6 Love at a distance

How did immigrants show their love to their families during Christmas at a distance?

Friederich Hintz, a Polish carpenter moving to the US in 1853, sent these cards home:

Some immigrants sent money, the most practical gift home. The Observer said American immigrants sent over three million pounds home in 1928!

Reference:

‘Hintz Family, Greetings Cards and Invitations’, Migration to New Worlds Archive, SC 028 (4 Oct 1846 - 17 May 1888), <https://0-www-migration-amdigital-co-uk.pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/Documents/SearchDetails/HSP_SC028_6>

‘Most Sumptuous Christmas in its History’, The Observer, p.11 (23 December 1928)