Dear Santa,

Every year, The Jessamine Journal does a Santa Letters promotion that invites elementary schools all over the county to have the students send in letters to Santa Claus telling him what they want for Christmas. It’s a great idea, and parents love it, but the job falls on us to sift through the handwriting, spelling and backwards e’s to figure out what in the world these kids are trying to say. Once we decipher the letters, however, they make for some interesting and sometimes hilarious letters. Knowing how much you all like funny correspondence, I saved a few of my favorites:

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a toy horse, a toy doll, a stuffed animal, a toy dog that is fake but not real.
Love, Hannah

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a dog that listens to me and a game.
Love, Kiersten

Dear Santa,
I want a Mega World roller coaster that I can put up in my house. My mom can help me put it together cause it would be real hard.
Love, Jesse

Dear Santa,
How are you and Mrs. Claus? I have been taking my medicine. I have been a good girl. Can you get me a High School Musical dress?
Thank you, Shelby

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is anything you want to bring me.
Love, Billy

Dear Santa,
I’ve been good this year. I want some things. Thank you for all the presents you gave me in the past. Thank you, I can’t wait until Cristmas.
Love, Jonathan

Dear Santa,
For Christmas Santa I want a .22 Rifle and a wiener dog. Keep on workin.
Love, Cole F.

Dear Santa,
I have been very, very good this year!  Well a little bit. I think. It was my brother Quinn who made me hit him it wasn’t my fault. So anyway what do you think the true meaning of Christmas is?
Sincerely, Rachel

Dear Santa Claus,
This year for Christmas I’d like a white Hummer with lots of chrome. I want a pair of handcuffs and a police paddy wagon, a blooped game, a gold chain, and a king of camelot action figure. I tried to be a good boy, but sometimes I got in trouble. Please leave me some dollars in my stocking I’ll leave you wings, and a cucumber for Rudolph.
Bruce

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a drumset because I can make my own band. Also I can make loud noise. Will enter a contest.
Love, Hannah N

Dear Santa,
I hope you have a great time flying your sleigh when it is Christmas. Ask your elves to find a hamster for me on Christmas.
Love, Maddy

Dear Santa,
I want four Barbie Dolls for my little sister and me and the baby that my mommy is going to have and one for my little sister because she likes baby dolls.
Love, Olga

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a live cud and Easy Bake and a kitty or a puppy and Hello Kitty stuff. I don’t care what I get.
Love, Emma

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a lot of presents that boys like.
Love, Aldin

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is a Nintendo DS because I love the stylus thing!
P.S. I love it in blue.
Love, Matthew

Dear Santa,
Could you get me a picture of Rudolph? I have been good. I like the game you got me last year. On my list at home I wrote could you please get me a Wii? I forgot to say could you get me a picture of Rudolph and a Wii.
Love, Aaron
P.S. I am throwing out my list at home because I forgot about the Rudolph picture and Wii thing.

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is half of Girls stuff and half of boy stuff.
Love, Elizabeth

And my personal favorite:

Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas this year is to make my family happy because this is my little brother’s first Christmas. Also a cell phone. A touch screen one.
Love, Austin