One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards is the dead bird, which may symbolize mortality, or something more ritualistic.
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Ethnoornithology - Why Are There Dead Birds on Victorian Christmas Cards? by Allison Meier (2016). www.hyperallergic.com/344920/why-are-there-dead-birds-on-victorian-xmas-cards One of the more curious recurring images on 19th-century Christmas cards
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