just in time for the war on christmas--Old Soviet Christmas cards.......

[madrchsod]

http://www.mazaika.com/postcard/aerospace1.htm
Mazaika.com :: Vintage Santa Xmas postcard gallery. Old Soviet postcard collection. Software Solutions for Photo mosaics, Digital Photo and ASCII-Art.

from.....
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/20/old-soviet-christmas.html
Old Soviet Christmas cards - Boing Boing

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. O! Those are cool!

So cool, went on a search of my own!


Found these: (so many to choose from!)


Site link: http://www.mazaika.com/postcard/aerospace1.htm

[FloridaJudy]

2. Those are actually "New Years" cards

And "New Years" trees. New Year is a fabulous opportunity for Eastern Europeans to get looped and do life-threatening stunts. Come to think of it, that's a world-wide tradition.

And that's not Santa - it's Deda M'Raz, or Grandfather Winter.

Lived in Eastern Europe. Done that.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Deda M'Raz, or as he was known in Russia "D'ed Moroz"

:-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. They all say "Happy New Year" (S Novym Godom)

The Soviets transferred most of the secular aspects of Christmas to New Year's Day, since the Russian Orthodox Church actually celebrates Christmas on January 7.

But what's fascinating is the consistent space travel motif.

[Connonym]

4. I love it!

if I sent out Xmas cards I would definitely look for something like this. Hell, makes me almost want to send out cards. Thanks for posting.