One snowy December morning, Nicola Meyer awakens to find a weathered ivory envelope on her doorstep. She could tell from the cursive script which was addressed to a Miss Elizabeth Claire and the vintage stamp that this letter wasn't from her time. U...
A/N: Hiya! This is my first Christmas themed short-story and my submission for @TheCVCommunity Bethlehem: The Shining Award Show! They created multiple prompts for the contestants to chose from, I chose prompt 1: After 50 years, A Christmas card finally reaches its destination one frosty December day.
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Excerpt
"Are you Elizabeth Claire?" Nicola, stood at the top of the porch stairs, just over a metre away from the woman. Her left hand clenched the sealed letter for dear life. This was it.
"Yes, that was my maiden name"
"No wonder you were hard to find...I believe this is for you." The envelope was passed nimbly from a perfectly manicured hand, towards the slightly trembling sun aged hand, sun glinting off her gold tarnished wedding ring.
A quiet gasp left the older woman, as she brushes her thin arthritis riddled fingers across the cursive scripture of her name, while a whispered word slipped from her lips "Teddy." A sad smile graced her face, glancing towards the young woman she placed the letter against her chest "thank you dear."
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Summary
One snowy December morning, Nicola Meyer awakens to find a weathered ivory envelope on her doorstep.
She could tell from the cursive script which was addressed to a Miss Elizabeth Claire and the vintage stamp that this letter wasn't from her time.
Upon further inspection she could make out that the Monarch on the stamp was King George the sixth...meaning this letter was at least 50 years old. She was in awe at how this letter turned up that day, but she made a promise that day to find this woman.
She couldn't explain this feeling but she just knew, deep down that this letter was important and Elizabeth deserved to know.
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A Christmas Letter, is a work of fiction belonging to M.Rose based off @TheCVCommunity idea. There is reference to actual historical events used in this story.
