Polk County Education
14A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 23, 2015
Dear Santa: Children share hopes, dreams,
well wishes for a Merry Christmas for all
Compiled by Itemizer-
Observer staff
POLK COUNTY — Last
year, we had the honor of
printing a handful of letters
to Santa Claus, written by
children in Polk County. We
so enjoyed sitting around
our trees on Christmas Eve
and morning, reading the
letters to our families, we
wanted to continue this as a
tradition.
The following letters were
written by children at Mon-
mouth, Ash Creek and Lyle
elementary schools. Our
gratitude goes out to those
teachers who helped them
with this assignment. Dallas
Post Office also let us bor-
row some letters they re-
ceived. Spelling errors were
corrected.
Not all of the ones we re-
ceived can fit here, but we
chose some of our favorites.
Check
online
at
www.polkio.com for more.
First names only were
used to respect the Santa-
child privilege. We will make
sure they get into the right
hands from here.
Dear Santa,
You and your elves are
quite fancy in your suits.
Could you please bring us
world peace? We need world
peace because violence is
not the answer. Will you also
please bring me a Nerf gun
and bullets? I want a Nerf
gun because I like to have
Nerf battles with my brother.
Sincerely, Alecya
Dear Santa,
I want to see my real dad
for Christmas.
Love, Jaden
Dear Santa,
Thank for the candy cane.
But I want presents. A little
bit of presents. But I want a
remote control motorcycle.
Love, Kobe
Dear Santa,
I’ve been thinking of
some things, but first, how
have you been down at the
North Pole? It’s very cold
down there, huh? I don’t
need a lot of stuff this year,
just a couple games for the
Xbox, and if you could,
maybe get me a new skate-
board and maybe a new pair
of shoes for my mom. I want
you to know I was good this
year. I’m very excited for you
to come. Oh, and we don’t
have a chimney, but I’ll leave
the door unlocked. If you get
this letter, write me back
and tell me what kind of
cookies you like, OK?
Love your friend, Tylan
Dear Santa,
I want to know if cookies
can hurt your belly. And I
want to know if Vixen is OK;
he’s my favorite.
Love, Anabell
Dear Santa,
How are you? Did you
eat enough cookies? Merry
Christmas! What I want for
Christmas is a football, a
soccer ball, and a baseball.
Oh, and tell Rudolf to
shine!
Love, Asa
Dear Santa,
How is Mrs. Claus and
your reindeer? I hope
Dancer is OK (Dancer is my
personal favorite.) For
Christmas, I would want a
picture of Dancer and you in
my stocking. I would also
like a boogy board and a
giant platypus stuffed ani-
mal.
Love, Hannah
Dear Santa,
I know you live
in the North Pole,
but is there any
pet shops around?
Are the reindeer
OK? Just to let you
know, my favorite
reindeer is Cupid.
What’s your fa-
vorite kind of
cookie? Do you
like the ones we give you?
When you come down our
chimney with a bound, I
please don’t want you to
make a lot of noise. So what
I want for Christmas the
most are pillow pets and a
guitar. But me, myself, have
a big Christmas list. I just
wanted to say, ‘Hi!’ So bye!
Love, Hadley
Dear Santa,
How are you and every-
one at the North Pole? Am I
on the nice list? If so, I want
you to know that this year, I
only have a few things on
my list. They are: A horse, a
barn, stuff for my horse if I
get it, and that’s all!
Warmly, Clara
Dear Santa,
Do you really drive rein-
deer and trade them for kan-
garoos in Alaska? What type
of cookies and cocoa would
you like? For Christmas, I
don’t want much, just lots of
stuffy animals.
Frozenly, Colleen
Dear Big Man,
How are the reindeer? I
hope you don’t have a cold
this year. What is your fa-
vorite cookie? Do you like
doughnuts? I would like to
know about Comet. I would
like to know what you would
like for Christmas besides
cookies? I don’t want a lot of
stuff for Christmas, but I do
want a stuffed animal of
Comet.
See LetterS, Page 13A