Christmas behind the iron curtain: Soviet greeting cards

posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 24 December, 2009 to the design and art subset

I didn’t think you’d find too many examples of Soviet designed Christmas cards, being a former communist state after all, but this gallery of about 60 cards shows otherwise.

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  • Not exactly correct, John. In the USSR Christmas (being a religious holiday) has been abolished and officially replaced by the New Year celebrations of grand proportions. All these cards are the New Year greeting cards not Christmas! Try to notice the difference! :)

    Igor at 2:17 pm on Thursday, 24 December, 2009

  • So you’re saying Santa Claus was associated with New Year, not Christmas celebrations, in the former USSR?

    John Lampard at 12:38 pm on Saturday, 2 January, 2010