"When you hear from your relitives and friends"

Northport Wash

Dec 17th 1956

Dear Mother:

Well I guess its been my turn to write for a long time. Now that its Xmas a letter in a Xmas card always is welcome with the Xmas greeting card.

We are all O.K.

I have enjoyed the Oakland paper very much. There is a lot of news of different ones I used to know years back.

Thanks a million for sending it.

The town must of changed a lot in recent yrs according to the paper.

The weather is quite nice here for the time of the year. Last year was such a hard winter.

I am thankful we have plenty of good wood to burn. Ray got a lot of wood this fall so we were prepared for winter.

I got a nice letter and Xmas card from Elizabeth. I was so happy to get it. Two of her boys are in the service. One is in the Air Force and one in the Coast Guards. Her girl lives in Calif.

She has 4 children 3 boys and one girl. The youngest one is home. He must be about 15. They live at Grand View Wash. I guess its close to the coast.

I think Xmas is the most wonderful time of the year when you hear from your relitives and friends.

I guess Stanley and Marilyn will be home for Xmas.

Stanley goes to college here in Wash & Marilyn is nursing in Spokane. This is Stanley's 2nd year in college. He wants to be a doctor. I really think he's got it in him. He says the studies are getting awful hard but I know he's putting all he's got into it. How is the weather in Nebr.?

It usually is pretty cold this time of the year.

I hope you hear from all the family this Holiday season. Here's wishing you a very Merry Merry Xmas & may the New Yr hold a lot happiness for you.

By Now & Again

Merry Merry Xmas

Love Elin and Family

Question: Is Elizabeth a friend or a relative?