Who sends Halloween cards anyway? 🎃

We’ve never received a Halloween card.

Not once.

And yet, we designed one ourselves!

We love Halloween. Dressing up, going trick-or-treating, and seeing all the fun decorations.

We also love Halloween illustrations. Cats, pumpkins, witches, ghosts… They’re perfect for experimenting with darker shades of purple, orange, and black.

So last year, we decided to make our first Halloween card.

Some of you might remember it! Zélia wrote this newsletter about how she painted it.

But there’s something we’ve always wondered.

Who actually sends Halloween cards? And to whom?

We got curious and started looking into it. And we discovered something surprising.

Halloween cards are nothing new.

People were already sending Halloween postcards more than 100 years ago!

In the early 1900s, they were quite popular in the United States. Many featured witches, black cats, and pumpkins, just like today.

But here’s something we didn’t expect.

Some were even romantic!

Back then, Halloween wasn’t just about spooky things. It was also a time for matchmaking and fortune-telling games.

One tradition involved looking into a mirror at midnight, hoping to see the face of your future husband.

Imagine doing that on Halloween!

And some of these romantic traditions appeared on Halloween postcards.

So Halloween cards have been around for a long time. But who would you send one to today?

We started imagining who might enjoy getting one.

A child or grandchild, for example. Imagine getting a Halloween card in the mail when you’re little, especially one with a funny message inside.

Something like:

I was going to send you candy, but I ate it. 🍬 😋

Or what about a neighbor who loves Halloween?

You know, the one who starts decorating their house in September and has a huge bowl of candy ready for trick-or-treaters.

You could surprise them with a spooky card at their door.

And here’s another idea we hadn’t really thought about.

You don’t even have to send it!

Why not use them as decorations, too? Put one on a shelf next to a candle, display it with your pumpkins, or place it in a little frame.

We liked how our Halloween cat looked framed, so we made a little poster version you can print at home, too.

After looking into all this, we’re starting to think we should send a Halloween card this year. It would be our first!

Actually, we might already have a neighbor in mind…

Maybe that’s what makes Halloween cards fun.

Nobody really expects to receive one, which means finding one in your mailbox could be a pretty nice surprise.

Have you ever sent or received a Halloween card?

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