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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1965
Page
8
The Decatur Daily prints letters to Santa Claus as received before Christmas with no spelling or grammar changes. The note mentions Secret Sam Chief Cherokee Thunderbolt and Johnny West, and Monty Cross signs off promising cake and coffee on the hearth.
Beth Rynes asks for a record player and records to enjoy music. She mentions wanting a scooter and Ricky dolls with surprises and love. She adds that P.S. 1 will leave cake and coffee under the tree.
Eight year old Thomas Sherman writes a Christmas wish list asking Santa for a Creepy Crawler set Secret Sam a baseball and bat and a model car He promises cake and coffee on the table and asks for a surprise if possible.
A scanned page collects children's Christmas requests to Santa, listing seven year old Kimberly Anne, five year old Mandy Miles, seven year old Laurie Aldridge, and others. Each child names desired toys, dolls, bikes, toy vehicles, vanity sets, and candies while asking Santa to remember siblings and all other boys and girls.
Randy McBay asks for a large bicycle and a nose device described as making toes red, plus other unspecified items. The note ends with a signoff and the name Bimbo.
A young boy writes a holiday note asking Santa for a kitchen set ironing board trucks and cars and a fireman suit. He asks Santa to remember his brother Mike and all other boys and girls and thanks him for last year’s gifts.
A two year old asks for Christmas gifts including a baby doll an ironing board and an iron promising she has been good all year. The request centers on typical young child desires and holiday generosity.
Five young boys and girls write Santa with year end wishes. Jimmy Reeves asks for a race car set a rifle a Mickey Mouse talking telephone a cement mixer truck candy fruit and gum and cake and coffee for Santa Dayna Johnson requests a table and chair set a View Master Patta Burp doll stocking surprises and milk and cake. The letter remembers a baby sister Lisa and asks Santa to remember boys in Viet Nam and says they have been good with mixed behavior.
Elaine Bright, five, writes from Pine Hill to Santa Claus at her grandparents’ house. She asks for a cowboy suit a big wagon and an eraser for the blackboard and promises cookies and coffee under the tree. She asks Santa to remember all the little children everywhere.
Carla Clifton writes a playful request to Decatur 2 classmate or teacher, asking for a Ken and Midge doll with outfits, a Barbie bride dress, clothes for Skipper and Penny Brite, plus a surprise and assorted fruit, nuts, and candy.
Cathy Hicks requests a sweetie Pie doll a nursing and feeding set a Timex watch and a Barrel of Monkeys as gifts for her birthday. This note reads like a child’s wish list for toys and keepsake items.
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