Christmas card arrives after 93 years
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Talk about snail mail! A card sent on December 23rd, 1914 from Alabama took 93 years to travel to what should have been a 750-mile journey to its final destination in Oberlin, Ohio.
The Christmas card was sent to Ethel Martin, who used to live in Oberlin from her cousins in Alabama. Since Ethel is no longer alive, the Post Master in Oberlin wanted someone from her family to have it. That is how it ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law, who lives in NorthwestKansas.
To add to the mystery, the card was mailed from Chicago, Illinois. Nobody knows how the card got to Chicago or where it has been all these years or why someone bothered to put the correct postage and mail it after all these years. Whatever the reason, this will be a great story for Ethel's family to talk about every Christmas, for years to come.
Sources: MSNBC.com
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- Nicholasalmost 13 yearslol they never got the christmas card
swirlylollypopsalmost 13 yearsthat is sooo long!- kathryn k.almost 13 yearswow! Its too bad that person didn't get their Christmas card!
kats99almost 13 yearswho didnt bother to send it right away- Lukealmost 13 yearsI am just astonished it really should not have taken 93 years!
- Cameronalmost 13 yearsI learned that it can take a long time to mail a card, it took 93 years for the card to finally get to where it was supposed to be. It's very interesting that the card did get to the same house after it was sent off. But it is sad that Ethel Martin is dead now and they still got the letter.
- Stephenalmost 13 yearsI learned that a Christmas card that was sent from Alabama, Nebraska arrived in Oberlin, Ohio in 93 YEARS.
- Kelsyalmost 13 yearsI learned that from this article that some people don't read how far back that date was when Ethel sent it. If they did read thee date I don't know why they sent the mail because wouldn't they know that Ethel was dead??? Anyway I thought it was really cool/weird that they still had the letter after so long!!!!
- kadenalmost 13 yearsthat is crazy it took all most 100 year to get a Christmas card.
- Mattalmost 13 yearsthat is crazy it took all most 100 year to get a Christmas card.
