Illustration: Disney Christmas Cards

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Not a creature was stirring... except Mickey Mouse!

The weather is turning snappy, and the holiday cards are beginning to arrive at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, so the Christmas holiday must be close on the horizon. It's time again to share this batch of wonderful Christmas cards from the Disney studio collected by Disney animator, Claire Weeks from 1938 through the mid-1950s. The designs on these cards are so much fun, it makes you wish the films themselves looked this cartoony.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our friends at Anime Weekend Atlanta. They sent us a generous Christmas gift that will go a long way to purchasing the collection of St Nicholas Magazines I told you about last week. I hope those of you out there who have benefitted from the work we are doing at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will remember us with a gift of support this Christmas. I'd also like to the family of Clair Weeks for sharing these great cards with us. See the bottom of this post for links to more treasures from the Weeks collection.

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For more treasures from the collection of Clair Weeks, see... History: Clair Weeks' Goodbye Book and History: 1938 Disney Artists' Tryout Book

See you at the Annies!
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

12.15.08
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