CHRISTMAS CARDS

FROM THE PAST

I DON'T KNOW WHY MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
SAVED HER CHRISTMAS CARDS,
OR HOW I ENDED UP WITH THE ALBUM OF THEM,
BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT I DID.

THIS YEAR I DECIDED THEY WOULD
MAKE A FUN DISPLAY
IN MY COFFEE TABLE DRAWER.

THIS ONE IS FROM GERMANY,
OR "THE OLD COUNTRY"
AS THEY REFERRED TO IT.

DOES ANYONE READ GERMAN?


 NOT ONLY WERE THE CARDS SENT TO THE FAMILY,
MANY WERE SENT TO MY GRANDMOTHER, BERTHA,
PICTURED HERE,

AND HER BROTHERS AND SISTER.

THEY WERE ALL IN THE FORM OF POST CARDS.
I GUESS FROM THE LOOKS OF THE ONE CENT STAMP,
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ERA
OF "THE PENNY POST CARD".

 THE COLLECTION SEEMS TO SPAN
THE YEARS FROM 1909 THROUGH 1912.

THE COLLECTION ALSO HAD EASTER ,
AND NEW YEAR'S CARDS IN IT.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SENT
 A HAPPY NEW YEAR'S  CARD?

FROM THE LOOKS OF THE CARDS
 WE'VE RECEIVED THIS YEAR'
(Upper right hand box)
THE CHRISTMAS CARD
IS ALMOST A THING OF THE PAST.

BETTER GET MINE  IN THE MAIL SOON!