USPS Holiday Stamps Spread Joy. The new Season’s Greetings collection is now available.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2025 — The U.S. Postal Service revealed its Holiday Cheer stamps today at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The four designs showcase classic illustrations that celebrate the spirit of the holiday season.
Michael J. Elston, the USPS Vice President of Labor Relations, spoke at the event. He said, “As we face colder days and longer nights, these stamps provide a cheerful and festive way to enhance our holiday cards and letters, bringing joy to our friends and loved ones.”
For hundreds of years, decorating with fruit, flowers, and greenery has been a popular and appealing tradition. The first stamp in this series honors that tradition with an illustration featuring a plump yellow Bartlett pear, a red pomegranate, and a reddish-orange clementine nestled against the branch of an evergreen tree.
The second stamp showcases a wreath design that includes a mix of light and dark green leaves interspersed with holly berries and topped with a large red bow. Seasonal fruits and berries add vibrant color to wreaths and floral arrangements throughout the winter months and provide an important food source for birds and other wildlife.
On the third stamp, two crimson cardinals are perched on a mistletoe branch. Northern cardinals have long been associated with winter holidays and frequently grace seasonal cards. These beloved songbirds add beautiful splashes of color against the backdrop of snow-covered evergreen boughs in backyards across the country.
The final design features three scarlet amaryllis flowers, with their bright green stalks tied together by a red ribbon. These festive flowers have become increasingly popular as Christmas gifts, and with the proper care, they can bloom year after year. While most amaryllis plants are sold around Christmas, they naturally bloom from February to April.
Denise Fiedler created the artwork for the collection using gouache and acrylic paint on pages from a vintage gardening book. She cut out the shapes for each image and pasted them onto archival cotton board. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps.
Source: U.S. Postal Service
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