Kannapolis, N.C., Dec. 16, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I’m a boy 12 years old. I go to school. I want you to bring me a box of carpenter tools, a rain coat. I would like to have some oranges, apples and candy, please.
Your friend,
Earl B. Hileman
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Concord, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl 15 months old. Lease come to see me Christmas eve. I want a “mama” doll and a kiddy car with a bell on it, some apples, candies, oranges, nuts of all kinds.
From a Little Girl,
Ella Louise Barrier
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Concord, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
Please come to see me Christmas night and bring me a doll that will go to sleep, and a carriage, some apples, oranges, candy, nuts of all kinds. I will appreciate all.
Your little friend,
Arlene Barrier
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126 Ann St., Concord, N.C.
Dear Santa Claus:
I want you to ring me a doll that will open and shut its eyes and say “mama.” I want it to have pretty hair on its head. Please ring me a pretty doll carriage to roll it in. Also some candy fruit and nuts.
Your little friend,
Carolyn Scarboro
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Concord, Dec. 16, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
We are two little sisters. We want a doll each, a tea set and a doll bed. Please remember our little brother, too.
Yours,
Ruby and Eunice Cook
250 West Depot Street
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Kannapolis, N.C., Dec. 16, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I’m just a tiny tot. Please do not forget me. I want some A.B.C. blocks, a toy train, a red automobile and some oranges and apples. Please do not forget daddy and mama.
Your little friend,
Paul B. Hileman Jr.
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa:
I am a little brown-eyed boy eight years old. I go to school every day, and I like my teacher, Miss Bess Seilig, fine. Will you please bring me a steam shovel and a dump truck, and lots of nuts, candies and fruit? And please don’t forget all the other little children.
Your little friend,
G.L. Herrin Jr.
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl ten years old. I want you to bring me a dollbaby, an umbrella and some books, lots of nuts and fruit.
Please don’t forget to bring Doc, Lucius and Cyril something nice.
Your little friend,
Helen Lentz
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl eight years old. I want you to bring me a doll, bed and an umbrella, a rain cape, lots of candy, nuts and fruit.
Your friend,
Jean Lentz
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am ten years old. I go to school every day, and I am in the fourth grade. Please bring me a football, ball glove, ball bat and a watch.
Thank you so much,
Norman Bunn
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C. Dec. 17, 1925
Dearest Santa Claus:
Mother says if I’m a good little girl you will ring me just lots of pretty things, but I don’t want nothing much. Please bring me a pretty doll and something to eat, and dear Old Santa, please don’t forget poor little Coots, he’s been an awful good boy.
Yours truly,
Cleo Kluttz
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa:
I am a little boy nine years old. I want you to bring me a pair of boots and a scooter, watch, knife and don’t forget my brother, Archie, wants a pair of boots, too.
Your little friend,
Corum Miller
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy three years old. Will you please bring me a steam shovel and anything you care to bring? Don’t forget my sister, she wants a nice new doll.
Your little friend,
Buckie Moose
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl about eight years old. I want a wax doll, a tea set and a ring. Also don’t forget the little boys on the “hill,” “Shorty and “Teddy.”
Yours truly,
Mary Lee Seaford
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Mt. Pleasant, N.C., Dec. 17, 1925
Dear Old Santa:
I am just five years old, so you know how much I want—a train, a dump truck, a lot of tools and everything. I want you to remember all little boys who have no Uncle Bims, and please don’t forget little “Bob.” He is two years old.
Chas. G. Lentz Jr.
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Uncle Bims was an eccentric, wealthy character in the Chester Gump series, who would take Chester on flying adventures to places like Australia. He was also known for his extravagant gifts.
From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 19, 1925.
Several children from Mt. Pleasant have asked Santa Claus to remember the boys on the hill. There’s no orphanage or children’s hospital in Mt. Pleasant in 1925, but the children may be asking Santa to remember the orphans attending Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute for Boys, who could not go home for Christmas. Mont Amoena Seminary for girls also housed students living away from home. Both schools were operated by the Lutheran Church.
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