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December 26, 1923.

Dear Thea: -

I simply had to wire you to let you know how much I appreciated your efforts to make this Christmas a memorable one for us, and how well you succeeded. Thanks to you it was one of the best days that we have had - so full of the realization of what good friends mean and so many remembrances from them to let us know that wonderful feeling of "Peace on earth good will to men."
   
We had a very quiet day and I was not out of the house at all. We had Fathers brothers family with us for dinner and, as they left before eight, I was in bed a little after nine and had a wonderful nights sleep. The quiet day made it possible to think of your thoughtfulness and of just how you had planned for our happiness. I was so happy that I wanted to call you up early in the morning but contained myself until one oclock to make sure you would be up, and then central informed me that the line had been discontinued: it was then that I sent off the wire to you and I hope it carried true even through the rush and hurry of Christmas Day.

My thanks go out to you, dear Thea, for so bountifully remembering us. The thought itself was sweet beyond words and the concrete evidence of your planning, coupled with the goodness that prompted it, made a festive combination hard to beat. The box of cigars will long be reminders of the great day and the flowers just cast a radiance over everything and made the very air seem filled with the Christmas spirit.

When Mrs. Pepper saw the wonderful flowers that you sent her she was so happy she could hardly speak: she is writing you to tell you of the joy that your thoughtfulness gave to her as well as to the rest of us.