Two vintage Christmas cards with a skating theme

 

Below are two very fun vintage Christmas cards. (The one at top is newer and just for fun; this was a card sent us by our younger daughter in the very early 2000s.)

I love the little poem.

My warmest memories of winters past:
A snowman, hot chocolate, and skating fast.

At first glance, these vintage cards below appear as if they might have come out of the same box.    But that guess would be wrong, believe it or not.

 

Both are essentially the same size; I would say both are from the 1950s.  Both feature crowds of people of varying ages and abilities skating on a small pond.  

The topmost pond seems to be in the midst of a village, for there are house close by and even lamps or street lights.  There's a little fire on the shore at the pond's edge.

The pond pictured on the bottom card seems like it's more out in the country.  There are houses and even a church steeple, but they are distant.  There's a mountain in the background.

One of these cards is from the famed Brownie line, by Rust Craft.

The other has only a number and "Made in USA" on the back.

But I think the two cards are equally charming.  I have listed one in my Etsy shop and will list the other soon, probably this week.

Hope you've enjoyed seeing these sweet cards!  We're in the midst of an ice storm up here today, so one could skate pretty much anywhere.  No pond needed!  Mr. T and I have no intention of going out.