Santa is always a fun Christmas card theme to work with, as you can put him in just about any scenario and it works. You have everything from hilarious, serious, touching to naughty Santa cards, and in the end, Santa Christmas cards are a great Christmas theme just about everybody enjoys.

It doesn't matter whether you put Santa in the tropics, have him saying something funny, helping someone out, or a thousand other things we all see Santa doing on Christmas cards. Very few of them work, whether they're very detailed Santa greetings cards or very simple. We just don't seem to get enough of Santa, and seems to be the prime character on cards, with the probable exception of baby Jesus, who after all, is the star of the show.

Another part of what I like about looking at Santa Christmas cards is when they're shown at different times of history; from the Victorian era and vintage cards to modern-day cards ... he really changes in look, but even then, stays much the same.

When it comes to Santa, even hundreds of years doesn't keep us from recognizing who he is and what he does. Below are a number of Santa Christmas cards, with some older ones and more modern and funny ones.

As soon as I first saw this Santa Christmas card, and every time after as well, I smile when I immediately see the downed reindeer. I really like the great line of Santa about having a flat. Funny!

It doesn't matter what Santa looks like in these old Christmas cards, he's just as cool as always. But that salutation of "A Joyful Christmastide," that's a new one for me. I like that rosy-cheeked smile of his here.

Here's another vintage Santa Christmas card that seems to put the jolly old elf in somewhat of a bad mood. There's not too many times I've seen what looks like a frown on Santa's face, but there it is. It seems it's more of a concerned frown than an angry frown, as he's petting the deer while seemingly thinking.

I really like this funny card, as the reindeer seems to be taking notes as he puts down Santa's list for him. I would have thought with the world work load he carries, that Santa would have had more than one secretary doing the job.

This Santa Christmas card seems to be a combination of the old and the new, and I really like those vibrant colors and that light on the side of the sleigh. You look here and see that Santa's got everything under control.

It's fun to see the first couple of vintage Christmas cards and then see Santa change into a modern hipster riding his own motorcycle. Hey, the guy's got to have some down time too you know.

I enjoy taking an historical tour of Santa Christmas cards and seeing that even though we view him from the matrix of the culture we live in, as well as the era, the more things change for Santa, the more his mission remains the same.