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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1934
Page
12
A parade of Santa letters from Decatur and nearby Alabama towns dated December 1934, full of children requesting dolls, trains, bicycles, toy blocks, dolls beds, wagons, and dolls for sisters, with pleas to remember mothers and fathers and teachers. Many children sign with age and school, asking for fruit, nuts, candy, and toys for Christmas.
A Christmas request from four year old Edward L Sandlin of Hartselle Alabama dated December 12 1934 asks Santa for a gun rubber ball marbles fruit candy nuts and a kitty Snowball to deliver. He mentions loneliness while siblings are at school and signs the letter.
A collection of handwritten Santa letters from Alabama children listing gifts they desire. The notes mention towns Falkville Danville Lacey's Spring Trinity and Harteelle with requests for dolls doll beds toys fruit candy nuts gloves skates a bass wagon a teddy bear a bugle and messages to remember parents and siblings.
A five year old girl in Decatur Alabama writes a plea for help dated December 13 1984 from 1312 Fifth Ave South. The fragmentary message indicates trouble and a request for assistance from a reader or authority.
A child from Somerville on Route 4 writes to Santa in Union Hill School. She asks for a sleepy doll that can cry and say mama, a doll buggy, apples, oranges, and candy, and mentions a younger sister age four. She signs as a hopeful recipient.
A brief fragment shows a child asking Santa to remember her and her little friends. She wishes for a small teddy bear and invites Santa to visit every little girl. The text reflects a Christmas scene requesting kindness and presents.
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