December 25 Wednesday – Christmas – At 21 Fifth Ave, N.Y. Sam sent a telegram to Dorothy Quick, now at 63 8th Ave. “Merry Christmas and do not forget Friday” [MTP]. Note: the Friday engagement is not specified.
Sam also inscribed the verso of a photo of himself lying in bed to an unidentified person:
“Now that the horse-shoe is mounted as a pin, it has become useful as well as beautiful. Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Xmas, 1907” [MTP: City Book Auction catalogs, No. 355, 16 Nov. 1946, Item 103].
Edith F. Connally sent a signed colored floral Christmas card [MTP].
W.S. Croll sent a small, engraved Christmas and New Year card to Sam [MTP].
M.S. Gifford and Evelyn Gifford wrote from Oxford, Englad to wish Sam “a Happy Christmas” [MTP].
Mr. & Mrs. R. Howard Krause sent a small printed Christmas card to Sam [MTP].
Marion Peak Mason (Mrs. George Grant Mason), NYC wrote “Merry Christmas” on her calling card to Sam [MTP].
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Scott, Finsbury Park, London sent an unsigned Christmas card to Sam [MTP].
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Stone sent an embossed Christmas and Nw Year card to Sam [MTP].
Thomas Wardle and Miss Wardle sent a printed Christmas and New Year card to Sam [MTP].
West Point Military Academy sent a printed Christmas and New Year card to Sam, signed, “West Point Army Mess” [MTP].
Alice Westrult signed a Christmas card to Sam [MTP].