Young Girl Finds a Cry for Help Written Inside Her Christmas Card

Six-year-old Florence Widdicombe from Tooting, South London, England, thought she was doing a nice thing when she prepared to write Christmas cards for her classmates.

But when she opened one of the cards, she read something that shook the foundation of everything she thought was decent.

Christmas Cards Took a Dark Turn…

Giving Christmas cards started in 1843 in England. It happened when a man named Sir Henry Cole couldn’t find the time to write personal messages for Christmas that year.

So, he hired an artist named John Calcott Horsley to design a card that could be sent right away. But that tradition took a dark turn in 2019…

The Card Could Have Been Lost

Most people tend to stick their loved ones’ holiday cards in a drawer, promising themselves they’ll read them when they find the time. Then life gets busy and they forget all about them.

But if one little girl from Tooting, South London, would’ve done this, she would’ve missed a very urgent message written inside one of the cards in a Christmas card box.

This Card Stood Out Among Others

Six-year-old Florence Widdicombe decided to write Christmas cards to her school friends. She picked the charity cards from a Tesco supermarket, not realizing one card would stand out above all the others.

She Had an Eye-Opening Experience

Widdicombe opened the box of kitten-themed cards and prepared to spread some holiday cheer. She was on her sixth or eighth card when she read something that changed her whole perspective on the world.