Children Write Santa Wish Lists From Various Authors
A compilation of handwritten Santa letters from multiple young children, mostly in the seven to nine year range, listing desired gifts such as dolls, kitchen cabinets, toys, candy, fruit, nuts, oranges, dresses, and Christmas trees. Several names appear, including Gladys Shaffer, Ruth Shafter, Irene Meeker, Miriam Meeker, Grace, Tam, Mary Gebauer, Sylvinia Gchauer, James Chapman, Russel Vetter, William Millett, Marie Vetter, Dellova Allen, Fay Snodgrass, Arnold Eldon Duckett, Orville Manley, Henry Rees, and others, with varying ages and personal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Tam
Carrige
Grace
Ruth
Norma Shafter
Dear Santa Claus Christmas Wish Letters Chronicle
A long list of children from Syracuse and surrounding towns write to Santa, naming many gifts including dolls, dresses, toys, candy, oranges, nuts, a Christmas tree, a rocking chair, a train set, a tele phone, a sewing desk, a fire engine, and school supplies. They request memory for siblings, parents, and teachers, with assurances of good behavior and regular Sunday school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Carrige
Widna Shaffer
Mamma
Bertie Schultze
Santa
John Kelly
Santa Clause
Miss Gaskill
Mama and Papa
Helen Clayton
Mrs. Owtwein
Hilda Clayton
Raymond Heck
Sante Claus
Walter Heck
Troy
Vernon
Grace Vetter
Carlton, Hart
Elias Burk
Fern
Ruth Mantle
Arthur Smith
Santa Claws
Deering Seligman
Wayne
Ewing and
Sapp
Wright
Syracuse
Indiana
Burnetta Dobbs
Frederick Walter Sloan
Grandpa Schuler
Santy
Edith
Cora- Dobbs
P. S
Grandma
Schuler
Tam
Burnett Dobbs
P.S
Mary
Clinton
Bernardine Geiger
Dollie McCain
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Gladys Shaffer
Sister
Irene
Miriam Meeker
Mary Gebauer
Bear Santa Claus
Sylvinia Gchauer
James Chapman
Russel Vetter
William Millett
Marie Vetter
Ealm
Andy
Dellova Allen
Sarita
Fay Snodgrass
Arnold Eldon Duckett
Bear Santa Clause
Papa
Orville Manley
Ness
Henry
Rees
Etta
William
Thomas Herron
Edmund Thomas
Ima
Vernon Horstmann
Claus
Henry Malden
Lois Malden
Brother Russel
Oscar Bour
Minnie
Claretta
Birdie
Albert Schultze
Elizabeth
James
Ben Edward Jarvis
Louis
Percy
Willie
Bour
David .Seligman
Santa ‘Clause
Esther
Siste
Sahita
Dorothy Horstmann
Helen
Gertrude
Guasie
Ruth Miller
Mamms
Grendi
Harold and
Russell
Walter Manley
Willie Kelly
Redan
Margaret Me
Siater
Anna R. Watts
Christina
Ors Dees
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