Long Lost Christmas Card Dated 1914 Arrives Nearly a Century Later

FoxNews ^ | 12-14-2007 | AP

[Colonel Kangaroo]

OBERLIN, Kan. — A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but it's journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.

The Christmas card was dated Dec. 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Neb.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

The one cent stamp should have covered the delivery. The needed is postage is calculated when mailed, not when deliverd. I once worked in a Post Office and we found a 20 year old post card when moving equipment to a new office. Had we not moved to a new station, that card we found would still be behind the cabinet where we found it.

[Dreagon]

I wonder what the stamp was worth.

[Army Air Corps]

Let the USPS jokes begin...

[Lawgvr1955]

I can't wait till the Government runs health care. It only took it 93 years to delivery a Christmas card.

Not sure I can wait 93 years for that operation though.

[JRochelle]

How does a person find out how much stamps are worth?

[rineaux]

Wonder if the person (family,etc) who sent the postcard originally was upset that the person/family who was suppose to have received did not acknowledge receiving the postcard which they did not receive? LOL

Family went to their grave vowing never to send another Christmas p/c ever again.

[Vigilanteman]

Depends on the stamp. I'm guessing this one.

[river rat]

"Let the USPS jokes begin..."

At this time of year - there is NOTHING funny about the Post Office...... NOTHING.

[BenLurkin]

This would make a great premise for a book — how one person dropping off the Christmas card list changes the lives of two families for a century.

[Route797]

As a postal employee, I’ll say it’s not always fun for us, either. On the other hand, the nature of the work can be especially gratifying this time of year. I’d rather bust my back making sure a child receives his present on time than by battling bundles of Victoria’s Secret catalogs.

[Vor Lady]

OOOh! Thanks, I’ll have to file that away in my stories to be written file.

[grame]

I’ll second that. People are much happier to see me with possible Christmas mail than with bills. It takes longer, but I like happy mail.

[grey_whiskers]

"...than by battling bundles of Victoria’s Secret catalogs."

Can you say, "HO, HO, HO" ?

I knew you could.

Cheers!