Children write Santa with long Christmas wish lists
A collection of handwritten letters from children across Texas asking Santa Claus for toys and gifts. Requests include dolls, trains, bikes, toy cars, a road racing set, Easy Bake Ovens, tools, a telescope, and various stuffed animals, with mentions of locations like Corpus Christi and Hereford. Several children sign with first names and ages, some referencing family members and travel plans for Christmas.
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North Pole
Hereford
Texas
Wellington
Mark
Christmas wishes from Wellington children flood page
A festive record from Wellington in 1968 shows messages from young readers to Santa. Letters ask for dolls, a playset, toys, a jump rope, a tractor with trailer, and cheerful wishes for Christmas and the new year.
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Susie Chandler
Santer
Santin Ingram
Lonzin Ingram
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Santa Claus
Nice
Johnny Erne
Mark Andrew Fourmentin
Patricia Diane Fourmentin
Santa
Phoebe
Barry Lynn
Jerrell
Jimmy
Corpus Christi
Truly
Barbara
Pam
Paula
Jerrell Needham
Thomas Sterling
Igned
Freddie Chambers
Tammy Sanders
Ranee Taylor
Janee Taylor
Hollis, Okla
Ronny Ford
Twinkle Little Star
Mama Crown
Arkansas
Love
J. Hudspeth
Ted
Chen
Kevin McClendon
Alicia Daves
Pauline Vallance
Memis
Eddie Outley
Drury Dan Lacy
Saint
Maria Garza
Love You
Rhonda McClendon
Sam Warrick
Lannie Lovell
Barry
Cristy Gay Moseley
Ester Hernandez
Juan Vera
Montreal
Paris
Thuday
Sharee Bailey
Quall
Gayla
Jewell
Sa Tam
Tammie Hernandez
Dear Sans Claus
de Josephine Martinez
Tory
Chriatmas
Alers
Lisa Cuttey
Warrick’s Inc
City State Bank
Jeff D. Wilson
Joe C. Terry
Billy Moneley
Karl Lynn Bartlett
Wayne Cudd
Ronald Duncan Joe C. Terry Jeff
D. Wilson
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