title: Dear Santa: Children's Christmas Letters and Wish Lists, 1870 - 1920
author: Chronicle Books
description: J. Harmon Flagstone is a specialist in 19th-century American literature. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.<br /><br />Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, historian, and author based in Houston, Texas.
zlib_text: HOLIDAY WISHES
  
  S.L. STERLING
  
  CONTENTS
  Introduction
  Prologue
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Christmas of Love Collaboration
  Fireside Love
  Note From the Author
  About the Author
  Also by S.L. Sterling
  
  INT RO DU C T IO N
  Welcome to Santa Claus, Indiana where Christmas isn’t just a holiday, it’s a way of life. Join these 12
  amazing authors with 11 wonderful books as they bring you some instalove, a little mystery, and
  maybe some thriller, for a romance filled holiday!
  The community of Santa Claus was designed in 1849. The story of how it received the name of
  Santa Claus has roots both in fact and legend. In January 1856 the town applied for a post office to be
  installed.
  On June 25, 1895, as part of a nationwide standardization for place names, the post office name
  was changed to the one word Santaclaus. The town's unique name went largely unnoticed until the
  late 1920s, when Postmaster James Marti