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Girl under mistletoe with a boy, Christmas postcard, circa 1910

Subjects
ChildrenChristmas & Santa
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Girl under mistletoe with a boy, Christmas postcard, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Girl under mistletoe with a boy, Christmas postcard, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card, captioned "A Happy Christmas" and "Will He Dare?", shows a long-haired girl in a white dress seated beneath a sprig of mistletoe while a boy in a dark jacket watches from the background. Christmas postcards of this era often used mistletoe and coy courtship scenes to suggest a holiday kiss; the printed question turns the sentimental illustration into a gentle joke.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Wishing you and Papa and Mamma all the joys of the season. Will send you some others later Uncle & Mrs McDonald

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
A HAPPY CHRISTMAS WILL HE DARE ? --- POST CARD CARTE POSTALE POSTKARTE (FOR ADDRESS ONLY.) Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OIETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9444. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. By Appointment. After the black & white drawing by TOM BROWNE. "BUT ONCE A YEAR." Printed in England
PostmarkedDecember 22, 1908, 11:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Hussett

Amesbury, Mass, The Highlands

FromJ. McDonald, 415 [illegible], Selma, Ala

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
ConditionGood
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite border; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: SELMA ALA DEC 22 1908 11-30 A. Divided-back Tuck "Oilette" (No. 9444) chromolitho card, pencil message, light edge/corner wear and slight soiling on the back.

Cite this card

Girl under mistletoe with a boy, Christmas postcard, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/girl-under-mistletoe-with-a-boy-christmas-postcard-circa-191. Accessed October 24, 2026.