Luminous stained-glass windows glow amber against deep blue twilight snow in this exquisitely chromolithographed Edwardian New Year scene — a family of four silhouetted figures approaches a snow-capped village church, barren trees reaching into a pewter sky, while a cozy farmstead glows warmly in the distance. The border is a lush garland of holly leaves and bright red berries, embossed in high relief on the card's thick stock. Printed in Saxony — Germany's famed postcard-printing heartland — and numbered No. 900, this was sent to Mrs. Dona Diesel of Carlinville, Illinois, a small prairie city in Macoupin County. No stamp remains and no postmark is visible, suggesting it may have been hand-delivered or the stamp was removed by a collector at some point. The heavily embossed reverse, which mirrors the village scene in white relief, is itself an art object — printed in Saxony and bearing publisher series number 900.