Welsh Christmas Cards

A note from the shopkeeper

About these cards

Each card carries the Welsh greeting Nadolig Llawen, “Merry Christmas”, set beside the painting in a flowing hand, never painted in, so it stays sharp on a phone or a large screen. Your own words go underneath.

Look closely and the scene is alive. The chapel bell swings and rings every half-minute or so, and mist drifts over the stream. The pony lifts its head and its breath clouds in the cold; the cat in the cottage window turns to look. On the clifftop, the lighthouse beam sweeps slowly round while a boat’s light bobs far out at sea. Snow falls in three depths, smoke leaves the chimneys, and every so often a gust sends snow streaming off the hills.

They are made for anyone with Wales in their heart: family in the valleys, cousins far across the water, and friends who learnt a few words of Welsh at school and never forgot them.

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