Sharon Whitehead, a former postal worker in Chattanooga, saved a letter to Santa from the 1970s. Contributed Photo by Sharon Whitehead.The letter, in flowing cursive handwriting, is clearly old.
It’s a thank-you note to Santa Claus, apparently from a teenage girl in the Chattanooga area, and it will touch your heart.
The corners of the lined notebook page have become brittle. One clue to its age: The letter mentions the Osmonds, the pop-star family whose fame peaked in the 1970s, so it is likely more than 40 years old.
For years, former United States Postal Service worker Sharon Whitehead has held onto the letter, intending to share it publicly.
Here’s the back story. Whitehead, who now lives in Dalton, Georgia, worked at the main post office on Shallowford Road in Chattanooga from the late 1960s until the early 1980s.