black_cat-christmas-cards-vintage
Cats,  Contests & Giveaways,  Holidays

Weird, Wild Yule Cat Black Cat Vintage Holiday Cards

If you love cats, sharing makes us purrrr :-)
Happy Winter Solstice and bright blessings for Yule.

black cat Yule

To celebrate the longest and darkest night of the year, I’ve created a new collection of vintage black cat cards with a modern twist. Yule has Germanic, Anglo Saxon and Nordic roots which developed into Christmas as we know it with Christmas trees, Father Christmas turned Santa, gift-giving and feasts. The Nordic countries especially Norway and Iceland with long, dark winters developed some weird and wild traditions involving the mythical JΓ³lakΓΆttur or Yule Cat Children are told at a young age to work hard or the giant cat will eat them. This is an extreme example of coal in their stocking or getting on Santa’s naughty list. Our own one-eyed cat, Odin tells all about other Yule traditions including the surprising truth about Santa.

Will your cats get special treats or not?

Christmas-cats-naughty-nice

Most of the cards with black cats date from Victoria to Edwardian England and are not the least bit monstrous.

vintage_black_cat_window_christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These chat noir cuties are from France.

christmas-Black_cat French

christmas_black_cat

 

 

 

 

 

chrismas_merry_kitten_stocking

If you’re celebrating Yule…

yule cat

And because not everyone celebrates Christmas or Yule, we wish you a merry everything. See you soon with our non-black cat but dark holiday card selection.

Love, light & Purrs,

Layla, Clyde, Domino, Odin and Nou Nou

happy everything

Have you entered our Big GIVEAWAY yet? Sorry this one is only on Instagram

Blackcatsofig_giveaway

23 Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

error: Content is copyright protected !!