Christmas Village Cards

The Christmas village, the lighthouse, the old car, the snow-covered ground, the whole small world of it, is one of those things people go out of their way to see every year and never quite explain why. This card is that feeling.

A 1950s red pickup hauling a tree, a candy-cane lighthouse with a wreath, birch trees and pine silhouettes against a lavender field of snow. Someone will recognize it before they can say what they recognized.

What is hard to admit is that nostalgia like this feels almost too simple to send. Standing in front of a village display, just looking, is not exactly a grown-up thing to confess. This card says it without saying it, and the person who gets it will know exactly what you meant.

The right one goes to whoever would have stood there with you. These are printed in-house in Ohio, 24 cards at 4 x 5.5 inches, blank inside.