A holy, happy Christmas" -- Victorian Greeting Card

England, 1880. Very good. Light toning, dust soiling.. An attractive die-cut Christmas greeting card depicting a wintry pastoral river scene with a sailboat in the background, and birds on birch branches in the foreground. Mica flecked branches. Early ink inscription to verso: "B.J.M." Measures approx. 4.25" by 6". Chromolithographed, die-cut, embossed.