Ye Olde News

• 2010-12-24

  

  I’m taking a little break from the Sears Catalog to do some Christmas themed posts, namely Dear Santa letters.

  Publishing local children’s Christmas wish lists in the newspaper has been a tradition since the late 19th century. These Dear Santa letters offer a fascinating, often hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking look into the history of childhood, economics and the origins of Christmas traditions.

  My favorite ones don’t correct the spelling of the original letters.

  (source: The Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY), December 11, 1893.)

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      I knew I forgot something in my list! I really wanted that monkey on a stick

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      Evvybotty wantsa monkey on

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      monkey on a stick??

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