Dear Santa: Children's Christmas Letters and Wish Lists, 1870–1920
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Take a heartwarming trip into Christmas history with these children’s letters to Santa Claus from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This first-ever collection of children’s letters to Santa written between 1870 and 1920 presents more than one hundred charming and endearing missives. Along with its vintage charm, timeless sentiments, and non-denominational perspective, this heartwarming book is filled with historical discoveries that will delight everyone who loves this holiday ritual.
Dear Santa is a unique celebration of one of Christmas’s most enduring traditions—and a tribute to the millions of households that keep it alive.
This first-ever collection of children’s letters to Santa written between 1870 and 1920 presents more than one hundred charming and endearing missives. Along with its vintage charm, timeless sentiments, and non-denominational perspective, this heartwarming book is filled with historical discoveries that will delight everyone who loves this holiday ritual.
Dear Santa is a unique celebration of one of Christmas’s most enduring traditions—and a tribute to the millions of households that keep it alive.
- Title: Dear Santa: Children's Christmas Letters and Wish Lists, 1870–1920
- Author: Chronicle Books
- Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781452146423, 9781452140186, 1452140189, 145214642X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781452146423
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-11T05:41:35Z
J. Harmon Flagstone is a specialist in 19th-century American literature. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, historian, and author based in Houston, Texas.