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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hieveryonealmost 13 yearsHow can the mail department be so lazy?
missymooalmost 13 yearsOmg so interesting slow postmen lol- crazygirlabout 13 yearswhat
invaderlenaabout 13 yearshahahahaha i hope that doesnt happen to my birthday present from my bff in AZ
zoeymay33about 13 yearsLol!- idkabout 13 yearsi hope that doesn't happen to me!
- nameover 13 yearsshame shame shame
- rohiniover 13 yearsshame on the mail people!!!!
- tahlulaover 13 yearsWe wish you a merry ancient christmas, we wish you a merry ancient christmas...
chococolatechipcookieover 13 yearsLOL!
deedeeover 13 yearsDitto!