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    1. [VIRGINIA] Letters to Santa Claus, 1910-part 3
    2. Hi all, These really are popular! So here are some more letters to Santa Claus. These included here are from "The News Leader," Richmond, Va., Saturday Afternoon, December 10, 1910 issue, page 5. Dear Santa; I am 8 years old. I would like for you to bring me a rain coat a pair rubber boots, a horn, some candy and fire works, dont for get Grand Ma 7 Aunt Sue. Good night Santa I will be a good little girl. ANNA MAUD LEIBS. Dear Santa; I am a little girl just 7 years old Thanksgiving please bring me a umbrella like Virginia and I want a ring for my doll baby and a pair of doll baby shoes please send me a hornand some fire works, some candy and nuts and some apples and oranges now Santa dont forget my mamma and ady thing else you can think of. IDA ILLINGER. Dear Santa; Please bring me a pair of rubbers and a pair of gloves and some fire works some oranges, candy and nuts. I will go to bed at eight o'clock and shut my eyes tight I wont peep indeed I wont I remain your little boy. HENRY ELLINGER. Dear Santa Claus; I want you to Bring me a doll Baby & a Carriage & a pair Stockings. Some nuts, candy & some fireworks & lots of good things to eat now dear old Santa I will go to bed Early with much love to you good night from your little friend. ROSA B. ANDERSON. Dear Santa; I am a little boy 4 years old please bring me a little horse and wagon a sleigh a train pair reins. Indian suit a whip and anything else you can spare me. Your loving little boy, EDLOE JENKINS. P. S.--Please don't forget my Sister Alpha. Dear Santa; Please bring me a pair of skates and a trunk with some baby cloths in it. An umbrella. An a rain coat and I want some candy, nuts, oranges and apples. Yours truly, DOROTHY STUMPF. Dear Santa Claus; I will write to you let you know what I want you to bring me I want you to bring me a doll bed and a table and some chairs and a set of dishes some doll furniture down in Cohens basement the one that is lined with pink satin and some thing nice that you think I would like to have. Your little girl, MARY H. FORD. Dear Santa; Please send me an umbrella & rubbers Gloves an Indian Suite & hat and a gun & a train & lots of other play things if you can spare them from the others. Dear Santy; Please do not forget my Brother Randolph bring him the same as you do me but be sure & bring him a train & Electrical Car & a horse & a ball & doant forget Bessie she lives heare too now doant forget what we want the place nor these little boys that live at 720 N. 25 St. Richmond, Va., from your little friends, GARLAND & RANDOLPH SHORTT. Dear Santa Claus; I am four years old and a good little girl and I want to ask you to bring me some presents for Christmas. Bring me a jointed doll a cook stove, a pair of slippers and whatever else you think I would like to have. Good-bye From your little friend, MILDRED BRELING. Dear Santa Cllaus; I am a good little girl. I want to ask you to bring me a few thing for christmas please bring me a red rain coat, a pair of ball-bearing skates, box of paints, a pair of blue slippers and some other things you think I would like to have. Good-bye From your little friend, HELENA BRELING. My Dear Santa Claus; I want you to bring me a doll baby, dress in a bobble skirt and a ring and a bracelet, sideboard and table, a set of dishes and a work box and story book and set of knives and forks and a lot of good things to eat. I am nine years old and I will be a good girl next year if you will bring me what I want this year, Good-bye, from ESTHER PARKINSON. My Dear Santa Claus; Please bring me a wheelbarrow and a train and a milk wagon and a signet ring with W. S. P. on it and a whip and an express wagon and a story book and a box of sparklers and soem fireworks and a whole lot of good things to eat. From your little boy, WAVERLY PARKINSON. Dear Santa; I am a little girl just 3 years old. Please bring me a big doll baby and doll baby carriage One that shuts up. A tea set and a little broom and a doll baby bed all fixed up. A Christmas tree all balled up with lots of prety things on it, also some candy, nuts and lots of fruit and anything else you have got. Bye Bye santa, MINNIE ELIZABETH RICHARDSON. Dear Santa; please bring me a doll baby some candy and nuts you think would suit a little boy like me the boys at my school are all bad but me. Good bye from your Little friend, THOMAS KEAVENCY. Dear Santa Claus; Please bring me a rubber band power Monoplane, that flies by itself. And please bring me some fireworks and candy and nuts. From your little boy. DAVID P. ARWOOD. Glad you all like these. By the way Cohen's was a very big store in Richmond city back then. God bless, Beth famil[email protected]

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