So why were such odd things depicted?"They're only odd to our eyes," Ms Boydell says."The Victorians had a different idea to what Christmas was about - not particularly Christian, but a time of good humour. You may find a mouse riding a lobster strange - I find it funny. Merry Christmas - and don't have nightmares.

　　为什么要画这些奇怪的东西呢?“这些东西只是对我们来说奇怪而已，”波依戴尔小姐说。“维多利亚时期，人们对于圣诞节的概念跟如今大不相同——当时圣诞节并不仅仅是个基督教节日，还是一个幽默节日。你会看到骑龙虾的老鼠等奇怪的卡片——我觉得很是滑稽。总之，圣诞快乐，别做噩梦哦”。

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