SC library displays politicians’ holiday cards

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Holiday cards on display at the University of South Carolina’s Hollings library in Columbia show a kinder, gentler side of politicians.

President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn sent Christmas cards with horse-drawn carriages arriving at a snowy 19th Century White House.

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s cats frolic under several White House Christmas trees.

Two of former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s cards display the smiling faces of his then-wife Jenny and their four sons without any holiday adornment.

The director of the South Carolina Political Collections at the library, Herb Hartsook, says the show will be on view after a break for Christmas through Jan. 20th.

Hartsook says all of the cards have been drawn from political papers donated to the library by the state’s most prominent politicians.