# Strange Christmas card

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049 "2018-01-07T16:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049/41 "2018-01-12T00:08:07Z")

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Watermelon is a common decorative element. I think we’ve got some watermelon ornaments for out tree. I think it’s probably because they are cheerful and red.

(I associate other fruit with stocking stuffers, not Christmas trees. Decorative glace fruit are a kind of celebration gift, that may be another connection.)

I take the “plug” to be a pagoda, because that’s also a common celebration decorative element hung on things. More of a new-year element than Christmas, but who’s counting?

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049/42 "2018-01-12T00:56:42Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> It looks like a stylised bullet or rocket to me. Weird.

> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> Geez, those Victorians were seriously fucked up.
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> Yeah, I thought it was a rocket of some kind.
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> I suppose if I were designing a greeting card for a totally unfamiliar Chinese holiday I \*might \*choose inappropriate clip art. :dubious:

> [@mixdenny](#):
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> As soon as I saw the pointed thing at the bottom I thought of a mini ball - muzzle loading bullets.
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> [https://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup\_image.php?pID=1352&osCsid=ss4dvibvm7256nhnea3scdhp53](https://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup_image.php?pID=1352&osCsid=ss4dvibvm7256nhnea3scdhp53)
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> The base is flared too much to work well, however.
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> Dennis

> [@Melbourne](#):
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> I take the “plug” to be a pagoda, because that’s also a common celebration decorative element hung on things. More of a new-year element than Christmas, but who’s counting?

You’re all wrong. It’s a [Dalek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek) here to [del]wish you a Merry Christmas[/del] exterminate you all.

Tripler  
Just squint your eyes. You’ll see what I mean.

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-christmas-card/806049/43 "2018-01-12T01:22:44Z")

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^ The Iron Giant will be by shortly to retrieve his head screw. He’s NOT a gun!

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