Mrs. Robert Reid lived in Rochelle, a small city in Wilcox County of south-central Georgia.

The community was named for the French city of La Rochelle, although the reasons for this are unclear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle,_Georgia

In December of 1913, Mrs. Reid received a Christmas postcard from Mrs. Swanson.

Mrs. Swanson mailed the postcard from Atlanta, the capital of Georgia and a hub of transportation and commerce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta

Rochelle is about 155 miles south-southeast of Atlanta.

The face of the postcard is a composite drawing of several parts – a pot of poinsettias dominates the top of the postcard.

Beneath the flowers, in ornate letters, is the message, “A Merry Christmas”.

The lower third of the face is a parchment scroll with a holiday invocation:

“May this day bring merriment,

Loving friends, and sweet content”

On the reverse, Mrs. Swanson makes a hand-written addition:

“A hearty Xmas greeting from your true friend”.

Mrs. Reid preserved the postcard throughout her life.

One hopes that the true fiends enjoyed a splendid Christmas and maintained a postcard correspondence for many years.