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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
18
A collection of holiday requests from Cameron Texas youths dated December 11 1933. Dorothy Marie Turner Martha Crouch Martha Tucker Beulah Fay Williford Kenneth Nabours request dolls toys candy fruit and small gifts along with personal items like watches beads and a trunk.
A Cameron Texas child named Guy Chaniler writes a Christmas list dated December 11 1935. He asks Santa for a doll cap piano dishes knives forks spoons apples oranges nuts a football a truck with lights three tiny cars firecrackers candy fruit an air gun fireworks riding breeches an Indian suit Lincoln legs a bicycle and requests visits to all children. He mentions his eight year old brother and two little sisters and asks Santa to bring what he can if not everything.
Marjorie Kidd of Cameron Texas dated December 11 1933 asks for a book a doll and house slippers. Della Halpain urges a pair of boots and a curley haired doll and fruit for a poor child. Helen Lucille Richards asks for shoes a book satchel fruit nuts candy and reminds Santa of other children.
An eight year old boy and a girl send simple requests for presents including a little train a scooter candy fruits and nuts. The boy Billy Jean Compton asks for a rubber ball a little doll dishes and paloves while Minnie Reynolds asks for skates a doll a book pencils and other items.
Santa limits himself to simple benevolences and cannot favor the police or solve all mysteries. The term Christmas boxes stems from clay boxes used by apprentices to collect largesse from masters’ customers during the holiday season.
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