Time to rest

Illustrastion Lennart Helje, Swedish

Illustration Mauri Kunnsa, Finnish

Illustration Jaana Aalto, Finnish artist

Illustration Sirkku Saukonoja, Finnish artist

Sent by Seija on Christmas 2018 from Lohja Finland

Christmas Greetings from Germany

Sent by Karin on Dec 8, 2022 from Hannover

"Whether signaling far off planets or softly shadowing the snow, holiday lighting , at its best, is a beacon of  peace."

Photo Earl Carter

Sent by Annie from Michigan U.S.A.

Christmas porridge

Illustration Lena Petersson, Swedish 

Christmas porridge for eight

Illustration Ingrid Elf, Swedish

Illustration by Lars Carlsson, Swedish

 

 

Christmas Dance

Postcard from the 1950s

Illustration Bjarne Uttuslien ( 1909-1977) Finnish, Norwegian

Postcard from 1970s 

Illustration " Sirkku 15" Finnish  

Christmas dance at Dog Hill

Illustration Mauri Kunnas, Finnish 

Mailbox Today

The city of Carcassonne, France  ( 3rd. century AD 12th. and  13th. century)

Carcassonne  is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. 

Sent by Dany from Poitiers, France 

Holy Innocents Day

 

The Holy Innocents  Day is celebrated in memory of the children from Bethlehem who were killed by King Herod according to the 2nd chapter of the Gospel of Matthew

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish artist

Illustration Rudof Koivu, Finnish artist

Christmas atmosphere

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 

Peaceful Christmas

Sent by Jane from Aurora, Illinois, U.S.A.

Christmas 2021

Illustration Jaana Aalto, Finnish

Illustration Kaarina Toivanen, Finnish

Illustration Raija Riihimäki, Finnish

Illustration Heikki Laaksonen, Finnish

Illustration Henna Punkki Pitkämäki, Finnish

Holy Night

Frohe Weihnachten 

Tausendschön 

Sent by Rosemarie from Germany

 

Peace for Christmas

Juupajoki Church

Christmas 2018

♥Wishing you all Joy and Peace This Christmas ♥

Christmas decorations

Original painted by mouth by Mariusz Maczka, Polish artist

Sent by my friend Soili from Portugal

Christmas traditions

Christmas Sauna

 Kaatina Toivanen, Finnish illustrator

Kaarina Toivanen (b. 1959) is one of Finland's most famous postcard artists. There is a lot of rural spirit, traditions and nature in her csrds like pictures of animals, gnomes, but the artist's favorite subject is elves.

 Minna Immonen, Finnish illustrator

Minna L. Immonen (b.1964) is also one of the most popular Finnish visual artists, known especially for her postcards.

Sent by Kirsi on 31 Oct, 2022 from Lahti, Finland

Christmas porridge

Jenny Nyström, Swedish illustrator

Christmas tree

Lars Carlsson, Swedish illustrator

Santa Claus is coming 

Illustration Lisi Martin

Santa Claus

Christmas postcards from 1970s by Aarno Hammar, Finnish 

illustrator, set designer, advertising draftsman.

 

Christmas memories

1950

Illustration Kaj Edelman, Finnish illustrator 

1950

 Eeli Jaatinen (1905-1970) Finnish illustrator 

Eeli David Jaatinen was a Finnish painter, illustrator and cartoonist. He studied at the drawing school of the Finnish Art Association and was tutored by Eero Järnefelt.

1960

Mirja Vänni ( 1933-2011) , Finnish illustrator 

1960

Olavi Vikainen (1915-2005) Finnish comic artist and cartoonist.

1950

Urpo (Manelius) Maasio (1901-1984)  Finnish lithographer, draftsman and artist. 

 

Christmas Misc

Christmas 1971

Original illustration by Gunila Stierngranat 1902-1960 Swedish illustrator 

Gunila Stierngranat made comics, postcards, Christmas letters, coloring books, story books and girls' books and illustrated in weekly magazines.

Christmas 2017

Peaceful Christmas¨

Original by Charles Golding, Swedish illustrator 

Christmas 2020

Illustration Mauri Kunnas, Finnish illustrator 

Christmas 2021

 Snowman and Angel

Illustration Maarit Ailio, Finnish illustrator

Christmas 2021

Bread recipe

Illustration Ingrid Elf, Swedish illustrator