Dear Santa Claus: 1898
"I am eight years old and go to school every day..."
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.
Very sweet, but those are some weirdly specific and rather piggish lists if you ask me.
Gotta love the kid who wants a warship!?