Currently Tweets of Old, a Twitter account that tweets news from the turn of last century, is tweeting children’s letters to Santa. Not a demand for iPads or lengthy transcriptions of Amazon links to be seen!

Clyde Lowe from Illinois, back in 1903, was afeared:

Dear Santa, Don’t come to my house because you will scare me. Go to Uncle Henry’s house.

In 1898 Jefferson from Missouri probably wanted toy primates:

Dear Santa, Give me plenty of molasses popcorn, and one little whistle so I can toot toot, and one box of monkeys.

Texas Carl in 1900 wanted stuff to eat and smash at the same time:

Santa: Will you bring me a gun and bullets and candy and all sorts of nuts and a ax and hammer to crack my nuts with?

Joe Limerick in Kentucky apparently wanted a sage insect back in 1893.

Dear Santa: I am a boy 9 years old. Please bring me a horn and a false face and a philosoppede and some fruit.

And Evelyn, also from Kentucky, had tomboyish traits in 1905.

Dear Santa, I have been so good You must bring me a bag of marbles mother says marbles are for boys but I want some anyway.

And so forth. So go visit Tweets of Old’s page on Twitter at the least, and have a good smile. Happy holidays, or whatever.