Dear Santa: Children's Christmas Letters and Wish Lists, 1870–1920

Take a heart-warming 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 heart-warming 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.

© 2015 Chronicle Books LLC (Ebook): 9781452146423

Release date

Ebook: 15 September 2015