Santa
letters
VERY year, the Danish
gets
8,000 year
a
Claus,
"Could you bring Mummie me two big books and three Tourist Association a pair. of shoes because she small ones." has to deal with a does not have many 7"
Some letters, on the other like of 8,000 letters to "Dear Santa
my hand, are faintly sinister, fer Christmas, address- father has broken his leg the modest request of one seven- "bull-dozer, A mother my
cannot year-old for the Danish colony of and
cement mixer some Egyp- requests are distinctly threaten- ing
nland. They do a good afford to give all a present, ton mummy books" And some
to
COSY ined
a.
seven of us.' pf it, the Danes being a there are
lot obviously "Dear Santa, I will get toys deputise for but I want my big brother home for Xmas, he is niuc- RAF." teen and in the "Please would you send my brother Peter a strong heart
that he can be
home HD cent of Santa's next Xmas...."
Then one reads the let
Santa's girth is no
er a mystery. At least
per
tempt him with edibles:
Ar for the reindeer,
nade, apples, whisky,
Keeping Up
The moppets keep up with
lass of wine and a bis- the times. Though the youn- (tho sophisticated gust still ask for "a napple h), "supper on a tray and a norng and sum sects," he dining room" and their elders want ace pies and a drink."
If you bring your wife e tell me then I can put lots hot chocolate."
The
airports
and
every-
thing from radar to earth- equipment. The moving most popular item seems to be the Meccano set. Also appreciated are lorries, letters themselves police sets, cowboy sets, greatly but they do light houses, traffic lights, a clear, almost frigh- toy
the mysterious something call- ng insight into nger generation. There ed a walking chocolate great many routine pot. Requests for literature demanding walkie- neem in 11 minority.
criticism dolle, rocking horses literary Zootball boots, but mix- governed by bulk or weight up with the rest are some rather than content: "Dear Santa, Will you please bring hetic requests.
MAKE THIS
HOBBLE 22
Pushends of
ag through a hola Lop of a small 80X.
-
Peel the appr from a large round PAPER CARTON. Draw on face. Cut out mouth...Bend back tongue.
2.Thread a STRING through
a
BUTTON..
double
it back
and
Lie
another
button
la above
the first.
Dear Santo Claus Would
a
you please send me air gun for my Xmas I am eight years of age but my mummy said she thought you would send me one as you are good to little boys who behave I have been a very good boy and have went to church every Sunday
Lots of love You are my good Santa A Merry Xmas
PS I will leave a lump of sugar for your Raindeer If I don't get my air gun then will know there is no Santa
Not Always
The letters are usually written by four to nine year olds, though not always:
"I am writing on behalf of my five little brothers and sisters, as I am the eldest at I would twelve and a half. have wrote sooner only I have been looking after the house as mummy has not been well with rheumatic fever... and seems
Puncha hole intop of the carton and thread strings throughit
S. Festen strings
on top of carton
with another button
so box hangs in center of the mouth.
6.Sit 3 feet away.... take tums throwing
a RUBBER BALL in
mouth... Ths ont to hit the boat most Wins!.
DILOR TONGUA
RAD
A note of doubl sometimes creeps in when the correspon- dent reaches ten:
Dear
Santa:
Send me a
letter and a little story. The ones at school say there is no Santa so send me a letter and I will show it to them..." The letters are addressed to Toyland, Iceland, "deear Fairy
"Santa Claus, Reindeerland, Iceland"
Ice Lane, "Father Christmas, Snowy White Ice Forest," and "The Old man, c/o Post Offee,
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1950.
Tike
Tree, Drive Block buna
Lancs England.
anta Claus,
very
much CA ut Sitlet watch with
Strap real lether
one they a plastick brunt your wrist.
Shirley.
3.
New tor
One of the letten Santa received last Christmas
pudding-stuffed Juniors, who. continue nevertheless to concen- trate on Santa himself.
Letters contain a variety of hope you will Instructions: wear your fur coat and fur hat as it is very cold." "Do not forget the baby bunting she did not be here at the last time." "Our chimney is very small, do please be careful not to get stuck "Please when
you come down."
too much soot com- don't make ing down the chimney."
Letters to Sanla may be writ- ten on cheap ruled paper with old sums on the back, or formal note paper ornamented with Mr Punch, or Snow White and the Dwarfs. It may be de-
ed with scratchy, surrealist
reindeer, with clouds and chim- neys in bright crayon, but with few exceptions the messages are
Greenland." And the Danish surprisingly pollie:
Tourist
re-
a
0
urist Association,
which celves them, has in its employ gnome (she is disguised as most human, warm-hearted Danish Indy) called **Marta 12
Stjernsward" who has composed B cheerful reply to all the children who write. It is print- cd in a wobbly blue hand and
runs:
The Match Girl
Dear Little Friend,
of
I was delighted to have your letter which reached me in my country Denmark, which Greenland is a colony.
are very good believe you will have your Christmas wishes fulfilled
you
I
The letter goes on to enclose a particularly lugubrious Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about the starving little Match Girl who was frozen to death on New Year's Eve. At any rate she is highly popular with
The Pick of the Gristmas Tree
Christmas
GNEWER, VAUXHALL
"Dear Santa, I shall be very glad to see you when you come next Thursday,
Love,
Christine "Dear Santa, Will you give me something if you have it. am seven. Thank
you notes to Santa are surprisingly common:
"Deare Father Christmas, thangk you for that croplan set and the plaing krads and the trais and bloons.
I have pontep a fas on them Moth agn.
Bi bi fora Now
From Michael.
THOUGHT READERS
BE
a nine-minute won- der. Supply your spectators with several small
each cards. Hand player a pencil and ask all but one person to print on This card the first name or nickname of a person living or city. in the same town Ask them to print plainly
THE -RIGHT
NAME
A 9-MINUTE
WONDER
names
and try to choose unknown to yourself. Then ask the remaining person to print the name of some- one living in another com- munity anywhere in the world.
While you are collecting the pencils ask somebody else to collect the cards and place therm in a bowl or hat. Now you are all ready to prove your ability as a thought reader.
'Take the cards from the hat, spread them out in your hand
card Ian shape like a
player name and calmly announce the
of the person who lives in distant place,
0
The secret of the trick is as follows: The first players were
with supplied
very soft lead pencils. The last person was
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Love,
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Punch's Christmas Card List ·
-He Had a Hard Time Getting the Addresses- By MAX TRELL
CATOW," said Mr Punch
"N'Knarf and Hanid,
the
the
Shadows with turned-about names, "Tm going to send out some greeting cards for the holi- days. But I mislaid my address book and conse- quently I'm not too sura where to send the about cards to be sure that they'll reach my friends."
Punch puzzled over the list.
"Oh, that's too bad," sald Hanid, trying to sound
восту for Mr Punch's plight but at the same time trying to smile so that Mr Punch wouldn't think Hand, Mr Punch noticed at he had to give up the whole, this instant, was writing some- laea of sending out the holiday thing down very qulekly on a greeting cards. "Maybe," she sheet of paper. Knar WAD added helpfully, "we might leaning over her, speaking to know some of the addresses of her in a very low, volce. your friends."
came
And finally they both "Who are they, please?" over to Mr Punch who, by this
time, was frowning. "Well?"
Knari asked.
Clad to Tell
"I'll be glad to tell you," replied Mr Punch; "and ever so much obliged if you could tell me the missing addresses, These are the ones I want to send cards to:
Lion
Pig
Mole Woodpecker Horse
Mouse Minnow
Thru and Moth.
"I've
searched everywhere, but can't find their addresses," Mr Punch added. "Well, do you know them?"
Mr Punch peered over his spectacles at Knart and Hanid. To his surprise he saw the two shadows go to the corner of the room and aland for a few together. moments, whispering Then they started to laugh, quite sofily, as though not wanting Mr Punch to hear them. But Mr Punch heard them very well.
"We've got the addresses all right, Mr Punch," Hanid said. "I've written them all down."
She handed Mr Punch
been paper on which she had writing.
re
"Read them out loud," Knarf said.
Gales of Mirth
Ho; Ho;" laughed Mr Punch as he glanced over the
page. "Haw! Haw! Heel Hee!"
Then he went off into great gales of mirth. This is wonderful An the addresses are here, and how beautifully they all sound when they're together!"
With that Mr Punch read the addresses out loud.
Llon lives in Den Pig lives in Pen Mole lives in Hole Woodpecker lives in Fole Horse lives In Staff Mouse Lives in Wall
lives in Broo
Brook lives in Nook lives in Nest
Moth lives in Chest.
And then Knart and Hanid "If and
all Mr Punch
danced
"Come, come," he said. you have the addresses, please around the room, holding_hands
let me have them. And I don't and singing a song to the ad-
that Knarf what there is to laugh dress-poem
Hanld had written.
about!"
Rupert's Autumn Primrose-2
and
to with
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