Before she was with the legendary mystery blog Chicks on the Case, author Leslie Karst had a culinary blog called Custard and Clues. In this 2014 post she shares highlights from the Hilo, Hawaii Tribune Herald’s Letters to Santa.
Local kids provide evidence to bolster their case for getting on the Good List (“I’ve been helping my mom at dinner time by washing the rice”), or get Santa oriented so he doesn’t lose his way (“If you come down our chimney, one you will get dirty, and two, our Christmas tree will be right in front of you”). Some simply throw themselves on the mercy of the court (“Can I know if you give people on the bad list another chance?”).
Read the whole thing HERE!
Header image: Victorian Christmas card depicting Santa stuffing a child into his sack.
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