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Weird 1895 Christmas card: chihuaha with a rifle

Xeni Jardin at 9:39 am Sun, Dec 24, 2006

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Speaking of guns -- an anonymous BB reader says, "Nothing says holiday cheer like a chihuahua with a rifle. This Christmas card, dated 1895, might be the oddest ever." Yo quiero lead. Link

Reader comment: Michael says,

Another bizare 'Pro-NRA/SantaVsTerroist-SuicideBomber/TerroistVsBabyJesus' etc card I came across is linked here. The chihuaha may have been the root of all this? I swear, it gets stranger all the time.
Jim Murphy says,
The sheer strangeness of that chihuaha card motivated me to slap together an animated christmas greeting: Link. Happy Christmas!
Rachel says,
The chihuahua/gun Christmas card reminded me of this super creepy card that my dad received at his business last year. I thought it was just the sort of thing you guys would appreciate in all its disturbing glory. Flickr link.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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