Dear Santa

The Caddo Herald

December 14, 1934

Dear Santa Claus,

Please bring me a pair of skates, a Bible, and a pair of gloves. I will thank you very much and will be glad to see you again. Please bring me some fruit, candy, and nuts. So I will close, Santa Claus, sending my love and best wishes. Mary Frances Tisdial

Please send me a Bible and a pair of skates, book satchel, pair of gloves, and please send Peggy Joyce a doll, a set of dishes and fruit and candy. Opal Drennan

Please bring me a football bladder, a BB gun, a pair of gloves, apples, oranges, and lots of nuts. Byron Rodden.

Please bring me some apples, oranges, candy, a set of dishes, a Bible, a doll, skates, and a pair of gloves. Bring me a  pair of shoes, a dress and a new coat for Christmas. Kathleen Prentice

I would like to have a watch that will keep time. That costs about one dollar and eighty nine cents. Marian Martin.

It is about Christmas time. I have been a bad little boy this year. I am 11 years old. I will tell you what I want for this Christmas. I want a football, a pair of slippers, and if you do not mind, I will take a scooter and if you are not too selfish I will take some apples, nuts, and oranges, and I guess that will be all, but I want to tell what my brother wants. He wants a truck, a pair of boots, candy, apples, nuts, oranges. That is all. A. M. Smith

I have been good and bad too, but you bring me something anyhow. Please bring me lots of candy, apples, oranges, and bananas, but don’t bring me pills because they make me sick. Santa Claus, please bring me a doll washer to wash my doll clothes in and you bring me a doll and a pair of boots too. Be sure to bring Miss Carrol a Negro doll. Julia Bell Powell

I want a BB gun and a horn and a knife and some candy for Christmas. Louis Parker

How are you these days? I hope you will come to see me. I am not but 11 years old and in the fifth grade. I want you to bring me a bike and apples, nuts, and candy. Do not forget the other children. Donald Choate

I am writing you so you will know what I want you to give me for Christmas. I wish you would bring me a doll and a suede jacket, some apples and nuts, candy and oranges. I am 11 years old and in the fifth and have been a good girl. Bring my brothers and sisters what they want. Syble McGee

I want you to bring me a little wagon, a 22 target and a pair of skates. Hollis Miller

We know Christmas is almost here and we are looking forward to your coming. Santa, I want a pair of boots, a watch, and a pair of gloves. Well, that is about all in that line. But lots of candy and fruits. Now Santa, do not forget that we’re looking forward to you. Luetta Marie Rethemeyer

I don’t want much this year for Christmas but just some story books and some gloves and a fountain pen, and please don’t forget to bring apples, oranges, and candy and all kinds of nuts. I hope you can help other children all around the world. Well, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please forget to bring Mr. Murphy a bundle of switches. Myra Jean Guthrie

I am a girl 11 years of age. I want a pair of boots, a fountain pen, and lots of apples, oranges, and candy and nuts for Christmas. I hope you will be kind enough to help all other boys and girls. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please do not forget to bring Mr. Murphy an inner tube for he needs it. Annie Ballew

I have been a good little girl since you came last year. I am nine years old. Please bring me a pair of gloves, a pair of boots, a bicycle and I would like to have a little doll that can walk and a pair of skates and oranges, apples, candy, and nuts and bananas. Santa, I hope you will bring me what I wish and do not forget to give something to the poor children and bring some things for my brother and sister and father and mother. Charleen Miller.

I have been a good girl since you came last year. I want a big doll with real hair and blue eyes. I want a pretty doll carriage to roll her in with a window on each side, a basket full of candy, nuts, apples, oranges, and a pair of skates, a bicycle and a big doll house to keep my doll and its clothes. I am a girl in the fifth grade and I am just nine years old. If you will bring me what I want I will be a good little girl and help mother too. I hope that Santa will have a Merry Christmas like I am going to have. I hope you bring my sister and brother something and all the poor children. Cordelia Dowd

I am glad you have come again. I hope that you will be at my house first. I want a raincoat, a pair of boots, a football, a pair of gloves. I want you to bring Jimmie Blakney a little dog that will run cows and bring Annie Ballew a Negro doll with a ribbon on it. I will be seeing you, goodbye. Dale Mills

I have been a bad little boy and I would like you to bring me a football, book, air rifle shot, and a new air rifle. Please bring me a bicycle, some apples and candy. Cleaburn Fowler

I want some Christmas presents. An air gun and some bee bees, some nuts, some Negro toes, some apples, oranges, bananas, a Negro dancer, some grapes, and 15 packages of fire crackers. T. Jr. Busby

I want you to bring me a suede jacket and some roller skates. Be sure and do not forget my oranges, apples, nuts, and candy. Do not forget my toys. Gertrude Sims