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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 33m

DON'T STOP SMILING! IF YOU STOP SMILING THE CAT WILL SPRAY!

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a witch, two anthropomorphic pumpkins, and a black cat dancing under a crescent moon.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 2h

BAD CLOWN! YOU GET BACK IN YOUR ALTERNATE DIMENSION!

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a young girl holding a candle, looking at a broken mirror reflecting a clown, accompanied by a black cat and a warning poem.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 5h

"Luggie bowls." It was a thing, a fortune-telling game. It didn't necessarily entail megalocephalic gentlemen, however.

A vintage Halloween postcard features a blindfolded woman reaching for bowls, observed by an anthropomorphic moon-headed man, with bats, an owl, and black cats in the background.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 7h

Possibly? But I don't really think so because the background isn't much like her at all.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 8h

"Maybe there's a better experience on the other side of the biological curtain."

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a young girl peeking through a large keyhole into a fantastical night sky with a witch, surrounded by devils, jack-o'-lanterns, and a black cat.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 13h

Halloween is the time we come together to remember Mr. Ed.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a woman standing on a chair, nailing a horseshoe above a doorframe to ward off witches.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 14h

That is one seriously complex Lady Gaga cosplay.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a woman in an elaborate pumpkin-themed costume holding a candle, accompanied by a black cat.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 22h

"Hey, kid. Sorry we brought you into this mess."

A vintage Halloween postcard featuring a Kewpie-like child in a white outfit holding a large, grinning jack-o'-lantern with 'A MERRY HALLOWE'EN' inscribed on it.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He's seen things that... he's still seeing.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Seems like it belongs in something by Terry Pratchett.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts four anthropomorphic pumpkin-like figures preparing to eat a large cake, with a lit candle in the background.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Witches like this are where Patrick McHale confirmed he got the look for Adlaide in OTGW.

A vintage Halloween postcard features a smiling witch and a white owl perched on a crescent moon, with a jack-o'-lantern hanging from her broom.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This actually makes sense if you know what old Halloween games used to be like. Sort of.

A vintage Halloween postcard features a cupid blowing a horn towards an anthropomorphic jack-o'-lantern, with bats emanating from the sound waves.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is why you shouldn't leave women alone together.

A vintage Halloween postcard featuring a witch, children in costumes, an owl, black cats, and a smiling pumpkin under a full moon.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Stuff that stereotype of female knowledge and agency in your pipe and smoke it!

A vintage Halloween postcard features an anthropomorphic pumpkin character wearing a witch's hat and coat, smoking a pipe that emits a witch-shaped smoke cloud.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Her dress is a like an old school zoetrope.

A vintage Halloween postcard features a dancing couple, with the woman dressed as a witch and the man in a tuxedo, set against a large pumpkin.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"So, Sally, that was the how I first tasted the flesh of man..."

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Join the 9th Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology!

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We've all had those kinds of talks.

A vintage Halloween postcard features two black cats, a full moon with a face, and the text "Halloween Greetings" next to a window frame.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Little Timmy began experiencing aging-related dementia at age 4.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a child in a nightgown with a black cat, set against a backdrop of flying witches and smiling jack-o'-lanterns.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"We've been waiting for you. But don't worry. You won't be... long."

A black and white vintage photograph features a child in an unsettling rabbit mask, holding a handrail and a small purse, standing by a doorway.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Her inner monologue is just 30 seconds of "What the Fox Say" on repeat.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did she dip her arms in silver nitrate?

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The geopolitical situation in their region remained volatile, but they always made time for the annual Halloween extortion circuit.

A monochrome photograph of two children wearing unsettling, oversized human-face masks while holding a rifle and a handgun.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That face is almost perfectly slappable.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a smiling child in a witch hat looking at a small object, with a jack-o'-lantern and text 'Pleasant Reflections on Hallowe'en'.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This one has a lonely dignity I can appreciate.

A vintage Halloween postcard depicts a green-robed witch flying on a broomstick against a full moon, accompanied by bats, with the word "Hallowe'en" at the bottom.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A 'coven of witches' line up for a Halloween portrait dressed in festive witch's hats and improvised costumes, ca.1910, United States. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)