In the Research Note, we lean that the correspondents may be brothers.

Mr. Budd Hockenbery (also, Hockenberry) lived in Pleasant Hall, an unincorporated community in Franklin County of south-central Pennsylvania.

Today, Pleasant Hall is located northeast of the Letterkenny Army Depot (established 1942) and north of Chambersburg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Hall,_Pennsylvania

On Christmas Eve of 1907, Budd received a postcard from Roscoe.

The postcard was mailed from Concord, another unincorporated community in Franklin County.

Named for the Battle of Concord in the American Revolution, this community on the south side of the Tuscarora Mountains was platted in 1797.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_Pennsylvania

Concord has had a Post Office since 1811.

Pleasant Hall is about 22 miles south of Concord.

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Although mailed at Christmas, the postcard design is not related to the holiday.

The face shows a colorful drawing of a gathering of fowl.

Two turkeys, a large rooster, and numerous hens stand in a meadow dotted with wild flowers.

The fowl are in a variety of poses – one fluffs her wings, one pulls a worm from the ground, others appear to be studying the grassy field.

Trees dot the middle ground: a wooded area appears in the distance.

In the lower left, an artist’s name seems to be inscribed; I have not identified it, although the accompanying place name is “Munster” – probably, the northern German city on the Rhine River.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster

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On the reverse, Roscoe begins without a greeting: “I guess we will not get over (for) Christmas.”

The message concludes with a warning: “Don’t eat to (sic) much of that turkey”.

The postcard was preserved in very good condition.

One hopes that all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and that the friends exchanged many more postcards.

RESEARCH NOTE

This is a tentative genealogical record as the surname is spelled variably (even among siblings) and the same first names appear in succeeding generations.

I have made the following identifications based on the recorded use of nicknames and spelling.

On March 12, 1876, Budd Hockenbery (“Solomon B. Hockenbery”) was born in Perry County, PA.

He was the son of Franklin Roscoe “Budd” Hockenberry Sr. (1850-1911) and Rebecca Jane Hockenberry (1856-1951),

I believe that Franklin and Rebecca were second or third cousins; they were married in Franklin County in 1875.

Sometime between the birth of Budd and the 1900 census, the Hockenberry family returned to Franklin County – data from the 1890 census is missing.

Their son, Budd, was the oldest of seven children, all of whom lived to adulthood.

The fourth child, and second son, was Frank Roscoe Hockenbery (1888- 1919).

This son was commonly called “Roscoe”.

In 1901, Budd married Mollie Eleanor Stake (1881-1938) in Franklin County.

They had one son, Paul Eugene Hockenbery (1914-1983).

On November 23, 1917, Budd died in Franklin County at age 41.

I have not yet found an obituary that would reveal more information.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139431499/solomon-budd-hockenberry

Sometime later, Mollie married Harvey A. Bracken (1885-1975) and she is buried with him in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Shippensburg, PA.

Budd’s younger brother, “Roscoe”, also died young – passing away in Franklin County on April 25, 1919.

Roscoe was 30 years old.

Possibly because the deaths were so close together, Budd and Roscoe share a headstone in Union Cemetery in Concord, PA.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139072239/frank-roscoe-hockenberry

The parents of the brothers, along with some siblings and other relatives, are buried in the same place.