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Christmas card printed in red and blue lettering with green evergreen branches, tied with a red ribbon bow on the left, front reads "The / MORE / four ["four" is crossed out] Freedoms / FOR A / Merrier Christmas"; interior has four pages of verse decorated with images of World War II-era planes, shoes, heavy cream, car tires, clothing, men in uniform, coffee, sugar, an elephant (probably symbolic of the Republican Party), Uncle Sam (probably symbolic of the Democratic Party), a Christmas wreath, a "baby New Year" wearing a sash that reads "1946," a military cemetery, and evergreen branches with Christmas decorations, poem reads "[page 1] Tires are free / So are the planes / Cream is the "heavy" of yore / Shoes are off ration / and clothes full of fashion / Freedoms return more and more / [page 2] Boys return / Victory won / Strikes shouldn't bother too much / Coffee and tea, sir / Are both running free, sir / Sugar you just get a touch / [page 3] New Years will bring / Freezers and vacs / We can get motors galore / Let's stand up and cheer / That future is clear / Two [underlined] groups can vote here once more / [page 4] LET'S NOT FORGET / THIS HOLIDAY / THOSE MEN RETURNING NO MORE / OUR PRAYERS MUST BE / FOR A WORLD THAT IS FREE / A WORLD AT PEACE AS OF YORE / [inside back cover] MY SINCEREST WISH FOR YOU IS / A Merry Christmas / AND MANY PEACEFUL / New Years / Adriel U. Bird / [back of card] M. T. BIRD & COMPANY, BOSTON"
1978.19.002


