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Kids’ Letters to Santa

Each year local children, K-6, are asked to write to Santa and two kids’ letters will be chosen at random and a sled awarded to them.

By Gazette-Tribune • December 24, 2024 12:00 pm

Dear Santa....

Dear Santa....

Dear Santa....

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