Odd News

Still no Christmas card in the mail box? Don't worry, there is a chance that your friends and relatives haven't forgotten about you, but the mailman just misplaced it. Pray to God that you will get it before you'll be dead and buried. Ethel Martin of Oberlin, may God rest her soul, was less fortunate and the Christmas c ard that she should have received it back in 1914 from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska. The postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was dated December 23, 1914, and was kept for the last century by unknown person, says Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz. He also added that despite the fact that Ethel is deceased, the office thought to send the card to a relative and that is how they found Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law who was seriously curios about the place where it was kept all this time and why it has such a good shape. She believed that somewhere in Illinois it was found the card and was interested how it got there. The one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered the value of the Christmas card placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin. Poor Ethel, I bet she was disappointed by fact that her cousins forgot about her, if she only knew…Anyway, take care to all your Christmas cards or it may get to the other end of the world. Definitely, there are cards on the way for you as well, so keep your fingers crossed for the mailman to not misplace it.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_fe_st/odd_long_lost_card;_ylt=AunNzn4Qs.Na1p4gyGS0ious0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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