Miss Luella Muffly lived in North Star, an unincorporated community along the Bad River in the central part of lower Michigan (middle of the “mitten”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_Township,_Michigan
In December of 1911, Luella received a Christmas postcard from Pearl West.
Pearl mailed the postcard from Elsie, a village near the center of of Michigan’s lower portion.
Elsie is about 21 miles southeast of North Star.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie,_Michigan
The face of the postcard is dominated by the bright drawing of two large, red, poinsettias.
Above the large flowers, a medallion encloses a lovely scene of a small lakeside village.
The view of the village is partially obscured by two smaller poinsettias.
Beneath the drawing is a printed message, “A Happy Christmas”.
The postcard was printed in the United States.
On the reverse, Pearl writes, “May yours be a very happy Christmas, and a joyful new year.”
Luella preserved the postcard in good condition throughout her life.
One hopes that Peal and Louella enjoyed a wonderful holiday season and that they remained correspondents for many years.
