Soviet Space "Christmas" Cards

The Space Program was a Big Deal to impresionable kids born in the 1950s. I remember several birthday and Christmas cards that were astronaut-themed. As big as space was here, I think it was even bigger over in the CCCP.

 Christmas wasn't publicly celebrated in Soviet times, only in church on January 6th. They still had a Santa like figure, Father Frost, whose sidekick is the Snow Maiden ,Snegurochka


The greetings on these cards is not "Merry Christmas" but, more or less, "Happy New Year". The tree depicted on some is a "New Year's Tree"

Happy proletariat kid holds a twig from the New Year's Tree, with Father Frost and his Pioneer Helper Babe  Snegurochka

 

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Casper The Friendly Ghost

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Christmas Ads of Long Ago (part 3)



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1967.. I don't remember "Daisys" or "Whistles"



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Santa Claus is in the house.......





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Glamourous gifts for the little lady... 

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More cigarette ads....

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Unknown Date

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DELL Infopages

Haven't shared any of these in awhile:


First, from FOUR COLOR #788,  April 1957. Prince Valiant

drawn by Bob Fujitani

Here's one from #776, March 1957 Johnny Mack Brown

And here are two from #870,  January 1958's Little Beaver

drawn by Tony DiPaola, who also did a lot of Dell's Tarzan artwork of the day.