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by Tillamook County students Headlight Herald
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2 • Seasons Greetings 2019
For Christmas I want air pods and a Nintendo swich o I forgot im having a good year I hope your having a good year to I also want two pellet gun and pleas give me and my brother grant flip tho do over Lexandro I Want a I Phone 8 and Air Pods a Apple Watch and a light up Key Bord and yeezysBlack and a PS4 and for my X Box I want Black ops Games and a Air Soft Sniper and asolt rifel and A Pistol and UGley Sweater Donold Trump a Mustang lamborGhini corvet Fororey Modold
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I Want a Snap-on Quickbar’s Set and a drtu bike and wwe men and a chepum and gun. Thank you? Samuel Can you pleas get me nerf X BoX is towcun cher’ers, herf charg rifles blast scooter. 1000000$ ??? Houp you hav a grat day. Gabe Hello and merry Christmas! I have a good year! I CLEAN the dishes because I Am nis. I would like Fortnite
guns because it is miy favorite I wut a boxing gloves. Peyton
I really want two woky-toky I also want flipy key chanes, I want art stuff and suplis, I wont writeing Stuff Rosalie Please can I have a cry baby and a twerking Pig, a Black kitten and a puppy. Thank you santa, and one more Thing a Bike. Serenity Can you please help the other kids that don’t have any toys or money?
Thank you for writing the note you left me. Do reindeer like candy canes? DO YOU have unuf elfs to make kids that don’t have toys, some toys? That is all I wanted to ask you. Grayson
I want Princess Barbies and a little box to Put things in and Christmas tree new clothes and new clothes and my sister want Princess toys and Princess car. Lamlam Cood you mack enough Toy’s. for kid’s that don’t have eny Toy’s? and kid’s that haves relly eny toy’s. and give famlly that don’t have no food. Scarlet
I want Fortnite, puppy, Fortnite blanket, FootBall, Nike, under armouR, Adidas clothes, ipod, iphone 11 max pro, elf on the shelf, books, Caleb
I really want a Nintendo switch for Christmas and a tv for my Nintendo switch. And nike shoes. Elmer
Dear santa, for Christmas I Want a Barbie and Shopkins. Ana For CHRISTMAS I WOULD like a lot of LPS and LOLS. And I want a wish. I want my family to be Happy. Chanel
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Seasons Greetings 2019 • 3 I WANT A Big Godzilla TOY. AND A fortNite toy. Treven For Christmas I would like a new phone case with a Blue Back Row and withlight savers. Theo I want a dirtbick for Christmas and dirt bick gloves and some goggles and a now helmit. Cody I want two Polly Pockets, a Couple Wokytokys, five Barebys with Hi Heels and a mistry? present Develyn I What for Christmas is a Hotwheels for
Christmas. And a bike. Jordan I hop your year has Gone Good. My brother kade wants a music player, my sister havlynn wants some washable markers and paper, I want a lego inster ushin book. Bye Santa! Aaron I Wish for a remote control car with pingck paint. And reethdgeen Strips. Brian I whant a tox is cod HATHCMails and Legos. And tools. And HATCHMAiLS Pixie. And CIDR eggs. And SUFE Pagin. And books and toy all.
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a cotin kaby mechen. I hope that you Have a Grat Day. Mason
For Christmas I want a spey Sonia you ah the beast I had to clen my dogs PooP evar doy T have bin thing abot you I like you a lot I wish I can see you forver I love you Santa Adan
Hello merry Christmas Santa I hope you had a good year I cleaned some of the bathroom, table’s, couch, floor. Santa I cleaned my room yesterday. Santa can I Please have roblox for Christmas and a iPad Pen. And a Ipad but my dog got me and my twin a iPad but my dad is going to give me and my twin the iPad until Christmas. Miriam
What I want for Christmas is 5 fish because I have a fish tank. I Also Want liwegi’s manchin 3 For my Nintendo swich hot weels track and some hot weels. And a Chocolate Lab Shelby
Mare Christmas. Can I hav a miniature clou machine and. A Pac man or cad Game. I hav Bin a good Grlu!!!! And I cled
I want for Christmas is a Rad Robot. What are you doing for Christmas? I usually play outside so I want a sokrboll and
I hope you have a merry Christmas!! I want a new earing set in my stocking, new sllipers and a iPad. I am making cookies for you and carrots for your reindeer. Harper
iPhone? Sofee H. Can I please have some Hacmols for Christmas. A applwe ipad to. I hop had a good year and a good Christmas to. Allie
Can I Please how a Apple iPad! Can I have a HachML Please! Merry Christmas Santa Nora Hello Santa. I am soo happy that we have Christmas. But can I have a Nintendo and a
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4 • Seasons Greetings 2019 I wont a omg doll for Christmas. I wont a Phfwon. I wont all fo thwos things because I bin a gud greol have a gud Christmas. Nisi What I want for Christmas is a PS4 or a X-box and a ProScootr and a molde cars and motor kit and a Legos star wars and some hot weels Eddie This year for Christmas I want is a pet penguin and a guitar and a phoon and a Wisheen star and a big hapeey famleey. Jocelyne This year for Christmas. I want a x-box 360 and a airsoft Rifel and a Nintendo swich. Gavin This year for Christmas I want some kinetic sand and a Galilea This year for Christmas I want watch that has game. Lila This year for Christmas I want stuffed cats that are white. I want a tablet. I want christmacs PLS. I want a real cat. Piper This year for Christmas I want a book. And a game a card game a board game a toy and a miny soccer net and a Nintendo Switch and a stuffed H48296
anamle and a laptop and a Paper and Lucas This year for Christmas I want a drone. Treasure X. a new bikes, swtich, RC car, a real snake. Thomas I have been good this year. For Christmas I want a JOJO Toy I won I’d like JOJO Clothes. Edelyn For Christmas I would like to get Unicorn vs Lama Monoply Baylee I want remote control dinosaur and a toy dragon. Treasure hunters Goln Nintendo. Jaxson
This year for Christma I want Ronaldo shoes and a Messi Shoes, a real dog, Nintendo Switch, a new Bike and a RC Car. Namar Shoes. Christopher This year for Christmas is a dirtbike A Golden Nintendo Switch a Xbox1x. Some footless a PS4 , a PS3, a Skateboard Eyan This year for Christmas I want a lab top. For Christmas because I’ve been good. Rohen This year for Christmas I want a Gang Beast PS4 and a PS4 gift card over 40 dollars. PS4 virtual reality. Kellen
Seasons Greetings 2019 • 5 I have been good this year. is a cuutos is a lol omg doll is a lol is a footes is a pikeme Pops is a toto doll is a lama in patamas is a bene boos Emma I have been good this year. I would like a remote control helicopter. Conner This year for Christmas I want a Dolly and a Evelyn This year for Christmas I want a laptop and a iPod and a art set, Biknypos a 22 inch baby doll with clothes and diapers for the doll. A rely long dres with rely toll hie hels a fone with a case and loo Lips Toys. A pales toy modr sicl that I can ride on and
a usr Shepy cur that I can ride on. Lucy This year for Christmas I want a Books like Dog Man and a Dog Man unelashed and a Dog Man the tale of a Kitten and a Dog Man and the cat kid and Dog Man Lord of t fleas Kenny I wan ta remote control car So I can crash it into jenya blocks. And a Giuseppe Dear Santa you have bin so kind I hare like it so much Azhrih Hi Santa my name is Maggy and I Wish for a switch and makeup and
a toy dog and a owl that flys and feed them and he or her can hach. There calld Owieez. And I want a book that is so long like…. A Christmas book this I want santa and santa you’re my friend… Maggy
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My name is Lucas and I want a real Iguana and a Home for the Igunana. I want a iguana because I will be only in my new room so I whant a iguana and I need FOOd. A bol a Igauna bed and soil Lucas Dear santa I been wishing for a gas dirt bike. Dear santa I been wishing for a shotgun. Dear santa I been wishing for a phone. Dear santa I been wishing for a puppy and Photo: Hilary Dorsey/Headlight Herald
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6 • Seasons Greetings 2019 I wole’d like a dream house, convers, piano, dress, Barbie carpet, cot, winter boots, a handsinister, color pensols, my hol family from mexico, some books, fake nals, nal polish, a pool , a bed, a white bord, monkey, stuff animal, computer, a pres, unicorn horn, that shouled be everything thank you santa Paola
chicken and a Kandy Charger for the bird and chicken a fish and some sweters thank you Leo I’ve Been so , Good this year so can I get: Dog man. Pokemon cards. Sonic the Hedgehog plush. Nentendo light. Yoga ball. Minecraft game. Computer. Books Sebastian
I want a one bll I want Lade dive. And I want. A gim Stoff. And a phone case. And a closet. Zuri
I wish for a new iPad because my iPad is the key board dase’t work and I wish Nintendo pokemon controller Jason
I wouled like a control of rat so I can scer my sister and I would lik a vijjit spinner, control of bird, conchroy, a Star, I want a iPhon 11 and a toy of
I hope you have a wonderfull Christmas for my Christmas I wan’t my perints to have a won-
derful Christmas and I would like a lego set or a kitten because I have been rilly kind this year. Maggie Ples let me have these Thangs I won’t a Nintendo switch that is yellow.
I won’t astust-amunall elf that has Dork her skin it’s a boy. I won’t all of the gronimo stit on Books. I won’t a fone so I can lisen musec and not yous my moms fone. I wont all of the Dork Diurees. I want a Play Mo Vill JRastic
I want a DSI because it’s a vite game sisteum. I want a X box 460 because it has mineckraft. I rile want maceup and dorck red lipstick. I
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Seasons Greetings 2019 • 7 the Game. Also spider man wakey tolkys. And the spider man nerf gun and also a fortnite nerf gun. Diego
I wish I had a toy fox and a toy dog and a toy cat and a toy cat toy monkey toy dukey and a toy fish tot blak cat and a toy santa. Mckinsey
Yo cedo una tadle ta concador yoaule rocaritos. Tambie a vitou hasbot. De sola qad. U untragede. Soldqoe. Poscaatyosa uqes. Tyunsforman Juan
I really want a Nintendo swich because I would make the bottom of my Bunk bed a little game room. I also want a new swich game for the swich because I want it so I can finish the game before Elliot. I also want a swich Charger for the Swich so when I am pone I chare my Swich. I also want a new phone because I want one that I can call and text on that is it. P.S. Plese get me the swich it is at the top of my list. Oliver
Pino de Navidad. Me gustaria. Una Muncheacy. Unos. Sapatos. Me Gust aria un ace nade navidad. Kavalla Musicade Santa. Alicia I Wunt a Medl Strol an I oop! SKSK. And a Phone char a A-K 47.
Hats. A reall tool box. A a pleas vest Kaden I Want a qennywise Swet shrt a Pennywise Dore Nokor Me and Brotr Wants the Disk of pennywise. Chapter to a Pennywise watr Botltl one more my family to Love echatr and Be Nice Naomi I would like to get a ipad. Because sometimes my sitser steals my tablit form me. So can you please give me a IPad for Christmas. And how many reindeer do you have? Mairim I would like you to know have a good Christmas. Thank you Emily
For Christmas I want a Puppy. A Puppy cage, a Kendoll, a American gril doll, lols, gloves, a toy phone, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Cupid,
Donner, Blitsen, Rudolf, Barbie Dolls. Please and thak you. You are the best! Can I ever see you and ride iny our sleigh? I have 1 more rander Vitsin. Kody I wold Like the full set of track Bindler. I like you Satna Clause Matthew
Dear Santa I wont a Skodr land a shtror to for Chrismis. Ples in thakyou. Natalie I would like a red figma ash and the pokemon toys so I can play even Team Rocket and a pet. Gecko Pelease and I will take care could you give me all what it need’s. Benicio
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Yo quiro una computadora. Yo quiro un Vestides, yo quiro zapatiJas, Yo quiro Surprise, Yo quiro Slime. Yo quiro Mcarores, Yo quio Lapes, Yo quio un bro Juet Ami I want a squishy ball with the net. Also a nentendo switch lite the rad or the blue. Aslo Mario neseythe game. And arms the game and a IPad, netendo e Shop, 100 dollar gift card , and Mario + Rabbits kidom
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8 • Seasons Greetings 2019 I Can’t wait till hristmas. But I have a question for you. Have I Bin Bad this yer. I hope I still get presents this year. Avery I may have been a litl bad this yae. But I relee want a ilectric Scootr and.
A Havr Bard JD Dear Santa I have bin grd vzis yer!!! I har bin wocteing if mi famlley has bin grd. I hav doing the dictis sumtims I mac the bess I fad the Lomjey. And I wut hefoms? And
bebox? Yoyo? Frs’akit? And but mot lles having fum wif mi fandmlley. Mareekissmiss Santa! Love Gwndallyn Gwndallyn S.
would like for Christmas Ronaldo Jerzy, and a Soccer Ball, the last thing I want is New IPad For Christmas. Fabi
I have been good this year. I been helping my man with the laundry. I
I been really good this year and I want a PS4, and a X box life, and a Nintendo switch, and 500 billion dollars, and 1 milion dollar dimond watch, a iPhone 11 pro. Jordan I been good this year! I have done the laundry and my bed. I wot like a calculator wach, and a xbox 1, and a clere playsasin 4, conchuir, and a hed set, for the x-box 1 and a yo-yo and a Ifone11pro , and a Pet cat,. Conner I have been good this year! I have done my Homewerck. And I have jhelpt my mom this year. Pleas han I hav a PS4 for this year, and I wnont to set out cookies for you marry Christmiss! Kelii I have been good this year I help my clasmats evry day at School. I would like a bike, Ipad, A gigantic bag of skitels, And a camra, And some legos! Merry Christmas Santa! Beth I have been good This year. I help clean the House. Make My bed and pick up My Toys. For Christmas, I Want Legos, a Sipderman Bike and
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Helmet. Merry Christmas! Jacob I have been good. I ove my brother’s name Axel and Adam. I would like: Lol’s, a Tablet, Xbox, a Pet, and a besk. Mia I have been nice. I have been cleaning my room. I would like: Lol’s, Hatchables, Xbox, clothes, and a pet gpig. Star I Been good in School. I been good in this year. I love my sister end my Brother. Dad end my Mom. I been clening. I want a Blue Bike. I want toy. I want Hundred Dolers. Yahir I have been good! I like Santa I me morning clening my badroom. I would like for Christmas a Doll, Play, Christmas song, mam play is Dad and Mom. Guermoor I been good this Year! I have done the dishes and feed my cat I wont a iPhone 11 pro and visit my grampaw and grammaw, and make a youtube canolls a dog that likes my cats love you santa. Charlie M. I have been good this year! an dI with a TV X box, 10 cot X box and trat 100 drotr. Yeshua
I have been good this year! I have done the dishes and swep the flor and clend my room. For Christmas I would like. Some shoes, and a iPod, and Colered Pensles. , and gumy worms , and a real upppy, and a skwishy please and thank you! Max I have been good this year I have a clean house cuose I clean it. I want a pikuchu head-phones, and a iPhone 11 pro, sylvyon costyum, a clean baby deer, and a jacky lope that’s a baby, to and a baby bunny, and a baby fox, and a sylvyon lik skurt, and a hachamah. Aaliyah I have been good this year! I have help my mom beld the Christmas tree, I wate lagos and honex. Edward I have been good this year! I have made my bed. And the dices. I would like a rug, necklics, pensols, crans, real puppy, skyishy, ples ant thank you. Sophia I want a hippo and a fire truck and a tablet a big boy gator. Eli I want a day of eating junk food and a day of rest please because it’s rest who doesn’t want that for real right! Miss. Autumn.
Seasons Greetings 2019 • 9 I WaNT a Lov Doll and my grandma to be here for Christmas. Isbaylee I want a playstation 4 Giftycard because I wait to spend it Game. I want the new iPhone 11 Pro. Adan All I want is a nintando swich game. And a boardgame. And a pokemon booster box. And a pokemon squishy. Gio I want a treserX dragn for Christmas. Cam I want color Pencils because I want color Penciles. White x Paper because I want White Paper. I would use it to make Art. Karley All I want for Christmas is my family. Because tit is all that matters. Kiana
want a whole bunch of presents. Bryce I wont a omg and a LOL Doll r10 Christmas. Emily I want a Bootie Shaking Llama for Christmas. I want a Dnone and head Phones. And Candy. And girl americacn doll house. Marvel I Want a lago set from Star War.s Klo rens
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Garibaldi Elementary Hello Santa why did you send or nuthet elf ort my hous? And I wont or ptatohed! A pitpul! That bites! And do you know wiyh stocings orte thorit bechs I know ornd a saled because I love to eort! Abraham Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I hope low hede grat year in the North Pole. I love your reindeer. I will leve your reindeer some carits end you can help yourself to a plate of cookies. I have been extra good because I do my chores everyday. Can I please have clothes? I need clothes for my dad’s house. Can I have a Nintendo Swich
because I think they are awesome. Oliver Dear Santa, I hope your having a grate year. I love your job. There are cookies oreos and coco for you and korits for the ran deer mabee shuger kwons for them. I have ben good this yere. I do mi cors. I help out. I want ohexsbus ring roser. I ned a new par of tenis shoes. Easton Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I hope you have a good Christmas. I am going to leve you cookees and hot choklit. I have been good this year. I need now snow
bots because I don’t have any. I want a new kittin because all of them dide. Tanner Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I hope you have had a fantastic year you should know I love that show white beard. I’ll be sure to put nice juicy carots for your reindeer And snicker doodles, and milk. I have been really good this year. What I need this year is tennis shoes because I don’t have much! I want a PS. 4 because I want to play fortnite more often. I hope you travel safely across the world. Henry
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Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I like your big White Berd. Theer are cookies for you and The Reindeer and Ther is a cup of hot coco. I have been good evwy whair. I need a par of Pjs because I do not have eny worm PJS. I wont mac up because I can look preety. Adriana Dear Santa, Merry Chrismis I hope your had a grete year I bet you’ve been bisy wrapping all those presents I love the way you say “ho ho ho Merry Christmas “ and if you want to know what is in it for you you will get a steming hot bowl of soup and milk if it is to hot and carwy canes for your rain deer and if you wandering have I been good this year? I did get in some trubel but I have been prity good. This year I need new tenishos. Because they are to tite. I want salt water tafy because one of them taste like black likerish. Abby Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I hope oyu’ve had a great year. Thanke you for coming to town. Were going to make special Christmas cookies. And hot chocolate the randeer are getting cairits. I’ve been really good! I’ve been helping Florence. She like’s Dinisorus. I need Christmas worm Puyamas because
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from my dad. PS can I have a blanket and sheet and pillow. Athena
Dear Santa, Merry Christmas!! I love your Jolly Sole! I hope you’ve been having an amazing year! I wish you well. I have not lied this year. There is your Christmas present this year… Soup, crackers, cookies, and hot coco. I need close because I am growing to fast. I want an electric scruffulo Because I two not electric. Isabella
Dear Santa, Are you real if you are I would like a phone, tablet, robot raptor, and a pet lizard. Please get me these things. Nathan
Dear Santa, Merry Christ mas I like your red suit and blak boots I also like your red TTHEE SHOS because MY SHOs I WANT ROBLOX MONEY. Because I have NO ROBLOX Money. Thank you! Danny Dear Santa, Merry Christmas! I like your red suit and blackc boots. I also I like your red hat. I heef cloz because I am groing out of my clos I want a ride reendeer because I can read stuf like my bathr doothing silly stuff. I nobe you tave a grove ! Sattee Dear Santa, Can I have a Reindeer please if you don’t know some people don’t believe in you and also how do you get in the chimneys? I’m going to fly to the North Pole but I need help
Dear Santa, How has your day ben going? How meny elf ’s do you have? Oh and 6y the wag. For Christmas I only want one thing an Electric Scooter. Please. I know your real santa. I love you Santa Brooklyn Dear Santa, You are not real but if you are I want a Avocado because I want to be healthy. But if you are really real then stay healthy. Alexis Dear Santa, Have you been checking the list? How is it the North Pole? Now much toys do you make? How much elves do you have? How much toys do you send? Have I been good since all Christmas? Have you been good? Do you eat candycanes at the North Pole? Sophia Dear Santa, I am glad you are doing good. Do you get a tummyache when you eat all those cookies? I am not tyring to be hurtful. IVOR
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus In 1897, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, a coroner’s assistant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was asked by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia O’Hanlon (1889–1971), whether Santa Claus really existed. O’Hanlon suggested she write to The Sun, a prominent New York City newspaper at the time, assuring her that “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” He unwittingly gave one of the paper’s editors, Francis Pharcellus Church, an opportunity to rise above the simple question and address the philosophical issues behind it. Church was a war correspondent during the American Civil War, a time that saw great suffering and a corresponding lack of hope and faith in much of society. Although the paper ran the editorial in the seventh place on the page, below even one on the newly invented “chainless bicycle,” its message was very moving to many people who read it. More than a century later it remains the most reprinted editorial ever to run in any newspaper in the English language. “Is There a Santa Claus?” reprinted from the September 21, 1897, edition of The New York Sun: We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety Fifth Street Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as
Virginia O’Hanlon measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see
Francis Pharcellus Church what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
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We thank the 2nd Graders from the Tillamook County School District for their delightful Letters to Santa this year!
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