Thursday Postcard Hunt | Traditional Christmas

The Virgin and the Child
Duccio

Christmas miniature
Missal of Abbot Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee
1555, Codex 357

I guess this one can be also be considered "traditional":

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK), Nina (the USA) and Bryon (idem).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
December theme: CHRISTMAS

• Week 1 - Children (with or without toys)
• Week 2 - Christmas trees
• Week 3 - Tree ornaments
• Week 4 - Christmas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

1st Day of Christmas: A Partridge in a Pear Tree

Twelve days of Christmas:

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Christmas stamps

Christmas stamps I received along 2025*:

Canada

1984. Snow in Bethlehem, by David Milne

1985. Santa Claus Parade

2023. Designed by Jocelyne Saulnier

Czech Republic

2020. Illustration by Josep Lada

Denmark

This stamp features Christiansfeld and belongs to the series about UNESCO WHS in Denmark (2020). But any stamp become a Christmas stamp when you apply a festive postmark on it, doesn't it?

France

1966. Georges de La Tour (1593-1652), Le nouveau-né (='The new born').

(Not issued, but sent, as Christmas stamps)

2013. Les Petits Bonheurs: Bienveillance (='Little Joys: Kindness')

2021. Ensemble, fêtons un Noël qui fait du bien

(='Let's celebrate a feel-good Christmas together)

Spain

2024. Tradition of cans dragging by children, Algeciras

United Kingdom

2001. Christmas Skating on Bird Bath (Designed by A. Robins and H. Brown)

2020. Window of St Andrew’s Church, Coln Rogers, Gloucestershire

United States of America

1967. (First stamp issued by USPS to feature the Madonna and Child)

2014. Christmas Magi

2020. Our Lady of Guapulo, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2024. Label

2014. Christmas Magi

2016. Nativity Scene

2020. Our Lady of Guapulo, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2018. Global: Poinsettia

2022. Snowy Beauty: Winterberry

2023. Snow Globes

2024. Holiday Joy

2024. Madonna and Child by Sassoferrato

2024. Holiday Joy

2024. Winter Whimsy

2025. Holiday Cheer

(Faint, but I got one of the new Christmas tree pictorial postmarks!)

*Some of them are the same than in previous years. But I keep going these again and again and, certainly... I do not mind!

Christmas Lights

Bath (the UK) in Christmas. Sent by Laura (the UK).

What Do You Like about Christmas Season?

Illustration by Angela Holland

Christmas mail sent by Laura (the UK) and Fabienne (France).

Sunday Stamps | U is for UN Women

Planet

The United Nations Postal Administration marks 2025's International Women’s Day, celebrated annually March 8, with six stamps. Each one shows an illustration depicting a certain theme that is displayed in text running up the left side of the stamp: Planet, Power, Sécurité ('Safety'), Prosperité ('Prosperity'), Frieden ('Peace') and Zugang ('Access').

Power

I received two of them on the front and back of this postcard sent by Bryon.

And a third one on another postcard:

Prosperité (='Prosperity')

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Sticking to women on stamps for this A-Z round of Sunday Stamps. See more U-stamps!

Winter Landscapes Stamps

The Winter Landscapes stamps, issued by USPS on 19 September, showcase five photographs of rozen scenes:

• striking red barns set against a snowy scene (John Moore, photographer);
• a long fence bounded by tall trees and laden with snow covered branches (Juanita Phillips, photographer);

• evergreens shrouded in snow (Katherine Plessner, photographer);

• a house surrounded by frosty pines and set against a deep pastel sky (Mike Blottenberger, photographer);a mass of icicles suspended against a fiery sunset and backdrop of frozen waves (Carson O'Ffill, photographer).

I like this version with the postmark of a snowman!

Stamps sent by Bryon and Phillip (the USA).

Seven Languages

And another Christmas classic: cards written in several languages. As you have guessed, I love these!

Sent by Lluïsa (PC).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | All I Want for Christmas...

... is free postcards! Or any kind of postcards, for that matter.

Actually, this one was supposed to be sent to another person:

But I was the happy recipient instead!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
December theme: CHRISTMAS

• Week 1 - Children (with or without toys)
• Week 2 - Christmas trees
• Week 3 - Tree ornaments
• Week 4 - Christmas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Handmade Christmas

I do not receive that many hand made Christmas cards. But they are so nice!

This one was sent by Imma (PC).

250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s Birth

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and I have been celebrating throughout the year. Apart from re-reading some Austen's books... getting and sending Austen-related mail, of course!

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."
Mansfield Park

I guess I can add a Brönte-related postcard: the earliest know image of Haworth Parsonage.

All sent by Laura (the UK).