These Adorable Vintage Christmas Cards Will Make You Yearn For A Simpler Time

These Adorable Vintage Christmas Cards Remind Us How The Holidays Used To Be
Greeting card shows an illustration of two musicians and a man whol holds a lantern as they perform outdoors in the snow, accompanied by the text, 'With Christmas Greetings,' early twentieth century. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
Greeting card shows an illustration of two musicians and a man whol holds a lantern as they perform outdoors in the snow, accompanied by the text, 'With Christmas Greetings,' early twentieth century. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

If you're like most people, Christmas cards mean dashing to take family holiday portraits, last-minute printing or, if you're really lazy (sorry), sending one of the many hilarious Someecards. While we're grateful that technology has afforded us faster ways of sending year-end greetings, we have to admit there's just something nice about getting a real card in the mailbox. Not only are these cards incredibly thoughtful, they're also something tangible you can hold on to and store away in a shoebox to re-read years later.

We miss the lost art of the greeting card and decided to take a look back at some of the most adorable Christmas cards of decades past -- when cards were more than just a seasonal nicety:

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Before You Go

Allen Grandchildren Family Picture, 1979

Photos From Christmases Past

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