Letters to Santa have long been a popular newspaper feature.
Enjoy your holidays.
More “Forgotten Files” in the new year.
First Source: Pine Bluff Arkansas Daily Graphic., December 18, 1898, Christmas Edition Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Second Source: Newark Post. (Newark, Del.), 21 Dec. 1910. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Aw!!! My mother would give me oranges on Christmas and I would not be thrilled because we had an orange tree in the backyard! But she explained that when she was a kid an orange was an exciting thing to have in the winter and it made me appreciate the orange.
These letters are so sweet. I hope they got everything!!!
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