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By Ben Lindsey, GEMS
Dear Santa: O u r A nn ua l Pre s ent a t io n o f O u r R eg io n’ s y o ut h fu l b el i ev e rs . Sts. Peter & Paul Dear Santa, This year I want all of this!! J Size 10 como coat Pink baskitball Camper for my amarocin girl doll Ipod 5 Candy Madison Pardue * Dar Santa all I relly wont is a good crismas. and to meet you and roodof. and a lot of snow and a show Ballgon and jobot. Riley * Dear Santa, I wont a cristal set. I wont a Miencraft lagow set. I wont a baby kitten. I wont a 5 nights at fredes plush foxy toy I wont a 5 nights at fredes key chan bliend bags I wont ezebakuven gen uven with recipies. I wont a musec box with 5 nights at fredes. Music disc for the musec box. Music box. Bianca, 13 * To: Santa I would like a: Tool belt can it have all the main tools some tools that are not comen. I would like 2 or 3 lego sets. I would also like the movie fantasic beasts if you can make it I would also like a cooking set I would also like my Natvety set More cds More easy bake oven food Love, Ila * Dear Santa I wood like a vousmogulater a noo dres a necalis juesus on the cros to hang abof my bed and a candy bar a sweet dreem a candy cane a safe and anty Zoe to com Amaya, 8 * Dear Santa, Pleas can I have a Zoomer Kitty, Little life Pet mice, Little life Pet dog, Zoomer dog named Chip and band. Zoomer Hegie, baking set. Icre crearm maker/real easy baking oven food. From: Elise * Dear Santa, May I PLEASE have a small manger and a Holy Bible that has my name incrusted in it. And a natividy set! Love, Ruby Young Dear Santa whatever you give me I
Dear Santa: I hope evry one is on the nice list. I hope evry one at the workshop has the best Christmas ever. Thank you for not putting cole in my stocking because I realey needed it.
will happy and here is my christmas list List Star wars Wrestling singlet Star wars At-St walker Sherbert lemon jar Star wars tie flyer Star war u-wing ship A wooden tressure chest to build 2 ft. that’s my list. Kaden * Dear Santa. A X box A Bow and Arrow A Captin America Lego set
A pack of Diary of a Wimpy kid books A shout gun ps. You’re the best Santa ever. Dylan * Dear Santa I wont a A X box A Lego Set A Holk Lego Set A T.V. A 1000,000 lego sets A pees of cole A bowe and aros A movy fantastic best ps. I am the best kide in school Form Tristan
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* Dear Santa. This year I want 1. A Amaerican girl with red hair. 2. A Amaerican girl close and shoues. Laego set. The 3. Move gerasik world. 4. Little Live pet dog and mouse. 5. Miny baking set. From Kaleia * Dear Santa I would like for Christmas a 1 Harry Potter snow globs. then I want Minecraft blinde boxes. I also want a new x box 1 s with 2 controllers. and I cant forget a Holy Bible. Then I want a Minecraft Wolf stuffed animal. and a Five Nights at Freddy’s Mangle plush toy. and Five Nights at Freddy’s key chain blinde bags. and a shark stuffed animal. I would also like more easy bake oven recipies. and a 5 Nights at Freddy’s music box with 5
Nights at Freddy’s song disks. Bryer Horses. Love Ruby Willis * Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Fredrickson Dear Santa, Can I have a toy paragrangrs, lagoes, achinfegrs, moccholascare, mocinchhelicoqtr. Frum Harley * Dear Santa, How’s your family doing? My family can’t wait tell Christmas. Santa Claws can you make Christmas come faster? Santa Claws can you get me all of the mini mexieqs, grocry gang toys, all of the mane bratz, every fun board game in the world, every japinnes
powder, every toy from Jappane, the farrets , my family to be rich, a new Kenndle fire, a Iphone 6, a lape top, frenchy back, giant exercise balls, reading glasses, to have my hair cut short, a big bratz doll house, a giant eraser, a giant pencil. Sincerely, Jessica * Dear Santa, How are you and your family doing? I’m super excited for Christmas! For Christmas I would like a small Gymnastics bar to practis Gymnastics on. I would also like Shopkins, Grocery Gang, Dovinchie, Barbys, and Silly String. If you think of something you think I would like that is fine too. Ariana * Dear Santa, Am I on your nody list? I hope not. So are the rain deer doing thar job? Is Rudolf lighting you want to my house? Are the elvs making batman toys for me? I have been a good boy at school. Oh how is buddy? Can I plz have a batman toy a vrset a Iphone a flamy dirt bike if you can get me that stuff plz circl yes or no. Mark * Dear Santa, I lik Santa. I got a tree Bere Kand. From Dakota Dear Santa, How are the elf’s and Mrs. Claus and the rain dear ok? You better tell the elf’s better get to work now. Am I on the good list or bad list. I hope that I am on the good list. I’m going to give you cokies and coke, I hope that you like it I hope that you will give me something good! I better hope you are ok becus Christmas is in 18 days. My famil and I are grate I am thankful for you breing presents. This is the list I want grocery gang, every japbes powber cooking, hexbug chip dog, xbox with mincraft, t.v., chekers 360 with pokeman. And can I have a skate bord. Love Ryker More Grangeville letters on page 2
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Mrs. Fredrickson Dear Santa, How is your day going? My day is going swell. Are you busy. I’m really busy. I have been larning lot’s in school. May I please have Shopkins, a Shopies doll, and a Hatchamal. Please and thank yous. Sincerely, Caryss * Dear Santa, How is your family? Are they all ready for Christmas? I wish that today was Christmas! Are all of the raindeer ready for Christmas? My family and I are ready for Christmas! I love holidays. Santa I really want a Barbie house, a Barbie pop-up camper, a movie the movie is called Moawana, and a move called Secret life of Pets. Thank you for all of that stuf! Sincerely, Kira * Dear Santa, How are you and your family doing? My brother and I cant wait for Christmas to come! Could I please have a pink camo confuter to keep me warm at night, can I also have some Geronimo Stilton books because I love to read , and can I have a horse figurine of a blak stallion because I love horses. Thank you for all you do. Sincerely, Adrian Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Hauger Dear Santa, How is the North Pole? How are you? Have you ever wounderd how the elves make the toys? Many children have an I am on of them. How do you bake cookies in cold wether?
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Dear Santa, I love are elf. We saw reindeer tracks WOW!. We saw my moms forhead. I want a pinepone set for Christmas thack you Santa for the nice and kind elf. I hope I am on the nice list this year. Your Friend Breanna * Dear Santa, Hos is mrs claus is she have a baby yes or no I love you all I mise you are osm. By Clarissa * Dear Santa, I whode like to have a new doge. Is the nouth pole cold. Is roudof going to pole the sled. P.s. if you get this note sind a not back. And plese give me mom and dad a new care. Thank you. From Karissa * Dear Santa, I doow not wot inithing just a happy Christmas is ol I wot from you is a happy Christmas toow Ivrewon. From John * Dear Sant Claus, How are you doing and the reindeer doing. I want an x-box one for Christmas. I wonder if you’l come to my house on fair view rode. I will leav you milk and cookies. From Nate * Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus and the elvs. Our stockings are not by the tree. Come check on me and my sister. I saw you in the mall in Boise. I want an Amrican Girl Doll pleaes I would like orbezz too pleaes. Have fun with the elvs and
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Tamantha Sweeney, GEMS
Mrs. Clause. I would like a silly elf too pleaes. Love Sage Thank you! Dear Santa, For Christmas I want a few things. A drone and a underarmor sweat shirt. Arc excavator a wyfliker lift a flip a zoo grocery gang. I want chip the dog and some football gear. I want 3rds games new cowboy boots. I want a new bike some more to trucks. From Brayden * Dear Santa, I want a few things for Christmas. I wont a wabouble, a pupie. The game pie face. I want peace with my brother. I want to get along with my brother for one day. I would like a yoga mat. A hover bord. 3D maker. More lovely friends. Another American gril doll. Kindel fire. A ginnypig. A hampste, if you pleace.I would like a
dog. I want a Ice cream maker. Oh I almost forgot how are you, and how is Mrs. Claus. Love Kylie * Dear Santa, I love are elf. We saw reindeer tracks WOW!. We saw my moms forhead. I want a pinepone set for Christmas thack you Santa for the nice and kind elf. From Kelly Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Keith Dear Santa, How is you raindeer doing. I do want to meet one of you elfs. I am going to tell you some stuff that I want for Christmas. 1. I wan’t a hachimall 2. Ipod 5 3. Football. 4. Loptop 5. Tablet 6. Whiteboard and some white bord markers 6. Horse books 7. Elf on the shelf.
From Kassi * Dear Santa, How is your rangdeer doing? I hope you have a good crismis. I hope I have seen me being good. This year for crismis I want a football. I walso want a droan and a xbox. From Trayven * Dear Santa, How are your reindeer doing? Are your elfs working hard? All I want for Christmas is a pair of snowboots and some snowpants. I think I have been doing good because I am feeding my dogs pretty good! From Madi * Dear Santa, how old are you? For Christmas I want a snowboard, books about war, legos, Seattle seahawks football gear and a xbox for xbox 360. Koby * Dear Santa, All I whant is a moderis Schotr. that is all I whont thank you. Sant you are the best and Haw. Do your randear Fliy that bugs my cookes I like your outfit it is red whit and blak it is rily cool Santa by har a good Christmas From Jojo
Dear Santa, How can your raindeer fly. I want a meaf gun, legos ningago books, football and a captain America book to. From Morgan * Dear Santa, What I want for Christmas is a Ipode mine and a Hachimole, competer, phone. Have the raindeer been good to you santa close? From, Jayda Burch * Dear Santa, I want a game chare, 2 xbox ones, an elf on the shelf a choclit pen a choclit crusher. From, Binny * Dear Santa, I hop I can get a randeer and a horse gatrel, a pisha a camn ehoene, boot snowpans, a hat a cotom, red hear golde silver cote bull broko a pisher of you. From Kimberly * Dear Santa, For Christmas I want a Droan, a football and football gear, also candy also 20$ and lots of snoes also an rc car. From Austin *
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I hope your elves are doing good. Are they getting tired of making toys? Have you shaved your beard in a while? Do your reindeer get tired of flying with all those toys on the sled? Do you like Christmas and going into the chimney and getting soot on you and your beard? Victoria, GEMS
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Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Edwards Dear Santa, I would like a pinponnter and a lego set I will give you a glass of mile every year I give Rudolph a extra carrot but he never eats it. Love, Kinzley * Dear Santa, Can you plz get me a electric motorcycle. A Xbox 360 plz. A weight lifting set. A lot of game’s for my xbox 360 A 6 ft swimming pool a clown suit can you give me the game need for speed carbon plz. Can you plz do that. Love, Kody * Dear Santa, I want a kintten. I have ben wishing for this. When Christmis morning come. I hope you come. So Santa, I do want a doll camper pleas can I have a Kintten! I know I just put up my Christmi tree we will put cocies and lik out for you, Love you, thank you Santa Sara * Dear Santa, For Christmas would like a goul to bat doll. Tablet with blue cover, American girl doll. Torch dragon, toy cat, toy reindeer, toy dog. Ps all my family’s presents go to my nana’s house ther will be seventeen cookies on the table with milk. Happy Christmas Love Augustyne * Dear Santa, I want a Ipod. Thank you for all my presents, Missty May our fish you gave us died a year ago but now I want a turtle and a Jelly-Bean Machine I also want an apple watch. Love Addisyn * Dear Santa, Can I have a Nascar and can I go to the NorthPole to see the rinedree and the elfes and to see you. Love, Joel
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Dar Santa all I relly wont is a good crismas. and to meet you and roodof. and a lot of snow and a show Ballgon and jobot.
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Dear Santa, I do not celebrate Christmas but I still believe in Christmas magic. I think you are amazing by going around the whole entire world in just one night! I think you are a wonderful person giving all those presents. Our family is like you we give presents. Love, Hallie * Dear Santa, I would like full case shopkins and kinder surprise eggs thank you. Thanks for all the joy you bring the world! Love you bye. Oh and say hi to mrs. Clase for me. Love, Haylee Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Schwartz Dear Santa, I hope you are well for Christmas. Christmas is my favorite holiday Because I get to spend time with my family and friends. And to get presants. I hope I get a bike, some blankets and pillows. from, AJ * Dear Santa, I love you dear Santa. Good Dear santa! I would like an xbox. Joben * Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas are new books and are siplis. Every year we will probily leave you something. I hope my family has been good this year. Addison * Dear Santa and Mrs. Claus how are your elvs doing is your reindeer’s nose still glowing. Could you please get me a little house on the prairie book set and my brother Oliver wants a drone and could you please get my baby brother Owen a paw patrol tent and could I please have a kindle with headphones that warm you ears love Emree * Dear Santa Claus, How are you doing? Can
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I please have Madden 17 for my play station 4 game. How are the reindeer doing. How are the elves doing too. Is it hard to make toys for all the children. We are going to set out some cookies and milk. I am not going to say thang you because you are not going to be there. Also I want a remote conchrole holickopter. Thank u for all the presents that you gave my Trystin * Dear Santa, U was wondering if you would bring some of are cookies to your wife Mrs. Claus? For Christmas I want a pfone please. I wish I could meet you. I think you desurve a toy or two! I think you are real but some don’t I hope are not sad. Love, Nevaeh Grangeville Elementary Mrs. Smith Dear Santa, I am wondering what I should give Mrs. Smith and Mikayla. Mabey a lap top! I want a maigec set. Mabey a Amirecan girl doll. OH a Elf on the shelf next year! Your Friend Ava * Dear Santa, How are you? I want a gas RC truck, I want a giyent lago set Your frend Isaac * Dear Santa, Hows Mrs. Clos. Thac you for Spoeal. Hey being grat. How are you. Take you for hley. Take you for gefing her The paur for me to tas hey. I love you Santa Jeri More Grangeville letters on page 4
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Mrs. Smith Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like 4 things: A printer, boys in the girls Bathroom book sprider wick comes with 4 books Microsoft computer. Derek * Dear Santa, You seem to do a lot of work. I mean… you go around the world and you give presents to every nice little girl and boy. OK! Maybe the elves help you, but you still do the most work! So I thought I would leave more cookies for you, but the milk stays the same! Your friend, Phoenix * Dear Santa, This Christmas I would like a puppy. I would like his name to be charlie. He would be a bulldog. Also I would like a Amarican girl doll, parakeet, and all wimpy kid Books. I also have a couple of questions. What is your favriote riendeer? Mine is Dasher. What is your favriote chrsitmas song? Mine is Jingle Bells. Well that’s all I have to say. P.S. How old are you. Your friend, Laura * Dear Santa, How is the wether? Are you having a nice Christmas? I hop you are. Mare Christmas. I wont to have for
Christmas is Pokemon, legos, robots, and a mine tramp that’s all I will be a sleep when you get hear. Your friend, Tayden * Dear Santa, This year I want a zoomer heghog? And a cristl grownign kit? I cant what intil Christmas cuse cant what to see what you got me and also tell you elfs Hi and thank you for me prisnt. From Elizabeth * Dear Santa, I can’t wait for Christmas! Christmas our elf is vary funny. Christmas put up some decorashons today for Christmas! For Christmas can I have some of the cubes I like to eat, all of the dairy of a wimpy kid books, an Ipad, kindl, and othr things you think I should have for Christmas. Have a grat Christmas! From Afton * Dear Santa, Mrs Klase. I want a a Ifone, Ipode, horse satol, red convers, white convers, shopkins, Iphone kase, close, ranse for my horse, a keske, a desk chare, a lein hed bunney, a fusey puppy, snow boots, snow pants, snow kotse, puppy folders, a ipode kase, are stuf, joolrey, a bike, my on room, a tablet wat torns into a computer, munep, 10 notebooks, horse gere for barol racing, dance clise, dance shoose, emogey posters,
horse posters, toys, Amarican girl doll close, warm clos warm snow pants a trumpite. By Savannah Clearwater Valley Elementary Dear Santa, I respect your work. Someday I wold like to work with the elves. I want a Airsoft sniper, a pug, a 4-wheelr, a car, a dirtbike, a paint ball gun, skylanders, a snowmobele, and a real life helicoptr. Love Ben * Dear Santa, Thank you for giving us presents at christmas time. I would like a pocket knife with a flashlight, plyers, nail file, can opener and a wine opener. I also want a vet set. Sincerely, Natalie * Dear Santa, Im thankful for your great work and kindnis for everyone. I want a light blue dirt bike and a snowball gun and love. From Erin * Dear Santa, Thank you for bringing me joy and showing me the meaning of Christmas. This Christmas I would like a hover board, drone, real live puppy and some money. Love Seasha * Dear Santa, I’m thankful for all my
animals and all the christmas that you provided us. I hope I can get a new 3DS. I hope you have a good trip. Sincerely Sawyer * Dear Santa, I’m thankful for all of the joys that you have brought for Christmas. I want a happy family. Love. Bekah. * Dear Santa, Thanks for christmas. I want for christmas List: a Guitar, a dirtbike, a paintballgun, a remote controle mini car, And also other cool stuff like a drone. Sincerely Adan! * Dear Santa, thank you for Bringing family’s to gether and I hope you can Bring family’s back again. Love Emmalyn * Dear Santa, Thank you for all of the presents that you have gave me. What I want for Christmas is a Grand theft auto 5. And a drone. Sincerely Zach * Dear Santa, Thank you for giving joy to the world. What I want for christmas is a pom pom wow, art set and a pet fox and owl. Love, Gracie * Dear Santa I wish I had a babe ferit and a
rabit. love Lilly
* Dear Santa, I am thankful because you give me presents and give joy to the world. What I want for christmas is a real fish and a book that tells me how to take care of it. Also, food for it. Love Josie Graves * Dear Santa, Thank you for presents I want my family and a wonderful wonderful christ mas this year. Love, JannaLee * Dear Santa, I’m thankful for you Santa especially as you travel. By the way what I want for Christmas is real bird. Sincerely Marie * Dear Santa, Thank you for All my presents and what i want for christmas is some movies and a BaBBy Doll and a drum set and a game called pie face. and a merry christmas. Love Tehya * Dear Santa, thank you for traveling each December from all the way from the North pole thank for doing this. I wont a magic traps. love Taylor * Dear Santa, Thank you for the toy snowmobile I got last year. I want Brians saga
books, 30 feet of rope and ten 30 pound weights. Sincerely Connor * Dear, Saint Nick Thank you for all my presents. What i want for christmas is a Baby sister. a horse that is trained. Some walke talkys. a sniper rifle. a new basket Ball. Love Tallulah FairBank * Dear Santa, Thank you for chistmas eve and christmas I want a car and a four wheeler and a Dirt Bike and a paint Ball gun love Chandler * Dear Santa, can you make it snow so I can go sledding and stuff with snow. all I want for Christaas is – magsnaps – Lego Dimentions and magic tracks. from: William * Dear Santa I want a Big Big lego city set for Christmas. Sincerely Gabriel Dear Santa, How are you doing Santa? I hope you are doing good. I want a drill and a set of wood tools. Please don’t put coal in my stocking. But bo not tell my mom I fit with my bruthr. Sincerely, Cason More CVE letters on page 5
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Dear Santa: I whode like to have a new doge. Is the nouth pole cold. Is roudof going to pole the sled. P.s. if you get this note sind a not back. And plese give me mom and dad a new care. Mashyia, GEMS
Dear Santa, Are you going to come give us presents this yere? if you are can you Please get me a tablet, a new turtle, a computer. A fowne Thank you. Love Zayleine Thank you * Dear Santa Claus, I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing great. and hope that the elves and reindeer are doing great as well. and thank you for making Christmas Jolly and fun. and I really hope I’v been good this year. and I hope you could get me at least two of these things: Snuggles, a phone, a mobil thing with 4 wheels, and a jamanji game as well. merry Christmas Santa! Love Alexa Lea Davy * Dear Santa, I hope every one ther is having a jolly good time, including the reindeer. Can I please have a RC drone in blue? I hope you will have a jally good christmas. Thank you. Sincerely
Shane
* Dear Santa, I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing very well. May I have an I pod for Christmas? Can you get Rex and the cats toys for Christmas? Pleas don’t forget Bean and Seth. I hope I get 2 electric blankets. I hope my mom, dad, brother and sisster get what thay want for Christmas. Sincerely, Vivian * Dear Santa, Date: 12-6-2016 Thank you for the Present Last year. How are you and Mrs. Claus? Are you having a good time? The reindeers and elves having a jolly good time? And I hope you have a Jolly Christmas. Coul you let my friends have a really good Christmas. And could you let my mom have waat she whants Please. Thank you Santa. Love, Olivia.Hale * Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus doing? I want a tablet. How are the reindeer
and elves doing? I’m being an asome boy this year. Love JoseM * Dear Santa, I hope you and elves and reindeer are doing godd I relly want a tablet and a barbe and zoom zoom and pom pom wow Sincerely, Maddie Smith * Dear Sanntey Claus I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing good. Are the elves and The reindeer doing good? I want a Tablet for Christmas. I Hope you have a good Christmas Sannty Claus. Love Conner * Dear Santa, What a happy year I have had. How are your raindeer, also Rudolf? how are all of you doing? How are your elfves doing? I want a tablet but most of all I want to see you. But you will never come back my mom & dad say but it is allright. Sincerely, Will
* Dear Santa I wont a Pol Storter and 2 mud flaps Drt Bick kind and a pelet gun. Thank you. How or yor rander dowing and a now wii u cinch rolr and hav a hape now yer. Blaine * Dear Santa, I hope you are having a good time at the North Pole. Wine you go to m home you will see sume juies and mik I hope you git me a remote control core Love Peter Sinurely * Dear Santa Claus I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. How are the elves and reindeer? The only theng my hole famly wants is my granpa back from heaven and if you can, we will be happy. Thanks. Sincerely, Jada Schilling * Dear Santa, I love your presents and please tell the riendeer that I love them and I love you too and read the note to the reindeer
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and what I want for chrismas is: a new cow, a scent bear that smells like strawberry punch, a Ipod, a cane, a dirtbike small a sheep a new backpack a computer, mistletoe, army poster, xbox 1 mincraft and call of duty 2 including 4 controllers a buckskin horse and a massager for my grama please and a live baby turtle that comes with a tub of water with lots of feed and a cage please and thank you. Sincerely, Alex * Dear Santa, Thank you for the presents you have given me from last Christmas. What I want for this christmas is a ningago lego set whith a lego dragon and a shark tooth neklec and a red light saber. Thank you Santa Sincerely Dakota * Dear Santa Claus, I hope you have a Jolly Christmas. What I want for christmas is a good christmas this year and a tablet and a speshol present for my family have a graet christmas. Love Auna * Dear Santa I hope you don’t cancel Christmas. I want a computer. Is your kot just flufey? I made cookies for you. Sinurely, Izzy * Dear Santa, Santa I want a new tablet. How are the reindeer doing? How are the elves doing? Can you git by brother a blaz toy?
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Thank you sincerely, LaDainian * Dear Santa, I hope you have a good Christmas. I hope evry one is on the nice list. I hope evry one at the workshop has the best Christmas ever. Thank you for not putting cole in my stocking because I realey needed it. Get the reindeer ready to fly because your coming to toun. And when you come to toun you driver presents. You need to know what people want right? Well I’m going to tell you want I want a cow and magic tracks. Have a good Christmas. Love, Megan Myers * Dear Santa I hope you have a merry christmas I hope you can make this christmas wish I hope evry one has a grate christmas I would like a little live pet turtle. love, Realynn * Santa Claus, hello, this is Jamie. I would please like a wii u, a windows 7, call of duty 1 for windows 7. i like all your raindeer! So i will put carets for themm all! and ten cookies for you and a glass of milk for you! Your Friend, Jamie * Dear Santa, Dear Santa I want a bike, and a ZZ mag, and a mole conrole car and cantrole hellacopter and a deirt bike 50 foene, plus a some beadfoens, and a raindeer Your Friend, Wayne More CVE letters on page 6
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More Clearwater Valley Elementary Dear Santa, I want Little Live pet, Choclet pen, Show soot, makeup, Iphone woch, Mrs. Claus is DreSe, chrone bom, my password journal. Your Friend, Lexie Lycan * Dear Santa, all I want for Chirismas is a pogo stick, Lego Denmenshons and Garden Warfar for Xbox. Also I would like another pair of boxing gloves because we like to box and we only have 1 pair. And the last thing I would like is No man’s sky for Xbox. Thak you! Your Friend, Connor James Stephenson * Dear Santa Claus, Can I have a fourweeler for Chirismas. And a new bike and a nerfgun. Your Friend, Liam Jeffery Walle * Dear Santa Claus, Dear Santa what I want a Amacarian girl Doll. With 2 awte fits a bres and a pare of pjays. A pare of peyas for me and my boll but the sam not pinach I at pinck. Mabe blloe bloo is my favris calr. And I wont a Amararian girl Doll wit sholbr hare and Brawn hare and eeys tan skin I have bin riting this sins I whus in K.1 this yere I rele wont it I am storting to thenk you are not rell. Have a Mare Christmas. I wont a letr fram Santa bak not his elfs. Santu onle not his elfs. Your Friend, Taillor Davis * Dear Santa Claus, I hoe your raindeer are ok all I want for chritmas is a IRobot, Xbox, Helikopter. Your Friend, Timuni * Dear Saint nick, Tell jasmin she has been a blast to me and my family. for Christmas I
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want a wublle bubble ball, a hatcha-mel, and an american girl doll. do you like the cookies I make each year? Well
better let you get started. Your Friend, Paetyn Long *
Dear Santa Claus, Haw are you. for Chrismas I what a football stand and a Xbox 360 and three conthroler for me and my sister and brother also a game that is Mincrafte or instead a psu and whith I whant batlefeeld. Your Friend, BrayDen * Dear Santa Claus, How is it in the north pole? I Love Christmas a lot. And what I want for Christmas is Amararica girl doll, drone, candy kisses, paint, Christmas hat, snow boots, snow pants, snow gloves, some sterline earings, some pony toys and that is what I want for Christmas. Have a good time in the north pole!! Your Friend, Angelina Melwing * Dear Santa Claus, Santa Claus I wont a Lego set, X-Box 1, minkraft, col of dude, cpildr, Santa Claus you ar ethe Best prstin in the wrld I no. I hop you git a gud crismis day. I like you becus you give us presis you are the Best ur evrewun in the wred ur the peple I no thank you Santa Claus Your Friend, Teegan * Dear Santa Claus, I hope everyone up in the north pole is well. All I want for Chritmas is a pogo stick and a bow and arow. That’s it. Thank you for every past year. I love every gift you have gave me. I still play with the soccer ball you gave me last year, or was that my aunt anyway I still play with the toys you gave me. Your Friend, Apollo * Dear Santa Claus How is woduf is thar pagwins and can you ples get me a game and Santa Claus I hop you hav a good day so last tame I saw you look good Your Friend, Colin * Dear Santa Clau,
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I want a gun and a Bat and a Ball I love you I wish you lived for ever. Your Friend, Raiden * Dear Santa, I hope your having a nice time at the north pole! All I wunt for cristmas is what I got last year. And books lots of books! Your Friend, Erika * Dear Santa Claus, Hi Santa Clos I wont a big toy pony and a Lago set and I wont a toy dog and plese a hors calindr and a toy hors set and a snow glob Your Friend, Mackenzie * Dear Santa, I wont some games I wont call of dode III I wont call of doode II I wont mindcraft I wont PEstl I wont an ifi I wont a shotgon I wont gese of warse I wont gese of wars Puqemen and eese of wars 192 Your Friend, Mathias * Dear Santa Claus, You are magicle! I Love Christmas Day! Also how do you live in the north pole? My family dose a tridition that includs cookie’s. a raindeer has bautful eyes. But that dependse on what tipe of raindeer it is. My faverot raindeer is a male because the antler’s. P.S raindeer are asome Your Friend, Brooklyn
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Riggins Elementary Dear Santa, How is it going? Well what are you doing today making toys? Well we are doing a play it is called Elflandia. It is fun. Do you have a lot of elf’s? I bet you do sen’s you are santa. Is it fun being santa or do you want to retire? It a lot of work Well I bet it is a lot of work. Well see you Love, Devon * Dear Santa, I don’t need a proticular present. I just want a grea and happy year for all of us! Have a great year and happy holidays! Merry Cristmas Love, Kiva * Dear Santa, How are you feeling today. For my birthday I want a RC truck. I want a air soft gun. I want a stuffed animal shark. I want a pet fish. I want a Neff gun. Its ben nice to write a letter to you have a great day Love, David * Dear Santa, I hope you had a great year. I was wondering what kind of cookie you want this year. This year I want big punching gloves for Christmas. Love, Rylee * Dear Santa, This year I hope I am on the nice list. I think I have been vary good this year. Each year I help My brother and sister to decorate the Christmas tree. I also bake the cookies. This Christmas I want beanieboos, jel pen, coloring book, magic tree house seres and little house seres. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Love, Gracee * Dear Santa For Christmas I want earings and a neckless with gems, a braclet maker kit, art supplies, a book of facts of Idaho, candy, water boddles, makup, ipad. Have a happy Christmas Love, Rose * Dear Santa, Thank you for all the gifts and for not putting me on the notey list. Thank you for getting all the presets I wanted Sinserly, Cason * Dear Santa, I hope Im on yor god list. Becus I would licke a Beby gun and a xboxx300 game for chismas. And some Pokyokaymoone for chimas tow Wate kind do you like shugr cakes are chockist ships ? Love, Braxton * Ear Santa, I would like to thank you for bringing happine on cristmas day to all the good boys and girls. And you tell those elves how nice it is to have someone who will make lots of toys for you. And tell them I daid Hi, and have a good day. Thanks for reading this letter, Caleb * Dear Santa, Last Christmas I got an Elf-on-the-shelf. He is very funny when he moves during the night. Me, my sister, and my
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other siblings all agreed to hame him “peanut”. What I want for Christmas is a “red remote control helpcopter”. How many elfs are there at the north pole? How many toys have the lf’s made? How do you get to every house in the world in one short night? How has it been all these years being santa? Our tree is about six feet tall. What kind of cookies do you like best? This syear in forth grade, third and fourth grade are put together. Isn/t that cool!?! Now all of my friends in third grade get to be in my class. My teachers name is “Julie Hofflander” in other words her name is “Mrs. Hofflander. She is a rally nice teacher. I think you would like her if she was your teacher. The kids at my school “Riggins elementary school” are really nice. I hope you have a really super Merry Christmas, from> Troy Blackner. Merry Christmas santa clause and Mrs. Clause. Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas *
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Prairie Elementary Mrs. Schumacher Dear Santa, Do you like to have a beard? Well for Christmas I want books and markers and legos and that is all. Love, Katelyn Riener
don’t want much. From, Eli Brunson * Dear Santa, All I want is four books of the Lost Puppy books and one the lost cat. Thank you. Love, Bailey Key
Dear Santa, How are you? I am good. I have a short list this year. First I want a American girl doll with curly hair, and braces, gymnastics clothes with some gymnastics supplies, white winter coat, Mrs.Schu’s tiny markers, fine point white board markers. Thank you!!!!! Love, Sierra Oliver * Dear Santa, How are you doing? I want to wish you a merry Christmas. What I want for Christmas is: A lego set,and new shoes. I am having fun in the snow are you? Love, Sage Elven * Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a remote control car. Well I guess that’s it. I
Dear Santa, I would like a orbeez spa, a hoverboard and a soft warm blanket. Do you really have a reindeer named Rudolph? Yours truly, Sydney * Dear Santa, What I would like for Christmas is some technic lego’s and a tera climber and some Lego’s. Then I want a lot more stuff but thank you. From, Waylon Gehring * Dear Santa, How are you doing? I am doing great. For Christmas I want a puppy or school boots. For Christmas my family is going ice skating. Love, Savannah Perrin *
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* Dear Santa, How are you doing? I got some treats from you. Do you snore a lot? For Christmas I want a American girl doll that has straight hair, blue eyes, and brown hair. I hope you have a great Christmas ever. From, Breanne Schwartz * Dear Santa, I hope your elves are doing good. Are they getting tired of making toys? Have you shaved your beard in a while? Do your reindeer get tired of flying with all those toys on the sled? Do you like Christmas and going into the chimney and getting soot on you and your beard? Hope to see you soon. Love, Mark Goeckner * Dear Santa, I want a xbox one and a lego set and the complete kingdom of fantasy set. How do you get around the world in one night? Hope you have a nice Christmas. Love, Landon Riener *
* Dear Santa, I would like a basketball and Yu-Gi-Uh cards. Do you really live in the North Pole? From, Nate Forsmann * Dear Santa, Thank you for the candy and the oranges. I want a pellet gun, a bow and legos. From, Dylan Klapprich * Dear Santa, Thank you so much for all the presents, I really enjoy them. I hope I like the presents this year. I would really like a lot more Animal Ark books and tabs for my dictionary. See you soon, Alaina Lustig * Dear Santa, How are you? I’m doing pretty good myself. So this is what I want for Christmas: First I want a terra-climber. Then I want a pack of Legos that build a big pickup. Thank you!!! Merry Christmas, Cash Uhlenkott *
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Prairie Elementary Mrs. Riener Dear Santa, Thank you for presents. I love you. Are you real? I want a drone on Christmas. I want a toy rifle and remote control jeep. I have been good every day. From, Derek Pack * Dear santa what I want for Christmas is a mini go kart and I hope every body in the North Pole has a happy holiday. Love your good friend, Callie Remacle * Dear Santa Claus, I want a 110cm snowboard a LOT! Also a nice knife. My aunt Bridget is coming for Christmas no other ants this year. Christmas is the best. From, Levi Gehring * Dear Santa, I wont a deck of pokemon cards and can flex seal and a new watch. Sincerely, Oliver Hinman * Dear Santa Claus, What is your favorite type of cookie? I would like a kitten. I would like a new white coat. Love, Ryan Stewart * Dear Santa Claus, How are you doing how is Mrs. Claus doing? I want a BOOM toy gun for Christmas.I just hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Merry Christmas Santa. Love, Ben Secrest * Dear Santa Claus, For Christmas I want a jump rope and a hula hoop. That’s enough. Have a Merry Christmas!
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Love, Avery Riener * Dear Santa, All l want for christmas is Madden NFL 17 for my xbox one. And Le'veon bell jersey. Also the Steelers to win the Superbowl. That's all I want. Your friend, Jackson Enneking * Dear Santa, I really, really want a My Life Doll and a puppy but I don’t really care it is not about get-
ting it is about giving so I don’t care what I get but I will like it anyways. Love, Mylie Whittaker * Dear Santa, I want a puppy for Christmas.I want a cute one too.It will be speciel because it will be from you. Love, Bella Matalamki * Dear santa, For Christmas I want to get a snowboard and
that you have a good Christmas. Thank you. Love, Philip Schwartz * Dear Santa Claus, What is your favorite cookie? First I want a remote control airplane.second a remote control car.third a remote control helicopter.furth I want money. From, Chase VonBargen * Dear Santa Claus, For Christmas I want
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you to have fun and be happy And to have a good Christmas. Then I want a lot of Pokemon cards. Sincerely, Alex Jones * Dear Santa, I really, really want a My Life Doll and a puppy but I don’t really care it is not about getting it is about giving so I don’t care what I get but I will like it anyways. Love, Lacey Schwartz
* Dear Santa, I want a 3Ds for christmas but I really don't care what I get. Love, Chris Schumacher * Dear Santa, How,s your reindeer? All I want for christmas is a 25$ amazon gift card. And a merry Christmas. Sincerely, Levi McElroy *
How are the elf’s and Mrs. Claus and the rain dear ok? You better tell the elf’s better get to work now. Am I on the good list or bad list. I hope that I am on the good list. Bekka Burch, GEMS
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