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All I want for Christmas is ...

HARTINGTON — Area school children recently underwent one of the annual rites of the Christmas season, writing their Christmas letter to Santa.

Every year, Santa receives more letters than previous years from children around the world.

He finds it is quite a time-saver to have the letters sent to the local newspaper. Santa told the Cedar County News last week, that by having letters published in the newspaper, his job,and that of his elves, is made much easier.

“The elves don’t have to open all of those bags of mail and sort them out,” he said. “All we have to do is read the Cedar County News.”

With that in mind, the Cedar County News invited the elementary students from Hartington- Newcastle, Holy Trinity, East-West Catholic and Wynot Public schools, to send their letters to the News this year.

Some of the students have simple requests, others are a little more complicated,some children even included their cell phone numbers and addresses. But since Santa knows all of the phone numbers and addresses by heart, he requested we not print them here.

All of the letters are written from the heart and enjoyable to read, and we would like to share them with you and Santa.

Merry Christmas and Happy Reading! From all of us at the Cedar County News

East-West School 

-First and Second Grade Class 

Dear Santa,

My name is Roger Fischer. I am 6 years old. This year I have been pretty good. For Christmas I would like hot whee track, iPad, spidman. I will be sure to go to bed on time.

Thank you Santa!

From, Roger

Dear Santa,

My name is Kirsten Thoene. I am 7 years old. This year I have been pretty good. For Christmas I would like a new waterbottle, a christmas books, a toy donkey I will be sure to At hime I will clean up my toys. At school I will pay attention. At mass I will listed to the Priest. Thank you Santa!

From, Kirsten 

Dear Santa,

My name is Eric Lange and I am 8 years old. This year I have been pretty good. For Christmas I would like A remote control Nerf gun, airplane and a pS5 and a remote control tank.

I will be sure to at home I will obey my parents. At school I will listen to my teacher. At mass I will pay attention. Thank you Santa!

From, Eric 

Dear Santa,

My name is Laura Hilkemann and I am 7 years old.

This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like scooter, doll, puffy dress.

I will be sure to at home help Mom. be Kind. listen to God’s Word. Thank you Santa!

From, Laura 

Dear Santa, my name is Avery Lammers and I am 7 years old. This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like garmond watch, pet turtle, bitsy. I will be sure to be nice to my family. I will be responsible at school. I will pay atenchon at mass Thank you Santa!

From, Avery Lammers 

Dear Santa, my name is Abigail Pinkelman and I am 8 years old. This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like a toy hen, a toy cat, and a toy horse. I will be sure to be good at home, at school I will play nice, at Mass I will pray. Thank you Santa!

From, Abigail

Dear Santa, my name is Bruno and I am 6 years old.

This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like PS 5, Baseball, dirt bicke, huting set. I will be sure to resposubl, thankfoll, nise, do dishes. Thank you Santa!

From, Bruno G.

Dear Santa, my name is Ike Dickes and I am 8 years old.

This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like the show, FS2S, a xbox. I will be sure to I will be reverant. I will be sure to pray. Thank you Santa!

From, Ike 

Dear Santa, my name is Ella Heine and I am 6 years old.

This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like a Barbie dream Haws, and a ipad, a Barbie campar that I can fit in. I will be sure to I will colet eggs at home and help my Mom and sumtimes Dad.. Thank you Santa!

From, Ella 

Dear Santa, my name is Kinzey Keiter and I am 7 years old. This year I have been very good. For Christmas I would like a doctor suit, projector, barbies, piglet.

I will be sure to be nice to others, listen to my mom and dad. I will be nice to Kendra. Thank you Santa!

From, Kinzey S chool -First Grade Class 

Dear Santa,

Hartington-Newcastle

I want a baby doll and a kpop plushe. Can I see you? Can I have a slim? Can I have a phone I want a new frend and a ipad.

Love, Jessica Magorian 

Dear Santa,

I want a samalo. I want a tadi beat. Why are you elves so smol?

Merry Christmas!

Love, Elizabeth 

Dear Santa,

I want a dog and a cat I want a diusour frum hot wheels. Hou mne elfs do you have? my guess is 1,010 whet is your belt size?

Love, Liam Fry 

Dear Santa,

I want an I Phone A frenche and a cunpiw How is ben dowing Happy Holidays.

Love, Miles Holzbauer 

Dear Santa,

I want a Plushy and a pupy toy. How uod are you? Mary Chrismas!

Love, Lucelly Rodriguez Shown

Dear Santa,

Can I have an x,box, and a labooboo. A ferbe and a pet trky. How old are you? maery chrismtmis!

Love, Joanna Keiter 

Dear Santa,

I want a pyanow and a pet shop. I want a gtar. I want a new cup. How old ar you? Mery Christmas.

Love, Caitlyn Heikes 

Dear Santa,

I want a rodot dog. A kit of slime and a big Jerascarc egg.

How do yor rabeere fly? How are yor elfs duing?

Love, Myles Robinette 

Dear Santa,

I want a caylus plushe. I want a kpap demen hantrsyplushe. I want a ipad. I want a makup. I want a Sodop Plushe. I want a elf. How old is Mrs Clos? Merry Christmas.

Love, Kallie Swanson 

Dear Santa,

I want Fonite can it Be for an xBox 1? I want eletrk toy car.

How do you trn unto Sodust?

Merry ChriStmas.

Love, Ryker Langseth

Dear Santa,

I want a new Slime and a new doll. How is Chrisky doing!

Merry Christmas!

Love, Kezlyn Poston 

Dear Santa,

I want a PS 5, wildcats shrt, wild cat swet shrt. Merry Christmas!

Love, Kingston Mallory 

Dear Santa,

I want a calish plushes. I want k poop domens haters. Haw old ar you? Merry christmas!

Love, Jace Uldrich 

Dear Santa,

I want a k pop demen hunters books. I want santa books. How old are you? merry christmas.

Love, Iyla Lenhoff 

Dear Santa,

I want a panio and I want make up. How old are you? How do your deers fliye?

Love, Samantha Reyes 

Dear Santa,

I want a iPad. I want a christmas Boock. How old are youer elves? Merry christmas.

Love, Emery Fuelberth 

Dear Santa,

I hope you had a good year. I would like a new Minnie Mouse doll and bows for my hair. How many elves do you have? What is your favorite kind of cookie?

Have a Merry Christmas!

Love, Makenna

Crosgrove

Wynot Public

School -Second Grade Class 

Dear Santa,

How are your reindeer doing?

Do you want Pepsi again? How is Mrs. Clause doing? Do you wear red and white because it’s your favorite color? If you go around the whole world in one night how fast do you go? How are Mrs.

Clause’s cookies? One more question how are you doing?

Santa may I have a remote conchol car, a hot wheels track, some canvases, paint, paintbrushes, crayons, markers, and colored pencils, and a Bizey.

Love, Lily Boeckman Dear Santa,

I want a nurf gun. I want a Lego set because I like playing with legos. I want a tractor because I like playing farm. I want a basketball hoop with two basketballs.

Love, Charlie Burbach 

Dear Santa,

I have lots of stuff on my Chistmas list. I want a nest stand for my owl Alexa. I want some ruby out-fits from that Ruby Emerald and Sapphire play that I acted in. I also want lots of looming kits and lego sets. How are your reindeer doing?

Love, Nora Burbach 

Dear Santa,

I would like play-doh and clay. I have been nice this year. How many elfs do you have? Can my brother have a monster truck? I would like a lip balm and macup. How many reindeer do you have? What do you eat?

Love, Wilder Hagemann 

Dear Santa,

I want a dog for Christmas. I want a hair strater because I want to see me with strait hair and my class and my techer. I want a kids smart watch for Christmas. I want my brother to get a new ipad because his ipad has a crack.

Love, Brooklyn Heimes 

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas santa is for my family to be together, not have to work, not have to go anywhere. I want my brother Emmett to get a new controller. I want my other brother to get new games on the x-box and I want my parents to get what they want. Xoxo

Love, Hayden Klug 

Dear Santa,

I would like a ipad becouse I can play on it. I would like some books becouse I can read them. I would like a big stanly. I would like gum.

Thank you.

Love, Brynnlee Pick off. I want a nintendo switch 2. I want another BB gun. How long does it take to dilever all of your presents? What happens if one of your raindeare gets sick? How do you make your toys for us?

What happens if your bag is to small?

Love, Hadley Rohde 

Dear Santa,

I love Stitch and Angel they are my best character. I want a shirt, pants, shoes, and new water bottels. I want a new bed and a stitch blanket and a stitch sleeping mask and a gymnastics bar. I love my family so much. They are the best thing in the hole world. I want a golfcart car. I want Stitch cloths for my dog he will look so cute.

Love, Alaina Schenk 

Dear Santa,

Can I have a safe? Can I have 20 darts? Can I have play mony?

Can I have some underwear and socks? And can I have this thing for my mom airpods. Please thank you santa I love you.

Love, Dax Schmitz 

Dear Santa,

I would like a rifle. I would like a 22. I would like farm toys.

I would like legous. I want a 100$. I would like candy. I would like Nerf guns for shouting things. I would like a stand for Nerf guns. I would like a gas dirt bike, hand cufs, police vest, a x box, a ps 5, kolig (college) football 2025, a hoop.

Love, Bowen Trobaugh

Holy Trinity

School -First Grade Class 

Dear Santa,

My favorite animal is a dollfin. I have rilee grate friends.

I love legoes. I want a switch for Christmas. I want a dog for Christmas. I want a purple been bag chair for christmas. What is your coolest toy that you ever bilt?

Love, Briar Dear Santa,

I help moov cows with my Dad. I help my mom with dishes. I help with my baby sister. I want a red trackter. I want a lamp. I want a gril elf on the shelf. I think we will have a cookie.

Love, Lucia

Dear Santa, I am in 1 grade. I love to craft I hope im on the nice list. I want a elf on the shelf. I want a kitty Squishmelow. I want art set. Do you eat evry cooke?

Love, Kinsley

Dear Santa, I put away the dishis for my parnis I’m a realley nius to peolpole. I hole the door for peolpol. I whant a littil vunding mushing. I whant a elf on the shulf to my suff. I whant a minix car. I can’t whaet fir Christmas.

Love, Hudson Lauer 

Dear Santa,

I love math. I love arts-andcraft. I Love my elf on the shelft.

I want a new coat. I want some chedic sand. I want a drone so I can spy on my nabrs. Why is yre name santa?

Love, Ellie 

Dear Santa,

I like to look at the stars. I love to read a bible. I love pet lizrds. I want an elf on a self. I want a fake grass football feeld for christmas. I want a musosh char and a nut craker squash melo. Thank you for the presens last year.

Love, Jeffrey 

Dear Santa,

I try to be good. I like to help my Mom with dishes. I love to make crafts. I want a blue watch for cirstmass. I want a bracelet kit for cirstmass. I want a slime kit for cirtsmass. I like the gitf you gave me last yeer.

Love, Avely I like the color blue. I help with the animals. I like to help my mom with my brothers room. For christmas I want slippers. For christmas I want a wated cow for christmas. For christmas I want a elf on a shelf.

Dear Santa,

How old are you santa?

Love, Braelyn 

Dear Santa,

I lik to buld lego sets. I like playing tag at recess. I help pick up my hows. I wold like an ipad.

I wold like an elf on the shelf. I wold like a nightgown. I am exided for christmas.

Love, Emily 

Dear Santa,

I an a kind friend. I am good at math. I like playing tag. I wood like a computer. I wood like a ipad. I wood like a air track. I will put cookies out.

Love, Nora

 Dear Santa,

My favrite animal is a unicorn. I like playing with my squishmellow. I help my mom do the dishes. For Christmas I want a elf on the shelf. For Christmas I want a rainbow Unicorn squishmellow. for Christmas I want a Unicorn Traplen. I can’t wat for Christmas.

Love, Autumn Fiscus 

Dear Santa,

I am thankful for tootles. I like to help my dad clen the sheep pens. I like working on the farm. I want a flygon stuff animal. I want a elf on the shelf all to myself. I want a tadlet please santa. How old is tootles?

Love, Ethan 

Dear Santa,

I like reading. I really like cats and dogs. My favorite color is pink. For christmas I want a elf on the shef. I want a toy cat. I want to make joy. Why dosenot Mrs clas get a gift?

Love, Willow 

Dear Santa,

I am tring to Be good. I like legos. I hope I’m on the good list. I hope I get a preset! Can I have a elf on the shelf? Can I have mor tracrers? I wunt a drone four crismis. Wy do you like milk and cookies?

Love, Harvey Lammers 

Dear Santa,

Santa i’ll try my nest to be good. Santa I hope you find my house. Santa your elf do come in handy. I want lego’s santa. Sata I want lincoln log’s I want an elf on the shelf.

Love, Emmitt Schneider 

Dear Santa,

I am in 1 grade. I am 7 yes old. I like to play with slime.

I like playing with legos. Can i have a elf on the shelf? Can i have drone? Can i have some slime? I will give you a cooick.

Love, Nathan Schmidt 

Dear Santa,

I am 6 years old. I am in 1 grad. I hope you find my new house. I whant for crismus new dole clothes. I want for crismus a crombook. I want for crismus new clothes. I want for crismus a Braslit kit. I will leave caris out.

Love, Hadley Klug 

Dear Santa,

I am a good boy. I am in first grade. I am good in class. I want a hale drone. I would like a trane. Will you give me a toy? Thank you for all the gifts.

Love, Calvin Lammers 

Dear Santa,

I will help my Dad. I am in

first grade at holy thernde. I am a good helper at home. I want a monsth truck. I want a cat puzl. I want a artset. Dont forgit sum presins for my sisths.

Love, Macy 

Dear Santa,

I wrck on math. I will do rocimath. I am kind to my Mom and Dad. I whant a girl elf. I whant a braset. I whant to see sata. I am hellpful to my friends.

Love, Karsyn

Wynot Public

School -First Grade Class

Dear Santa, I want my to front teeth.

I want a remote control dinosaur. I want a remote control trane. I want a remote control drone. I want a remote control motorcycle.

Love, Gary Boeckman 

Dear Santa,

Do you have any dogs or pups how is Mrs. Claus I love you so much for christmas I want a boy elf and some ugg’s and I want fast shoos and I want eyeliner and blush and mascara.

Love, Kennedy Boeckman 

Dear Santa,

I have ben good this year.

Can I please have a piano and a xbox. And one more thing a toy mom turtl.

Love, Lillie Boeckman 

Dear Santa,

Haw do you fly? I want a reindeer. Santa I want robux ten. Electric dirt bike I wont a motorcycle

Love, Wayne Dullerud 

Dear Santa,

What is your faveorit animal? I want a pet fish a soccer goal and a soccer ball a football eagles jersey eagles blanecet legose feeld goal bik cowboy boots

Love, Cutler Hans 

Dear Santa,

I want a owla. I want dog toys. I want my two front teeth. I wish for my mom to stop cleaning. I wish for my dad to stop farming. I wash for a trampoline. I wish for moccasins for my bruther. I want a now bike.

Love, Harley Heimes 

Dear Santa,

I want robux ten cards.

And squeshys. And 67 tshirt and electric mini motorcycles. X box controller and tv.

Electric dirt bike, squishys wynot pants new clothes taco squishys, and hope you have a good christmas.

Love, Hendrix 

Dear Santa,

Can I have a bin of chocolate please? And can you make Budy and Snowflake mary and have kids? Can you please give me more black legings? And for me and Tyson to get along better!

Love, Jaycee Koch

 Dear Santa,

Santa, how are the reindeer? How is Mrs Claus Sarla your is elf is fune Santa I want a stitch hate and a stitch sock.

Love, Everleigh Kuchta 

Dear Santa,

I want a vikings jersey 18 Jeffer Jeffson and his 18 football hlmite and his clese (cleats) And his necklace and a Dylan Raiola Husker helmet and his clese and His Jersey.

Love, Jameson 

Dear Santa,

I miss you a lot. I am really excited for Christmas i an so excited for present my favorite season is Christmas i want a wonderful Christmas and I want infinity wishes.

Love, Weston 

Dear Santa,

Can you send my mom a message to get one game Love, Ira 

Dear Santa,

I have ben god. I want a vr. On my vr I will pla gorilu tag. I wut a glow in the dark football. I wll (want) a terex.

Can I cep (keep) my elfs? ????

Love, David Schenk 

Dear Santa,

I want a toy conchoropton.

And a toy spinosaurus. And a toy utanraptor. And a toy troodon and a toy mononukus and a toy aquicops and a toy ritor and a toy pachy and a toy dilophosaurus.

Love, Marcus Walter 

Dear Santa,

I was good this yer.

This yer I want a four welr. I want my four welr to run on gas. I want my four welr to have a hich. I want to a winch. I want my four welr to hague a tool box.

Love, Beckett Wortmann


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