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Tips and Tricks When Writing to St. Nick

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How do you get what you want for Christmas? Write a letter to Santa, of course! Combing through “Dear Santa” letters published in historical newspapers, you can glean tips and tricks on how to write a letter of your own.

The North Mississippi Herald (Water Valley, MS), December 19, 1919.
“Telling Santa,” The Country Record (Kingstree, SC), December 21, 1916.

A close examination of hundreds of “Dear Santa” letters suggests there are several approaches to writing Jolly Old St. Nick:

Don’t dilly dally and get to the point.

The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), December 24, 1915.