Christmas Card – "Silent Night" – Good Housekeeping, December 1924 – 5x7" with Envelope – 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 – by Jessie Willcox Smith Christian Mom dining room or kitchen

dining room or kitchen

Jesus and the Twelve Apostles on the wall behind her aren't enough to inspire her

my Mother Mary

and that He will help them fulfill

Christmas Card – "Silent Night" – Good Housekeeping, December 1924 – 5x7" with Envelope – 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 – by Jessie Willcox Smith Christian Mom dining room or kitchenGood Housekeeping, the quintessential American magazine for housewives, would on some occasions in the early years of the 20th Century publish Catholic themed covers. To our knowledge, they were all painted by Jessie Wilcox Smith. They were all Madonna and Child paintings. In this one, we have Mary kneeling by Jesus. Smith uses a deep Marian blue which any Catholic would recognize. Protestant versions of this scene always include Joseph because,