Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
The art on the "Red soldier" card is interesting to me, too:
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(2) The soldier is clearly a Communist, yet the Russian very specifically says "Happy Nativity of Christ", instead of being shortened to "Happy Nativity." (Of course, "Nativity"/Рождество are religious terms, also, but mentioning Christ's name makes it more OBVIOUSLY religious.)

(3) What's that "Oriental"-style inscription in the lower left? It looks like it could be Korean -- or it might be Cyrillic letters written in a pseudo-Chinese style, I'm not sure.
He is not a Red solder at all, he is just a regular Russian solder before the 1917 revolution. Religion was banned after the revolution, so it is absolutely impossible for a postcard to include both a Red solder and any Christmas notions.