Vintage holiday illustration

A few years ago, I started yet another holiday tradition here on the blog (in addition to my Christmas playlist posts), sharing a sampling of my vintage Christmas card collection, and with Christma…

Dancing Santas in a chorus line?! Yes please! I love the graphics and bright colors on this unique vintage Christmas card by Jane Jarvis New York. This card is signed inside, has some rounded corners ...from

El Gato Gomez Art Print Rudolph Christmas Toys MCM Midcentury Modern Signed LE. Print area is 8x10. Total piece is 8.5x11. Artist signed and numbered. Perfect condition.Print area is 8x10. Total piece is 8.5x11. Artist signed and numbered.

From 1962: a fun little booklet on holiday trimmings and whatnot printed up by Rit Dye. Cute illustrations. Yeah, I said cute. Nice use of type there. And I dig the candles, too.

Happy first of December! The countdown to Christmas begins today and what better way to extend your holiday celebrations to last all through the month than with daily design and paper inspiration? And even though we already offer that here on www.designandpaper.com several days a week, and daily, on our social media channels, here’s something extra special to kick off the month of Merriness. To begin the celebrations with a bang, we’ve put together this Christmas calendar-inspired list of…