A cherubic child dressed in a miniature Santa suit — red coat trimmed in white, jaunty cap, bright yellow boots — stands with a small white puppy at their feet, a golden bell suspended on a blue ribbon overhead, all rendered in crisp embossed relief on this charming New Year's card postmarked December 24, 1926. The verse reads: "To you dear friend / Sincere Greetings / I fondly send / This New Years Day." Mailed to Janie May in Glasgow, Kentucky, the card's brief inscription — "Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year" — speaks to the era's casual blending of Christmas and New Year's greetings on a single card. The December 1926 postmark and the embossed, Made in USA printing place this squarely in the golden twilight of the golden age of American postcard-sending.