Free Vintage Christmas Cards: Cute Kids
Christmas is a time for children, so kids made obvious subjects for vintage Christmas cards. These little girls and boys are particularly cute, even if they do only represent a portion of the world’s population. From looking at these holiday cards (and the rest of my cards in my collection) you’d think that no other ethnicities existed before 1940. My apologies if you’re looking for something other than fair-skinned children. When it comes to vintage images, they’re hard to find. (UPDATE: I finally found an image of an African American child! She’s posted in the first row below.)
Click a vintage Christmas card below to view and download a larger version:
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September 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I was going to comment on only having fair-skinned children, but you already said it. Is there a section on here with vintage children Christmas Cards around the world?
Very sweet! Thanks for sharing!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I wish I had vintage Christmas images with children around the world, but I don’t. (It’s not for lack of trying.) There are some images featuring other ethnicities in the Halloween, paper dolls in vintage costumes and cigar label posts, though.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
What a wonderful happy site….Thank you It has brought back Christmas memories and wonderful thoughts
November 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
With the economy the way it is and people are really skrimping, THANK YOU for sharing FREE clip art so people can make their own holiday crafts economically (for a change)!!!!
November 25th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
You’re welcome, Sharon. I’m always delighted when people tell me they find the images helpful.
December 5th, 2008 at 1:26 am
I was wondering if some of these vintage cards actually talk about the reason for Christmas..being Jesus birth day..I would love to have some with a spiritual connotation…are there any? thankyoufor your great site..I wish I could get my puter let me click on them so I could print some! Merry Christmas to you! teri
December 5th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Hi Teri. There are surprisingly few images of that type, at least in the collection I purchased. But there is an image of Mary and Jesus on this page: vintage Christmas cards. There are also angels on this page: vintage angels.
I’ll take a look through my collection one more time to see if I can find any spiritual images. If I can, I’ll post them.
Merry Christmas to you too!
December 17th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Just wanted to say thanks as well for this great site! I am making Christmas Santa letters for my girls & these are the images that I was searching for! I wanted to include a nativity scene & you had one that’s perfect. Merry Christmas & God Bless!
December 17th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
You’re welcome, Jennifer! I’m so glad you were able to find what you needed. Merry Christmas to you too.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
is there a way to get some of these downloads at a higher resolution?
I really like crisper images for my art work, but I love some of your images – I haven’t seen them other places…
thank you,
Pam
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
Hi Pam. Click the Vintagerio ad in the sidebar to get higher resolution images.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:07 am
I love the boy on the airplane and the train, but the faces are so fuzzy…if you ever see a place where I can purchase the images…let me know!
thanks!!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 am
Click the Vintagerio ad in the sidebar to be taken to a site with lots of higher resolution images.
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 am
Thank you SO much for sharing these beautiful images free of charge. Bright blessings to you and yours.
With love
Nicola
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
You’re quite welcome, Nicola. Comments like yours make it all worthwhile. Have a wonderful holiday.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
These are adorable and I can’t wait to use them for cards this Christmas
June 13th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Thanks, Barbara. I hope you have a good time using them.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I LOVE this site! Thanks for sharing these beautiful images.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
You’re welcome, Kristy. Happy holidays!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Thanks so much! generous and awesome!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
You’re welcome, Margaret.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am
all the images are brill, thanks for such a large selection.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:55 am
You’re welcome, Dawnie.