Inscr. verso: Friday night Dec. 22-1944 Dear Mami & Laddie - It was swell to talk to you and Jeannie all together - that's home - just you while getting super ready - I can't think of a nicer wish for X-mas & the new year than to say may these be many, many more occasions, with the addition of Jeanne's husband..
Mami, your violets are coming, but since Laddie, your present is going to be delayed for technical reasons, so are the violets. In time for the Christmas Table will be only my best wishes, my fond hopes & my very great and real love for all you dears - Lux.
[The New York Times headline (on the sidewalk), ARMIST..., suggests that the artist is longing for the end of the war: armistice]