As the holidays are beginning to wind down and the decorations are about to be put away once again, do you take a moment to look over those Christmas cards you received from friends and family? Those pretty cards that represent the holidays and family are so pretty, and many touch your heart as you remember friends who have moved away and family that did not get to come home for Christmas.
Let’s take a journey back into the “good ole days” to remember the first Christmas greetings. Back in the early 1900s, many folks sent Christmas greetings by postcards. It only cost a penny to send that special greeting to let folks know you were thinking of them at Christmas time. Many postcard collectors have those treasures in their collections.
Well, there was a young man by the name of Joyce Clyde Hall who had an idea. He left his home in Nebraska at the age of 18 and traveled by train to the big town of Kansas City. In his possession were two shoe boxes filled with postcards. The date was Jan. 10, 1910. J.C. Hall did not have any money, but he had an idea. He didn’t even have enough money to take a horse-drawn cab to the YMCA where he planned to stay. But he did have an entrepreneurial spirit that could not be squashed…