During the 1940s art students at Coronado High School made Christmas decorations for the U.S. Post Office and other community venues. Their teacher, Esther Painter Hagstrom, was something of a role model for this type of activity. Each year she made Christmas cards for her friends. Some of these creations were etchings and prints -- little works of art that were worth saving. Some recipients, such as Mary Ellen Wild Woodhouse Munckton, framed these gifts.