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A Joyful Christmas
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Holiday postcard with Santa Claus sledding down a snow-covered hill on a toboggan with a sack of toys on his back. He is wearing his traditional red hat with holly on it, and a white fur-trimmed red suit. Trees are in the background, and holly is in the foreground. The postcard has a metallic gold border. The text: "A Joyful Christmas" is at the bottom. Chromolithograph. Embossed throughout with a fine pattern.
1930
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W012NOF
WHi 80467
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