SET: Greeting, series & groups,CHRISTMAS LETTER, (Q.V period) no Royal attribution, Made in Saxony, Christmas

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RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS -- LONDON ; PARIS ; NEW YORK -- PRINTED IN SAXONY, unusual way to send greeting using both words & images in the letter, easier to demonstrate than describe-see scans, used in 1894

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flags & holly at top, MY DEAR HURRAH FOR XMAS I HOPE YOU WILL NOT HAVE A COLD TO KEEP
to keep2-QV Saxony NRA
flags & holly at top, MY DEAR   HURRAH FOR XMAS I HOPE YOU WILL NOT HAVE A COLD TO KEEP
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continuation of message YOU IN THE house BUT IF YOU HAVE TO BE INDOORS TAKE YOUR pallet AND paint-box AND PAINT YOUR OWN Xmas cards YOU MIGHT TAKE THE SAME spade THAT YOU DUG WITH LAST SUMMER AT THE sea-side AND MAKE A BIG snow-man IN YOUR GARDEN. I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE ON CHRISTMAS DAY A book A NEW SHUTTLE-COCK, A PRETTY doll A BIG ball.TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY LIKE YOURSELF. WILL YOU NOT GIVE SOME money OUT OF YOUR purse OR money-box TO POOR CHILDREN --SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME crackers, sweets & pudding TOO FEED DEAR pussy-cat WITH HER MILK IN HER bowl AND REMEMBER TO THROW SOME CRUMBS TO THE bluebirds -of happiness. I SEND MY BEST LOVE YOUR LOVING
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
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XMAS flag & cards, MY DEAR HERE IS WINTER AGAIN girl skates, snowy ground behind YOU MUST NOT TUMBLE INTO THE frozen pond
to keep2-QV Saxony NRA
XMAS flag & cards, MY DEAR  HERE IS WINTER AGAIN girl skates, snowy ground behind YOU MUST NOT TUMBLE INTO THE frozen pond
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continuation of message AND CATCH COLD AND BE OBLIGED TO SPEND XMAS IN bed AND HAVE TO TAKE medicine instead of a Christmas feast, I HOPE Santa WILL BE VERY KIND TO YOU AND COME DOWN YOUR chimney AND BRING WITH HIM ALL KINDS OF toys THE FUNNY clown WISHES YOU A HAPPY XMAS AND SO DO I. goose wearing a hat. YOUR LOVING
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
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XMAS MY DEAR I JOIN WITH THE carol singers IN WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, PLENTY OF
2-QV Saxony NRA
XMAS  MY DEAR   I JOIN WITH THE carol singers IN WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, PLENTY OF
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continuation of message Xmas presents AND GOOD THINGS. HERE IS A FLIGHT OF birds- of- happiness
COMING FOR CRUMBS FROM YOUR window. I HOPE COOK WILL LET YOU HELP HER making THE Xmas pudding, WITH HER BIG spoon AND YOU MIGHT ALSO HELP HER TO UNPACK THE Xmas hamper, cake & goose AND YOU MIGHT ALSO BE USEFUL TO MOTHER IN DECORATING THE ROOMS WITH holly & mistletoe GOOD BYE YOUR LOVING
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
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MY DEAR MY COUSINS ARE HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYSchildren leave train, met on platformAND A GOOD
3-QV Saxony NRA
MY DEAR MY COUSINS ARE HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYSchildren leave train, met on platformAND A GOOD
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continuation of message TIME WE ARE HAVING. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN US TUMBLE ABOUT WHEN WE WENT SKATING ON THE icy lake AND WHEN WE WENT TO bed WE COLD NOT REST AND SO WE HAD SOME JOLLY GAMES WITH THE pillow-fight THEN UP CAME mother AND GAVE US A GOOD SCOLDING. WE ARE GOING TO SLEEP NOW. I WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NO birching WHEN YOU ARE HAVING YOUR LESSONS. YOUR LOVING
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
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MY deer HURRAH! CHRISTMAS IS COME books ARE DONE AWAY WITH AND FROLIC IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY
3-QV Saxony NRA
MY deer HURRAH! CHRISTMAS IS COME books ARE DONE AWAY WITH AND FROLIC IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY
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continuation of message SOON THE xmas pudding WILL HAVE TO BE made. DON'T B E LIKE JACK HORNER AND pick ALL THE PLUMS, GREETING FROM TWO OLD FRIENDS pudding & goose wishING YOU A GOOD TIME, YOURS LOVINGLY. P.S.KEEP THE home-fires A BOILING.
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
Categories
MY DEAR, I HAD SUCH A DELIGHTFUL PARTY AND SUCH A LOVELY xmas tree I WISH YOU HAD BEEN
QV Saxony NRA
MY DEAR, I HAD SUCH A DELIGHTFUL PARTY AND SUCH A  LOVELY xmas tree I WISH YOU HAD BEEN
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continuation of message THERE TO dance WITH ME AND TO SIT BY ME AT THE SUPPER TABLE - WE HAD SUCH A LOT OF NICE THINGS TO EAT - TARTS AND deserts with Xmas pudding. AFTER SUPPER THERE WAS SUCH A ROMPING GAME OF musical chairs. I WAS SO SORRY YOU WERE NOT WITH US TO ENJOY THE PARTY TOO. YOUR LOVING
oblong, single sheet, single fold

Size
9 X 12.5 CM.
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