Executive Summary:
·
Disclaimer: the scientific worth of a statistical
exercise is dependent on the size of the sample and the selection categories
used. In that respect, this stuff is
scientifically worthless.
·
Hardly anyone seems to believe in Santa Claus
any more.
·
Glued-on glitter is making an unwelcomed
comeback. Just stop buying the crap,
people!
·
I welcome the woodpecker! (Yay, Caro!)
The full figures (2018’s, where applicable, in brackets):
Snow/Snowmen/Snowflakes: 6
(6)
Santas/Reindeer: 1
(3)
Animals/Birds: 11
(10)
of which
Robins: 3
(3)
Free-range reindeer: 0
(1)
Horses: 1 (1)
Camels: 1 (1)
Sheep: 1 (0)
Owls: 1 (0)
Penguins: 1 (0)
Dogs: 2 (0)
Deer: 1 (1)
Turtle doves: 0 (1)
Seals: 1 (0)
Woodpeckers: 1 (0)
Landscapes: 0
(2)
Nativities/Wise Men/Angels: 8 (5)
Christmas trees/Baubles: 5
(4)
Abstract: 0 (1)
Mail-letterboxes: 2
(1)
Booze: 1
(0)
Flowers: 1
(0)
Forests/woods: 0
(1)
Cute children: 1
(1)
Houses: 1
(3)
Holly/ivy/mistletoe: 1
(0)
Skaters: 0
(4)
Townscapes: 3
(4)
12 days of Xmas: 1
(1)
Everything secular: 0
(1)
Special categories:
Homemade/designed: 4 (3)
Cards with glued-on glitter: 7 (5)
Wonderfully weird: 4
(0)
Posh yet restrained: 3
(5)
Various animals wearing sunglasses 1 (0)
Tie for Card
Of The Year has to be Chris’s cover from the Girls’ Crystal Annual 1967, and
Mig’s animals with sunglasses. Viewings
by appointment only.
