Christmas Card

A LADY HAD A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
for whom she really
wanted to buy Christmas presents. Time slipped
away and it was so busy at work for her she just
wasn't able to get to the store to purchase those
gifts. Time was running out. So not too many
days before Christmas she decided to give up on
the gift idea and just buy everybody the same
beautiful Christmas card. She went to the local gift
store and hurriedly went through the now picked
over stack of cards and found a box of fifty, just
exactly what she wanted. She didn't take time to
read the message, she just noticed a beautiful
cover on it and there was gold around it and a
floral appearance on the front of the card and she
thought, That's perfect. So she signed all of them,
"With all my love."

As New Year's came and she had time to go back
to two or three cards she didn't send from that
stack, she was shocked to read the message
inside. It said, in a little rhyme,
"This Christmas card is just to say,
a little gift is on its way."