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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
4
A flood of early 20th century letters to Santa Claus lists requests from numerous children. Kids like Kyle, Kip, Sherry, Michael, Brenda, Danny, Rhonda, Laura, Raymond, Carolyn, Ronald, and others ask for bikes, trains, dolls, G I Joe figures, toy guns, a Creepy Crawlers set, football gear, and family gifts.
A handwritten note from Lynn Stephens of Grand Saline Texas requests toys for Santa including roller skates a hot wheel set a tape recorder and a football game set. The child mentions good behavior and a desire to give gifts to parents noting other names such as Laura Anne Dickerson and Kenny Rei.
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