This beautiful vintage German Christmas postcard features a country church winter scene. The church sits at the top of a snow-covered hill with mountains in the distant background. It’s dusk and both the church and a nearby house have indoor lights on. A snowy pine branch with pine cones and red berries frames the lower right of the postcard.
The greeting on the card is: Herzliche Weihnachtsgrufse. I don’t know what the greeting translates to in English.
Edited to add: Thank you Becky and Gayle for translating the message. It is “Warm Christmas Greetings”.
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Beautiful scene, thank you
Thank you for the lovely card!
Since you didn’t know what it meant, I went to Google translate.
The correct spelling is Herzliche Weihnachtsgrüße, and it means “Warm Christmas Greetings”!
It’s German equivalent of Merry Christmas – Warm Christmas Greetings
and the last few letters are actually grusse – that’s how they write double ss.
Hertzlich
Thank you Becky and Gayle for the translation! Gayle, it’s interesting to know about the double ss.
Hi Julie –
I’ve just been over all your lovely mails- and wanted to thank you for the lovely card, particularly since I’m German I will be using the image, you can bet on that!
Gayle is quite right about the double ss, although it’s less frequently used since the latest german grammar reform.
I will add that I find the translation somewhat peculiar, because there is nothing that could be translated to warm in the Greeting?
The literal translation is `Cordial Christmas Greetings`and is a somewhat traditional saying in German.
Wish you well,
Lynn
Thank you for the interesting information Lynn and I’m happy to know that you like the card. 🙂
Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures !
helene