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daily nebraskan Christmas supplement
friday, december 8, 1978
Santa fan mail hits pole office
Mr
Brandeis
Beauty
Salon
extends Best Wishes
to all our customers
Lincoln Center
477-1211
Ms. Judy. Manager
and all of her operators
Gateway
466-8361
Mr. William, Manager
and all of his operators
wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
mm Brandeis
By Alice Urn ice k
From the indications of his corre
spondents, Santa Claus won't lose his
characteristic paunch as he wisks across
Lincoln on Christmas Eve this year. More
than one of his fans promised to leave him
"cookies and milk and a carrot for
Rudolph."
By last week, the Lincoln U.S. Post
Office had received 56 letters addressed to
Santa. According to Rita Overton,
secretary to the Postmaster who is in
charge of handling Santa's mail, last year
they received nearly 350 letters by Christ
mas. This year the Easter Bunny received
one and several were sent in the summer.
The majority of the letters should be
coming in during the approaching weeks,
she said.
Overton noted that television has a great
influence on the types of items requested
by children. Top on the list this year are
toys including Baby Diaper Rash, Milky
the Cow and Star Wars items. Other
requests include clothes and large items
such as stereos and television sets.
Because of the vast amount of mail re
ceived, Overton reported that the Post
Office finds it impossible to answer the
letters. However, she reads every one.
She recalled a case several years ago
when a neighbor of a family whose father
was unemployed wrote that the children
would probably not receive any Christmas
presents. The letter was read over the air at
KFOR radio station and the response was
tremendous, she said. The family was
supplied with a tree, games, money and
other gifts from concerned citizens.
One year the Post Office tried to answer
all the requests with a form letter, but the
manhours required were too costly,
Overton said. A senior citizens group once
tried to answer the letters but the cost of
postage was too expensive.
Overton said that she has gotten a kick
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out of reading a number oi the requests. A
son of a friend of hers asked for some
articles which he feared he wouldn't get be
cause his father was a "grouch." A female
university student once asked for "a tall,
dark and handsome man under her Christ
mas tree," she said. She added that a lot of
the kids draw their own postage stamps.
Some of the letters:
What I want for Christmas:
A stereo, page 1169 in the Sears catalog
number 6111900681 or the other one on
page 1169 Sears Catalog Number
61H90411c.
Love Jody R.
Dear Santa,
I would like the game Lay an Egg and
Digital Derby for Christmas. Also a C.S.F.
Emergency Rescue Set and UFO Amtrack.
Ill leave you a cookie and a carrot for
Rudolph. I like the reindeer.
Rancy Cimino
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