A black-robed priest with hat is holding a small blonde-haired baby in his arms. Around them is a branch of evergreen and pine cones. "Merry Christmas" is printed below them.
The card is a reproduction of Hans Memling's "Maria Mit Dem Kinde," or Mary with the Child. Seated on a throne, a blonde-haired Mary is dressed in red and has the baby Jesus on her lap. He is reaching to the angel kneeling to the left. A black-clothed priest kneels to the right. "Hans Memling" and "Maria Mit Dem Kinde" are printed below.
In a golden canopied bed lies a figure in white with long brown hair, possibly a man or woman. Behind the bed, a priest in black and another male figure pray and speak to them. In the foreground, the pope dressed in red is seated on a chair next to the bed while a woman kneels next to it and clasps the person's hand. There is a description below that cannot be made out.
In the center of the ornate room is a golden four-poster bed. A dark-haired woman, perhaps with a crown or halo, lies on it. Kneeling at its side is the Pope, who is dressed opulently in a vestment with a long red train, white train, golden robe and golden hat. Behind him stand a priest or bishop in a reddish-purple vestment and a man in black and white vestments who holds his staff. To the far left, a gate keeps a crowd of onlookers outside the room. Behind the priest and to the right side of the bed are ghostly-gray angels. Of the two on the right, one plays a harp while the larger holds a list. Light shines down on the top of the bed.