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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
5
A collection of children from Avoca Texas write to Santa in December 1928 listing simple Christmas wishes. They request dolls, dolls buggies, trains, clothes, candy, fruit, nuts, books, toys, a Bible, a fountain pen, and small gifts for siblings and teachers, signing as Jewel Driskill Ellen McDonald Lavelle Onstott Enola Sampson.
A Christmas wish letter from Dorothy Weeks dated December 18 asks Santa to bring a ball a Bible candy and fruit for Nila May Huffaker and all family friends and the poor. Dorothy also requests gifts for her little sister and brothers and for her teacher and parents and a Happy New Year.
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