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Santa Claus Letters From Alabama Children 1934
A compilation of Christmas requests from young students and a few toddlers in Harris Decatur and Athens Alabama. The letters ask Santa for dolls, wagons, toys, fruit and candy, while mentioning teachers like Miss Balch and Hazel Balch and relatives. Many entries emphasize remembering mothers and siblings and gifting to the poor.
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Harris, Ala
Santa
Harris School
Miss Balch
Westella Hacker
Harris
Ala
Bessie Lacy
Fourth Ave
Decatur
Santa Claus
4Th Ave
First Ward
Blair
Grandma Abels
Marie
Daddy
Mother
Dr. Smith
Dr. Bailey
Pepa
Mama Hannah
West
Charles McMeans
9Th Ave
John Henry Lee
Athens
Grimmett School
Miss. Hazel Balch
Hazel Balch
Mary Houston
Elmer Payne
Ruth Mullins