To Santa Claus, on the Moon

Christmas History 44.  The following article is from the Blackburn Standard, from 31st December 1898:

A correspondent has obtained copies of some of the letters addressed to “Santa Claus” which find their way to the Dead Letter Office, and are destroyed. This is a comprehensive request:

Dear Santa Claus, – I want a horse with a big tail and a big mane, and eyes and nose and mouth, and a bridle and saddle. ABC book and a crain, and a horn and a cowboy doll, a little waggon, and a tule box and some nails and a milk wagon and some candy, apples oranges, bananas.

A fair number of these little notes are pathetic enough. For instance, the following:

Dear Santa Claus, – I am 9 years old. My popa has gone, and my mama has no money, so please Santa bring me and my baby sister some candy for Christmus.

I hope you won’t forget me when Christmas comes because I havn’t no mother, and papa hasent got no work, so please I would like a nice doll like other girls has got, and please Santa don’t forget little Beatrice, she would like a dollie carriage, and I guess that is all. I remain a good girl. Good-by.

These are the addresses of some of the letters : –

“Dear Santa Claus City”; “Mr. Santa Claus, North Pole”; “Send this to Dear Sandy Klosse; he lives in the moone”; “Mr Santa Claus, in the Arctic Regions”; “Leave at town nearest the North Pole, and give to Santa Claus as he passes”; “Mr Santa Claus, Snow Mountain”; “Mr. Santa Claus, North Land, USA”; “To Santa Claus, Santaclausville, Don’t forget me”; “Santa Claus, a Hundred Skies High”; “Santa Claus, Rock Candy Castle, Fairyland”; Santa Claus, care of the Polar Bear, USA”; “Santa Claus, Up in the Clouds”; “Mr Santa Claus, Jerusalem Gate”; “Santa Claus, on the housetop”; “Santa Claus, on the Roof.”

Thank you for reading the Christmas quotes on Windows into History.  If you have missed any you can find them all listed on the Contents page under the “Christmas History” heading.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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