Moonlit Owl by Kirsty R Walker for the Alzheimer’s Society
After a relentlessly dismal 2020 it’s time to sit back and admire all the Christmas cards we have received.
Last Christmas I was expecting an imminent hip replacement for my husband but the Covid pandemic put paid to his operation date in March, at the last minute. He has been in agony and shuffling with a Zimmer frame for months but finally had the hip replacement last week – and he came home to me on Christmas Eve a much more cheerful man! So we hope “things can only get better” as long as we can avoid the dreaded virus.
Is it just me or did Christmas cards seem a bit subdued this year? Anyway, here are just some of the designs that caught my eye. As usual, click on the image to go to the source if it’s a charity.
There seem to have been many robins – this one is for Cancer Research UK
Not-quite-socially-distanced revels – Christmas Skating by Rob Parkinson for Barnardo’s
Definitely mingling – a church choir for Martin House hospice in Wetherby, West Yorkshire
More nostalgia, for Clic Sargent, the charity of young people with cancer
Hall of Fame by Mikki Butterley for the Dogs Trust
Angels for Tenovus Cancer Care
Of course this year there are references to the Covid-19 pandemic…
Virtual Three Kings on a Zoom call for Private Eye
If only everyone could be Driving Home for Christmas… a Waitrose card in aid of the National Autistic Society, Whizz-Kidz and the Wildlife Trusts
There always have to be sheep – Baa Humbug by Tim Mason for Dobbies Garden Centres
Whooper Swans by Robert Gillmor for Penna Press and The Wildlife Trusts and The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
A simple design for Oxfam
There are always a few unusual ones…
A Merry Christmas by Leendert Jan Vis in the Netherlands
Cactus and baubles by Michelle…
A wood engraving of special old yachts by Henry Middleton
That’s it for now, although I expect there will be a few stragglers in the next few days. Have a wonderful Christmas and here’s to a better 2021 for everyone!
The Squirrelbasket 
What a relief after waiting thru months – onward and upward!
Indeed.
Hope all goes well in South Africa with the “new variant” scares…
Best wishes š
Lovely selection of cards. I don’t get many but I’m pleased that most are charity ones, and some with robins which I’m always glad to see.
Thanks, I hope you enjoyed yourselves and let’s hope so. xx
A quiet Christmas – as I expect it was for everyone this year.
Happy New Year š
Your friends clearly have good taste / a wicked sense of humour! The three kings on Zoom is inspired, and I love that the cherubs holding up the screen are masked!
It’s always possible to make humour out of tragedy!
All the best for a Happy new Year š