All I Want for Christmas. . . Second, third graders share wishes
For several years, the Register’s holiday tradition has been to share letters to Santa written by Central students. This year, students in the three combined second/third grade classes participated. Their letters are published here just as we received them. We made no attempt to edit, correct or censor.
We hope you enjoy these letters as much as we did. Many thanks to the students and their teachers for continuing this tradition,
Mrs. Duff’s class
Dear Santa,
I go to central. I am a 2nd grader. I like to play basketball. I am looking forward for you to come. My dad wants a razer and chain for his chain saw, and I want a mini pool table and a mini basketball hoop and dude perfect toys.
Love, Trevor Amsden
Dear Santa,
For Christmas I think you could give some cool gifts to my mom and sister Angel. I think Angel would like a phone case with really cute puppies on it. My mom…hmmm….how about a red or purple car? Now I’ll tell you about myself. I’m a 3rd grader t central. I hope we go carling again. This would be my Christmas list but I already wrote you one.
(Heart), Samantha Bracone
Dear Santa,
I am a second grader at central. I am looking forward to being in a play of Jesus. My favorite thing to do is cook cookies. I like my one aunt because when we went to Chicago she was very nice to me, and I want to give her something very special to her. I want to give her a piano book because she has a piano, so I want to give that to her.
Sincerely, Millie Burns
Dear Santa,
I am a 3rd grader and I love to do math. I am looking forward to eating a lot of candy canes. I want to give a gift to my grandpa because he just had surgery on his knee because his joint war out and his toe got stepped on by a dry cow. For Christmas I want a thunder tumbler and a tablet.
Sincerely, Garrett Burns
Dear Santa,
I am a second grader. I go to Central Community School. I like to bake chocolate. I like gymnastics. You can do head springs, running roundoffs, kick with one and with two. This is what I want for Christmas is an iphone and every child get an iphone. Every time at Christmas I go look at my Christmas tree and then I yell to my mom!
Sincerely, Raelynn Coanner
Dear Santa,
I like to play football, baseball, basketball. I am in 2nd grade at Central school. We go to our grandma’s for Christmas every year. I like when my elf comes to my house and when Santa comes and when I tell him what I want for Christmas. I like playing with my stuffed animals. My best friend is Isaac. Can you get Isaac a BB gun because he likes to shoot birds?
Love, Owen Hammersland
Dear Santa,
I am in 3rd grade at Central. In my family there is my dad, my mom, my Donna and my Mavis. I like to play with Legos. My favorite thing to do is to go to Camp Courageous.
I would like you to bring my sweet Mrs. Frieden some flour. She would use it to make chocolate chip cookies for Isabella and I. Then I will give her a hug.
I would like an iPad for Christmas. I would bring it to school to do work on.
Sincerely, Morgan Harding
Dear Santa,
I am a third grader and I like to skateboard and read. I am looking forward to baking cookies and visiting family. Please give my mom more money. She bought a lot of things for the house like two fans and new plumbing. Please get a Preston the new brain saw nerf gun. Please get me the new rino fire elite nerf gun. It has 25 bullets on each side and its rapid fire. It also has a tripod that can fold up and down.
Your friend, Bryce Heller
Dear Santa,
I am a 3rd grader and I’m looking forward to eating lots of candy canes and cookies. And I want to get a snowman ornament for my grandma because she likes snowmen. And my favorite snowman looks like a dog because it has sticks for the ears, sticks for the legs, and sticks for the tail.
Collin Jaster
Dear Santa,
I am a third grader. At recess I go on the swings all the time. Every Christmas we wake up our parents at 6 am and we open our presents. My favorite colors are blue and orange. I would like you to give my grandma a new booboo bag. It is a bag that emts use. It has bandaids in it.
I want to give my grandpa a electric chair. It lifts up the chair and it goes back.
Sincerely, Shelton Keene
Dear Santa,
I am a wrestler/gymnast and a 3rd grader from central. I am excited to come to Indiana for Christmas. I would like to give Amy Hamman a dog to her, please make it small if you can. I would also like to give Benjamin a new x box 360, and if you get to me, I would like a macbook air, please and thank you!
Love, Maci Keppler
Dear Santa,
I am Preston. I like to farm. I am in third grade. I love to watch my family opening presents. I want to give Bryce a Rc toy and a BB gun. He came to my birthday party, He spent the night. He was funny.
Love, Preston Kulper
Dear Santa,
I am Isaac. I like presents and my elf on the shelf. He was in the frig once. I would like to give a pillow to Owen. It is going to look like a monkey. I am giving him a pillow so he can sleep.
Love, Isaac Loan
Dear Santa,
I am Carter and I and a 2nd grader. I go to Central Elementary School. I love P.E. and I live in Garnavillo. Would you give my brother a smart phone. Thanks for the robot and the people you gave me last year.
Love, Carter Miller
Dear Santa,
I am a third grade at central community school. I like bunnies, and I will give my gramma a decoration for the kitchen table. It’s gonna be white and orange with flowers on it. We’re going to open presents on Christmas Day at Grandmas.
Elsie Shaw
Dear Santa,
I am a 3rd grader at central community school. My favorite sport is football. I love to color. I’m really looking forward to eating junk food. I want to give Garrett a gift card because his birthday is on Dec. 8, 2007. This year, I want a 25$ gift card to Walmart.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Braden R. Taylor
Dear Santa Clase,
I am a Iowa Warriorr. I like playing my dads games. I want a razor dirt bike and a remote control Star Wars robot. Both of them. Please get my dad an x box on. He works for money and I am proud. Can you please get me an elf on the shelf and a Joe bot?
Brandon Tieden
Dear Santa,
I am a 3rd grader and I go to Central Community School, and I like to do the monkey bars. Please give me, Collin and Bryce a spy kit and a real magnifying glass. I want gum in my stocking. I hang my stocking by my patio door. My stocking looks like Santa. I look forward to making a snowfort.
Sincerely, Michael White
Dear Santa,
I like to do gymnastics and go to Central Community School, and I’m in third grade. What I like to do at Christmas is baking cookies with my family and going sledding My favorite subject in school is math. I want to give my friend Maci more time to spend with me this winter so we can go sledding and play with my sister, Shannon. I want to bake cookies with my sister, Shannon. I picked these two people because they are my friends.
Sincerely, Alivia Wiley
Dear Santa,
I’m a 3rd grader at Central Commuity School. I love kittens and cats. We always put two trees up for Christmas. I want a baby toy for my baby sister, Emma. My sister got the flu, and I thought it would be good to get her something. It’s her second Christmas this year, My sister’s stocking has Emma. That’s her name.
Love, Jadelynn Djurnevec
Dear Santa,
I am a 2nd grader. I like all kinds of cereal, froot loops, Frost Flakes, cocoa puffs, Kix, Cheerios, rice krispies. I would like to get my gramma a new car because her is about to break. I will want a doll to give Maci Keppler and a dress to give Alivia Wiley and I will like a tablet. What I lik about Christmas is…that you get present and that you get to decorate the tree and you get to hang up your stocking.
Jess Polkinghorn
Mrs. Follon’s class
Dear Santa,
How are your reindeer for Christmas Eve night? For Christmas, please bring my dad new deer hunting clothes because my dad has old clothes. Have a great Christmas.
Sincerely,
Layla Suzanne Embretson
Dear Santa,
How are your reindeer? For Christmas I would like you to get my mom 2 pairs of black dress shoes. Size 8 or 8 in a hafe. And I would like a hachamall. Thank you. And I will give you milk and cookies and I will leave reindeer food.
Sincerely, Ayden Schutte
Dear Santa,
How are my favorite reindeer? I hope they are getting a nuf food and rest for Christmas Eve. For Christmas please get my sister a hachamall because she rily rily wants one for Christmas I also would like one if you have time. Hope you have a good Christmas.
From, Addison Amsden
Dear Santa,
I hope your reindeer are in good shape. For Christmas please give my dad a real tractor and a new house, I would like a combine. Thanks you!!
Sincerely, Lucas Hertrampf
Dear Santa,
How is Rudolph and all the other reindeer doing? For Christmas please bring my mom a new iphone 7 because hers fell in water. And she wants a gold back instead of a silver back. That’s what she has because they ran out of gold backs. She is thinking on getting one. But this is like the 4th one this year. I don’t want her to get another one.
Thanks, Payton Erickson
Dear Santa,
How are you and Miss Claus. For Christmas, please bring Oakley a paint set and a piano and a mini computer and Christmas stuff, password journal and a phone and a bunny. Thanks you Santa.
Sincerely, Brylee Erickson
Dear Santa,
How is Rudolph doing and how are you doing? I wanted to tell you something. Can you bring my mom some new cooking tools because they are old and rusty. And some new tennis shoes because hers have holes and they hurt her feet. So can you bring her some please? I would like a fitbit.
Sincerely, Ashlyn Koehn
Dear Santa,
How are your reindeer? For Christmas please bring my mom a bunch of colorful dishes because she loves them. Please use all different colors.
Sincerely, Henry Scott Reimer
Dear Santa,
I hope that my favret reindeer are OK. For Christmas, my sister wants a 3DS because she wants to play pokemon games.
Sincerely, Declan Finley
Dear Santa,
How are the reindeer doing? Please bring my dad a new deer call. Bring my mom an elf bracelet because she takes me lots of different cool places.
Sincerely, Dawson Youngblut
Dear Santa,
How are all of your reindeer and how are you? Can you bring my mom some perfume and can you get Tesla an Anna doll? I would like a tablet. That would be so nice!
Love, Caitlin Mussman
Dear Santa,
I hope that your reindeer are ready to fly on Christmas Eve. For Christmas, please bring my brother a new snow shovel because his is too small. I’ll leave you cookies and milk.
Love, Owen Walz
Dear Santa,
Are the reindeer good? Can you bring my friend Brylee a painting set and can you get me a “My Password Journal.” Please and thank you.
Sincerely, Oakley Armstrong
Dear Santa,
I sure hope my favorite reindeer are feeling well and for Christmas please bring a ring for my mom because my mom never gets anything for Christmas. I really hope you bring mom a ring for Christmas. P.S. I would like lego dimensions.
Merry Christmas to all
Sincerely, Isaiah Burns
Dear Santa,
How are your reindeer? For Christmas, please bring my friend, Jordan, a real motorcycle because he is my best friend. I will leave you some milk and cookies.
Sincerely, Max Fettkether
Dear Santa,
I hope you and Mrs. Claus are healthy. For Christmas, can you get my sisters Critters and a pogo stick because they get bored. I would like a Baby Alive doll. Thank you, Santa.
Love, Paige Dettman
Dear Santa,
I sure hope your reindeer are doing good because then you can give kids presents. I hope there is a nuf snow because I have ben shoveling. For Christmas Eve I would like you to get my mom a new scarf and I want it to be gray and black. Please and thank you.
Sincerely, Caden Fette
Dear Santa,
How was Rudolph? For Christmas please bring my mama a new mattress because it has rips in it. I wood like a chair. I hope you have a Merry Christmas.
From, Adam Beck
Dear Santa,
I hope Rudolph is rested for Christmas. Give my mom an ipad because she has been so nice and she is my mom. So surprise her. Thank you.
Sincerely, Chance Plagman
Dear Santa,
I would like you to bring Mommy a new hat and I would like it to be black and white. Thank you Santa.
Love, Isabella Schantz
Mrs. Kuehl’s class
Dear Santa,
If I could give Blake a Christmas gift I would give him an Iowa State shirt because he like Iowa State. I would like a real horse and an elf.
From, Leila Schaffer
Dear Santa,
If I could give a gift to someone it would be for Nathan. I would get him a remote control monster truck. He likes monster trucks. I would like a sled because I don’t have a sled.
From, Kabrien McDonald
Dear Santa,
How are you and Mrs. Claus doing? Do you have a snow globe collection? If I could give a gift to anyone I would give it to my awesome brother Max. I would give him a lot more video games because he loves video games. I would like a vetch watch. I will leave some cookies and hot chocolate for you.
Sincerely, Mayleigh Medberry
Dear Santa,
If I could give Owen Hamserland a Christmas gift, I would give him a new Xbox game. P.S., How are Rudolph, Dasher, Prancer, Vixen, Cupid, Comet, Doner and Dancer doing? I hope they are doing good.
Sincerely, Jamison Feickert
Dear Santa,
If I could give Michael a Christmas gift I would give him air hoges thunder tracks and a snowboard. If I could give Kayla a gift it would be a globe. I want to give her that so she knows about the world.
Sincerely, Blake Hunt
Dear Santa,
If I could give Dawson a Christmas gift I would give him a new Cliff Keen singlet. I would give him that because he really likes wrestling. If I could get a gift, I would want a mouth guard. I want a mouth guard because I am gonna be a football player for next Halloween.
Sincerely,
Sawyer Breitsprecher
Dear Santa,
If I could give Zoe Strawn a Christmas gift I would give her an electric scooter. I know that she really wants one. I hope you are feeling good Santa.
Love, Maddie Burns
Dear Santa,
If I could give Santa a Christmas gift I would give him a snow globe. P.S. Check out Rudolph and Mrs. Claus. Tell her to please bake cookies. PS. Santa and Mrs. Claus are the best!
Love, Mikayla Evans
Dear Santa,
If I could give my sister a gift it would be cookies because my sister likes cookies. How is Rudolph doing?
From, Aaron Fangman
Dear Santa,
I hope you are doing well and I hope there is snow this year. If I could give Bryce a Christmas gift I would give him monster trucks and Hot Wheels because he is running out. This Christmas I would like a snowboard.
Love, Carson Ruegnitz
Dear Santa,
If I could give my mom new pillow cases it would be amazing! My mom really wants some fancier pillow cases. I’d like hunting stuff, football gloves and an ipod case. How are you doing? Have a safe trip on Christmas.
Sincerely, Braxton Bormann
Dear Santa Claus,
If I could give Rudolph a Christmas gift I would give him a chew toy. I hope you give everyone lots of toys. I hope you come to Volga.
From: Nathan Lockard
Dear Santa,
If I could give Isaac a Christmas gift, I would get him an Iowa football because Isaac likes Iowa. How are you doing Santa? How are all the reindeer doing?
From, Jake Hertrampf
Dear Santa,
If I could give Kabrien a Christmas gift I would give him a transformer because he is my friend. I would like a transformer, too. I want an elk on a shelf.
Sincerely, Jonah Burns
Dear Santa,
If I could give Paige Detman a present I would give her a little locet machine then we would share them as friendship locets. What does Rudolph like to eat?
Love, Ray Dunlap
Dear Santa Claus,
If I could give my brother a Christmas gift I would give him an Iowa State shirt. I would like as Iowa Hawkeye shirt please. I hope you’re doing good. How are the elves doing? I like to play football so maybe you can get me one for Christmas.
Sincerely, Maxwell Schantz
Dear Santa,
If I could give Maddie Burns a gift for Christmas I will give her shopkins for Christmas. I want for Christmas is Collen blaze and a tablet.
Zoe Strawn
Dear Santa,
If I could get Jaxon a gift I would give him a dinosaur. What I want for Christmas is to know if Frosty the snowman and Rudolph and stuff are real. How are the elfs?
Sincerely, Jensen Djurnevec
Dear Santa,
If I could give Aaron a Christmas gift I would give him a toy rabbit. I hope you do not get sick Santa. How is Rudolph doing?
From: Crystal Goodrich
Dear Santa,
How are you doing in the North Pole? I hope you do not get sick. If I could give Mayleigh Medberry a gift, I would give her a really warm Iowa State blanket so she does not get cold.
Sincerely, Katie Royer
Dear Santa,
If I could give Katie a Christmas gift I would give her a basketball hoop because she loves basketball. Have you ever got sick up there? How is Rudolph doing?
Love, Kendra Whittle
