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| These little letters to Santa were sent by their parents to the Monroe City Democrat on December 13, 1900. I thought my readers might like to read about what children wished to receive from Santa over 100 years ago in this country. |
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| The above letters appeared in the Mexico Missouri Message on December 10, 1914. |
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| Here is a difficult Christmas word scramble to challenge adults and older teens; the answer key is below. |
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| Here boys and girls is a picture puzzle which will help you to pass some of these long evenings while waiting for Santa Claus to com. The Times (newspaper) wants all of the boys and girls who read the Times to try and solve this puzzle. This is how to do it: Cut out all the gifts in the right hand square along the black lines, then, paste them in the stocking at the left, so that none overlaps, yet all are in the stocking. Can you do it? |
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| Can you help Santa figure out the names of the children who own each stocking? There are three boys and three girls whose names are scrambled on top of each stocking. Fill in the spaces provided for each child's name. |
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| My little woodland owl ornaments are made of a wide selection of materials. Feathers, cones, seeds twigs crepe paper, mouth blown glass and even carved semi-precious stone are just a few of the materials used by those artists and craft companies that have contributed to my collection. I am particularly fond of owls. |
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| A little woodland squirrel nibbling on an acorn. This little guy is made from cotton batting and dryer lint. He's finished off with a little rabbit fur in back to imitate a tail. Here is another woodland ornament tutorial mimicking a hornet nest.  I saved a preserved European queen hornet to attach to my woodland ornament. |