Typed as spelled
and written -
Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Sixty-Second Year - (Number missing)
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 19, 1962
LETTERS TO SANTA
Dear Santa Claus:
I want a Barbie Doll and her suitcase and
bed. I hope this is not too much. Will you go to the
children that do ot have Christmas. And there are going to be
some cookies on the table.
From
Renea
Scheef
Dear Santa:
I would like to have a football, helmet,
suit, a rifle, and a game.
Larry
Wade Jackson
909
Potomac
Dear Santa:
l. I am looking for you.
2. I am thinking of the children who won't
have any Christmas,
please give them some toys, Santa.
3. I want a Sunday coat.
4. And a fire engine.
5. Please, Santa, give the poor
people some toys, Santa!
6. Please give me an army set, Santa.
See you Christmas, Santa.
Mike L.
Irwin
Dear Santa:
I've been a good girl and study hard in
school.
Please bring me a Baby Buttercup doll and
four sets of Barbie Clothes.
Love,
Carol
Vasek
Age 7
114
Ripley, Marlin
Dear Santa Claus:
May I please have a real bow and arrow and
an airplane that flies by battery? And may I please have a
kicking tree?
Please Santa! Thank you.
Tommy
Davis
8 years
old.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am in the second grade this year and
study hard and try to make good grades.
Please bring me a bike, gun and a belt.
Also please bring all the other boys and girls something, too.
Sincerely,
Larry
Dean Brothers
214
Bluebonnet Dr., Marlin
Dear Santa Claus:
I am just a little 3 year old girl that has
tried to be a good girl this year, and my mother said I have been
good. Please bring me a little tea table and chairs, doll and
some dishes.
Please bring my little sister, Phyllis,
something too and all the other little boys and girls.
I love you. Santa,
Jeanette (missing)
214
Bluebonnet Dr., Marlin
Dear Santa Claus:
My name is Susie Nichols. I am a good
girl and mind my Mama. I want (l) a Miss Mary manicure set, (2) an
Elegant Lady Vanity Set, (3) a four piece Beany & Cecil luggage set,
(4) a Humbaleena doll, (5) an ironing board, (6) a sink and stove,
(7)(sic), (8) a refrigerator, (9) a baby stroller, (10) a sketch,
(11) a color slide adn projector, (12) an electric pin ball machine,
(13) a scooter, and, (14) Barbie doll clothes.
With
love
Susie
Nichols.
Dear Santa:
I want a doll, a Frosty Snowman, a piano, a
Ken doll and a Tuxedo and some other clothes for Ken. I would
like a nurse outfit and evening gown for my Barbie doll, Gaylark,
the toy dog, and Susie Smart.
Please bring my dog, Be-Bo some toy to play
with, too!
Diane
Henry, Age 6
322
Maryland, Marlin
Dear Santa:
My nameis Tom Criswell, 719 Carter Street,
Marlin, Texas. I have been a very good boy this year.
Please bring me a real tractor, a fire truck and a wagon.
Love,
Tom,
age 3
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a real baton and a bride
doll and Barbie doll clothes and jewelry.
And I will leave some cookies and milk.
Love,
Shannon, age 10
Dear Santa:
Would you please bring me a baby doll and
clothes, Barbie clothes, Chatty Kathy clothes, make up set, diamond
ring, choo choo bag and a snow cone man. And I will give you
some milk and cookies.
Jenny
Barganier.
Dear Santa:
I am Ronnie Dell Barker. I go to
school and try to be a good boy. Santa will you please bring me a
large wagon, a football, a gun and holster. I have a little
sister, age 5 years old. She would like very much to have a
cuddle baby doll, a doll stroller, and a nurse's kit. We both
would appreshate (sic) some fruits, nuts and candy if you have any
to spare. Oh, yes, Santa, my sister's name is Debra Joann
Barker. We live at 428 Chambers Street, Marlin, Texas.
Thank
you.
Ronnie
Dell Barker.
Dear Santa:
I am a little girl 4 years old. For
Christmas please bring me, a bride doll, choo choo train, cook set
and some corduory jeans. Bring my brother a monopoly game.
Santa, don't forget my little cousins in
Missouri. You may need your sleigh when you go up there.
A
friend
Karen
Kalmbach.
Dear Santa:
I want a caterpillar, a drum, a fire truck
and an ho choo choo train that my brother Zach can play with.
I'm three years old and live on a farm near
Reagan.
Leave my caterpillar here and bring other
things to Winnsboro.
I've been a pretty good little boy.
Don't forget my little friends and my
brothers Zack and Tommy.
I love you, Santa, bye now
Leslie
Green
Dear Santa:
I am 8 years old. I know that I am
not always good. Mama says I am a typical boy. So don't
you think I should have a typical boy gift, a bright red shining
bicycle. I make pretty good grades in school, if that helps.
Sure would like one.
David
Fedro
300
Fortune St., Marlin
Dear Santa:
We want a toy for Clay. He is one
year old. And we want two Barbie dolls with ponytails.
One with white hair, and one with black hair. And some pickup
sticks and some bobby socks size 7 1/2 and size 8 1/2.
Love,
Cathy,
Carol, Clay
Dear Santa Claus:
I go to school every day. I am six
years old. I am in the first grade. Please come to see
me, my little brother, sister and my little friends, too.
Please bring me a doll, a wagon, a gun, a bicycle, doll dishes, a
story book, a toy, piano and some fruit and nuts.
Thank you very much.
Glenda
Joyce.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a Ting Thumbelina, and a
toy Coca-Cola machine. My little brother Craig wants a
football helmet and give him anything else a little three-year-old
boy might like.
Love,
Carolyn
Gayle Welch.
Age 7.
107
Virginia, Marlin.
Dear Santa Claus:
My name is William Eart Kuehne. I am
9 year old and in the fourth grade. I would like a football
for Christmas. Please bring the other little children what
they would like for Christmas, too. May everyone have a
blessed and merry Christmas.
Your
friend,
William
Kuehne
713
Live Oak Street, Marlin
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