainvirk8598]

That is the best compliment u can receive

[@penelopesparrow]

Maybe it's my lady problems approaching but I legit teared up when you played that Sarah McLaughlan bit... 😂 My brother gives antique Christmas cards - one from 1879 had an orphan in rags warming themselves by a tiny fire, another featured a terrified boy climbing his bedpost because his toys had come to life and were after him. Can't wait to see what this year brings!

[@lexiel920]

Merry Krampus

[@goosegirl941]

Favorite Christmas movie 🎄

[@tristonsamuel6785]

Mary Chrysler

[@opaliteart758]

merry krizmus

[@30pmfr03]

Merry crisis

[@beataBubinka]

Oh yeah.. Those Kramps..

[@sassafrasandlemons1634]

Nothing says Christmas like frog on frog violence. Lmao!

[@ij5355]

5:00 mother! He cried, as William has been taken, by Saint Nicholas - this did not however phase her, as this was an annual entanglement

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@BelladonnaHarker]

I want that owl one....also "I have come to greet you Goat: should be the new meme of 2020 And the "Who's Afraid?" nutcracker sounds like the start of a horror film

[@romanticashale]

My cats both came running at those cat fight sounds 😂 they’re very concerned

[@purplegrrl711]

Manda May ours did as well

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahahaha yep binx was VERY alert while I was editing 😂

[@ibosquez5238]

They have cat sounds videos here on KZbin and it makes the cats come running and dog's ears go around.

[@cassievanbrunt7791]

@@rachelmaksy I love that your cat is named Binx.

[@Metalcoremorticia]

"Who's afraid?" I could not stop laughing. Excuse me while I try to recreate these and send them to my grandparents.

[@sweet_fang]

About Krampus: In Austria on St. Nicholas day there usually (at least in my area in south-styria) come people dressed as St. Nicholas and Krampus to the house to bring presents. My mum told stories about how Krampus would literally hit the children with a rod if they were naughty. They guys dressed as Krampus would usually be teen boys, that, for doing that, would get food and presents themselves from the parents of the children.

[@riverofstars3287]

I really liked the bird match mob card actually 😊 I think in Finland Santa used to be a goat man or an old man dressed as a goat (pre Saint Nick) That’s probably what all the goat cards are about.

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

THANK YOU. The preponderance of goats really weirds me out every time I watch this card compilation! 😂

[@covenofonlyme170]

Watching this outloud to bring the Christmas cheer, and my boyfriend (who I didn't know was listening) states after she announces the final Christmas card as having a dead bird, "sounds like that card is to you, from a cat". Honestly.....fair enough

[@etdanscesinstants]

Not sure why, but I also don't like holiday cards with photos in them, so last year I made my own block-printed cards of a festive octopus. Family was... very polite about them.

[@victoriaparnell7339]

The "Who's afraid?" card with the toy soldier might be a reference to Hans Christian Andersen's Steadfast Tin Soldier.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Victoria Parnell I agree, but it’s a wee bit cryptic for a card...

[@r05km]

It might also be a reference to St Stephen's Day/Boxing Day and the hunting of the wren. In Ye Olde England and Ireland, they had a charming Christmas tradition where you got your boys together and went out to hunt and kill a tiny bird. Because. Reasons.

[@googlethis313]

Whilst helping an elderly friend clean out her attic, we came across what she called “penny cards” or “half penny cards”. Smaller towns didn’t have phones. So we sat there and read whole conversations between her family members back in the Victorian day. I’m talking Hundreds of them! Most of these cards would not only have only one or two sentences but the front pictures were Fascinating! And boy did they run the gamut of scenery! Thanks for that memory! ❤️🖤❤️

[@styxmedvid8392]

I need more videos like these. I can't stop laughing at your commentary and I woke up my cat 😂 edit: and the added audio clips of the roosters and the cat fight 😂

[@rachelmaksy]

Heehhee❤️❤️

[@magda23792]

mine woke when the cat sounds came. 😄

[@styxmedvid8392]

@@magda23792 my cat is used to me playing weird cat videos, so she didn't budge to that. But the "laughing so hard I started coughing because I'm on week 3 of a cold" definitely bothered her 😂

[@AnkhaLavey]

Ikr? I wish there would be part 2. Its 4am where i live and I watched this because I cant fall asleep and tried so hard not to wake anyone because of my laughing 😂

[@elainestokes2787]

Heeey there, Welsh person here! Y Mari Lwyd is pronounced Ugh Marry Loo-ihd 👌🏻 So many sleep paralysis demons on xmas cards and I love it!

[@kittybax5450]

yay, another welsh person! nadolig llawen!

[@elainestokes2787]

kitty bax ‘Dolig Llawen i titha ‘fyd! A Blwyddyn Newydd Dda 🥳

[@roisinreilly9761]

I dont like ants either! They move way too fast and way too organized!

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahahaha YES

[@deboralee1623]

"Them! Them!" 🐜🐜🐜

[@caorgi]

That lipstick!!!!!!!

[@vintagekitch182]

It's so gorgeous!

[@actress-dancer]

Does anyone know what she's wearing?

[@OliveJuice]

Your videos just give me a warm, fuzzy feeling. So glad I randomly found you. 💃

[@rachelmaksy]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank yoooou 😭

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

DUDE. These would be PERFECT 2020 Christmas cards.

[@Yagathan]

Cultural background really is important in these! The goat makes sense in Finland, the word for Santa is "joulupukki", which in fact means "Christmas goat". The Santa stuffing a kid into the bag makes sense in Belgium, where naughty children get punished by being put in a bag and taken away on the 6th of December.

[@prp584]

"Who's afraid?" Pure gold 😂

[@amara6135]

weird victorian christmas cards are my grandma’s specialty.

[@froggychair7407]

The “who is afraid” card reminds me of that “who is dad. You. You is dad” card. Who is afraid? You. You is afraid.

[@dianehenderson7580]

My girl kitty, Lola, has had me replay the catfight SIX times already!!! Thanks alot!!

[@stellaandginger]

I'm wheezing. My husband thinks I'm nuts

[@rachelmaksy]

Hehehehe

[@rjvkt]

yes, 80's bangs forsure!!! And Frodo had the look on his face, "like really mom you put this on my head". Happy Christmas Rachel.

[@jeremiahlroy8196]

Rachel needs to this type of video for Valentin's day

[@hannelore03]

In my country, the Netherlands, we celebrate “Sinterklaas”, on the 5th of december. Originally an old Spanish bisschop, Sinterklaas comes by boat with his “pieten”, and brings presents in a big burlap sack, for the good kids. Bad kids are beaten with reets, and taken back to Spain in the burlap sack(not really of course). Maybe he is portrait on the card with the kid, who is put in a sack by a “santa look a like”.

[@foddidfididvjfij2018]

The postcard with killed frog reminds me of vine " -what did you get me ? - mur -what mur ? - _MURDER_ "

[@jazzho1e]

10:03 this reminded me of a finnish christmas song called "a bird on a christmas morning" it's about a girl giving a seed to a bird she finds in the cold one morning, then the bird tells her he's not actually a bird but her dead little brother who has come from heaven to see her on christmas. some of the lyrics are "snow has already covered the flowers in the fields, the wave of the lake frozen in the cold winter weather", "it's christmas, my homeless bird's unhappy" and of course "my child, i'm not a bird of this world, i'm your little brother, i came from heaven" "the seed you gave to the poor, has now gotten your young brother from the land of angels". basically all finnish christmas songs are depressing and sad. if not, they're translations.

[@laurawestenra]

This is one of the funniest videos you've ever done! And the special effects! Delightful!

[@biyatrism]

9:52 Normal people receiving the card: *iS THIS A THREAT?!*

[@taylorpfeifer171]

Rachel interpreting Victorian Christmas Cards is my new favourite thing.

[@Clowreader]

Oh I think the frog murder scene is based on the Judith Slaying Holofernes painting and story...which makes me kind of like it....maybe...

[@terminologicalinexactitude]

Judith and Holo-frog-nes perhaps? No?? I'll just let myself out.....

[@Arabesque42]

@@terminologicalinexactitude ahh yes by Carafroggio

[@agypsycircle]

They are kinda creepy lol! Enjoy your break! See you next year!

[@janes8714]

I HAVE COME TO GREET YOU !

[@jemmaf.a.b]

Watch horrible histories season 2 episode 14 It will explain why they are like that

[@flikkeringlightz7472]

Need to check that one out...

[@billiev8705]

Jemma F.A.B Where would I find that?

[@billiev8705]

(I’m googling...)

[@jemmaf.a.b]

You should find it on youtube if not maybe Netflix.

[@Kate-es9of]

Is it the Christmas special?

[@purplegrrl711]

The victorians were obsessed with death

[@ladyrepunsel4567]

I couldn’t stop laughing when she said “nothing says Christmas like frog on frog violence”

[@TheWatercolourNymph]

I don't know what that bird on the Australian card is but it's definitely not an emu and I'm concerned This video got me crying

[@MeliaSun]

It's called a Brolga, one of our native Cranes, they're known for their elaborate mating dances.

[@TheWatercolourNymph]

@@MeliaSun yikes😅 The Christmas Brolga

[@thoughtengine]

@@TheWatercolourNymph Never mentioned in any Australian Christmas tradition. Nor is anything that's going on in that picture, really. Kangaroos are mentioned but there is no known tradition of them painting a picture of a brolga while wearing a dressing gown.

[@rebeccabrewertaylor9260]

@@thoughtengine lol

[@larimarstar6597]

*laughchokes* oh God bless your editing skills, Rachel! May YOURS be a joyful Christmas. Preferably without goat heads, dead frogs, or fear inducing soldiers.

[@emazullig4017]

OMG - those cards you‘ve found are awesome :) - thx, that was fun! Cheers from Switzerland where it‘s common for Saint Nikolaus to put kids into big bags when they where mean 🙈...

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahahhaa really?!!!! I didn't know that was actually part of his lore! 😂😂

[@yesiamfox2681]

Meanwhile in 1800's Russia: *an entire town aggresivly does intense ballet moves around a christmas tree with a very active orchestra in the background*

[@matrixiekitty2127]

That “Who’s Afraid?” Is so hilariously cryptic🤣🤣 and the Sledding chickens just kill me!😂

[@suzychesterfield4900]

This video is honestly the funniest and most entertaining thing I've seen in a while. This is the quality content I've been looking for

[@st.joanieofarc6115]

This is one of my comfort videos. One time I was having a rough moment and my friend started playing this video to help distract myself. Since then I always watch this video when I'm really sad, and it cracks me up each time.

[@Rinthony1]

“Roast these babies... like a couple of chestnuts” I CANNOT STRESS HOW LOUDLY I SNORTED IT WAS INHUMAN

[@evan50748]

Fun fact if you lost the rap battle u had to allow the person in the horse skull to come in and raid your pantry of its ale and food, all the while you’d have to stand there and watch and think about how u need to improve your rhythming ability

[@andrewjames291]

Watching this in September 2020, it's done. After how this year has been I'm sending these to my loved ones for Christmas.

[@zmythos]

the fact that the bird mob's little torches are matches

[@CarrieLemieux]

🤣🤣🤣🐜🐜🐜 gotta watch out for those ants in your pants

[@PrincessPikka]

I once had an Earwig in my tights and I was telling my mum "somethings biting me" she didn't believe me until after we got home and I was covered in bites and the little Earwig went running across the floor where the dog scooped it up and ate it!

[@Erik-zd2oi]

@@PrincessPikka ahahahaha

[@jenniferpearce1052]

@@PrincessPikka Good dog!

[@dorothyhinz4898]

As you viewed these Christmas Cards, I had several hardy laughs. Thanks so much for your "interesting" sense of humour. I totally shared in it.

[@hotlipsturtlehead6794]

Last time I was this early the visual language of christmas hadn't come around yet.

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@BluegrassJess]

I downloaded June’s Journey since it was the second time you talked about it! Basically I wanted to support you and them for sponsoring a video. But holy crap is it fun! I’m really enjoying the story & sometimes I suck at finding the stuff (hot tip y’all, you can ZOOM! It’s a game changer!) but I’m getting better and really enjoying it!

[@sarianfoederer3755]

The one card where santa puts the child in a bag reminds me off a holiday here in the Netherlands. Sinterklaas (saint Nicholas) has the same thing with the good and bad, but in the Netherlands if you were bad, the story was that he would put you in a bag and take you to spain with him. So I think it's both kind off mixed

[@Cationna]

This is the Christmas content I've been waiting for my entire life. I laughed to hard I cried. I also cried. Amazing. Simply amazing. That last card seems like it might have been a promotional for some sort of eco movement?... I mean... What else is it otherwise?? A very extreme "count your blessings" message?? I don't have even a trace of explanation for that "Who's afraid" one, though. You're like "aww that's kinda cute" and then you read it and are like "....wait what the heck".

[@imsoadjectiveiverbnouns5499]

For those of you who are wondering about the Welsh Mari Lwyd tradition, it is to do with 12th Night celebrations marking the end of Christmas. It works a bit like caroling, you go from house to house and sing songs to the people in the house, they in turn have to sing some back. If the Mari Lwyd group wins by out singing the occupants of the house then they are invited in for food and drink, if the occupants of the house win then the Mari Lwyd group move on to the next house. This also links to an English/Welsh tradition called Wasailing which is to do with New Years and welcoming the next harvest by drinking brandy and feeding some to an apple tree and sticking bread on the branches. Then there's some Morris dancing or traditional folk dancing to celebrate and then a big feast

[@spiritxdancer]

That frog murder card is something I would send to my sworn enemy.😂

[@anieth]

How funny! All these traditions are now not even comprehensible. The goat, the hunting of the wren, xmas pudding, and I do believe that many of these cards had another caption inside. Rachel, you are a hoot!

[@k1tkat-kate]

"We here to get sassy." Yes, yes we are. Always.

[@segullseagull3241]

Yup that's it. Next year I'm sending Victorian Christmas cards to my loved ones.

[@ij5355]

“Let’s talk about weird Victorian Christmas cards” me: Well yes, but actually yes

[@rainbowgirl918_5]

9:43 I sent this to my friends on Christmas morning and they acted like it was totally normal. This reaction is making me wonder if we're all just broken

[@Artbug]

"The kind of Christmas card my cat would give me" ahhhhh YES!🤣🤣🤣 I wish we had a christmas cardologist to give us the meaning behind these - I NEED to know why the goats so meaningful, or what that frog stabbing scene was, or why all these dead birds are good things. Theres an overwhelming theme of animals which is awesome and I'd love to understand the deeper meaning. Like you said - they're expensive - so people MUST have liked opening these cards

[@emmaothorell]

Before Santa we had a Yule goat in Scandinavia that brought gifts, so I can imagine that's why there are so many goats on these cards, maybe

[@hammysauce]

"Would you like to live deliciously?" 😂😂😂😂

[@sboreham9999]

I was not anticipating the cat fight sounds and didn't turn the volume down, so my cat was treated to those and had a complete freak out!! Woke her out of a dead sleep and she ran around the house to figure out who was fighting, then stayed on alert for quite a while after. 😂

[@inactive3651]

Ngl, its 12:30am and I'm trying not to burst out laughing cuz I'll wake everyone up

[@rachelmaksy]

Hehehehhe

[@lulumoon9]

Hilarious, but what the HECK was up with Victorians?!?! Merry Christmas!

[@rachelmaksy]

No idea 😂😂😂

[@cazc2013]

I stumbled on this late but I’m in hysterics with these. Wtaf are these?! 🤣

[@MLEbug]

I hear you on the 'ants in your pants' thing! I sat on a fire ant nest as a child so not only did I have ants in my pants but iust have lied that day because my pants were also on fire! I had to immediately strip in front of my whole class (all girls, thank goodness) and spent the rest of the day sitting on ice in my underwear. 😖

[@EmilySuydam]

I wonder if that dead bird one really was a "from the cat" card like we have nowadays.

[@suerainey9250]

The last one made me think of a Christmas song called Shoot the Wren by Broceliande. It's one of my favorites! You can (and should) find it on Spotify.

[@anapanman]

Finally, some quality holiday programming

[@dubbingsync]

Here’s me thinking I wouldn’t have to remember my homelands real creepy Christmas thing... then the rhyming skeletal mare arrives in this video to ruin that plan. Damn you Mari Lwyd!

[@bellyisis]

“June” looks like Phryne Fisher from Miss Fisher’s Murder Mystery tv series. I laughed out loud with the Krampus card with child in the basket & the frog on frog violence. Merry Christmas

[@xWillawisp]

One of the "Christmas" cards I'm sending this year I just... painted tentacles. That's it. That's the card. They better love it.