early cards with non traditional Christmas images

Today, when we think of Christmas cards, we imagine Santa Claus, holly, candles, wreaths and Santa Claus. But many of the early cards didn't have any conventional holiday graphics, only the caption gave away that it was a Christmas card.

A 1875 card by artist Walter Crane

An early card by lithographer Louis Prang. Prang made very expensive, elegant cards. This card isn't one of them, I don't know why frogs were used for Christmas. The next card is more typical of Prang's offerings.

Prang's wasn't the only company that used floral themes in greeting cards ,this is another early image.