Christmas
Santa Letters – Tiffany Creek Elementary – Mrs Bird’s 1st Grade Class – 2020
Santa Letters – Tiffany Creek Elementary – Mrs Bird’s 1st Grade Class – 2020 Dear Santa I love yer sled! I rille have a my litl pone set. I do not have a cat but I want a cat. I have ben good. I hope you are not sick. Love: Grace Lynn Bensend Age 6…
Read MoreREMEMBRANCES OF CHRISTMASES PAST … Bob and Joan Ludtke remember what Christmas was like on a rural farm near Boyceville
By Missy Klatt Even though they grew up on farms just down the road from each other Bob and Joan Ludtke have very different memories of Christmas. They grew up south of Boyceville on Spring Hill Rd. Before she married Bob, Joan was a Schlottman. She grew up on the home farm which was on…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmas Past: Yvette Viets Flaten: Memories of Christmas past … travelling around the world
Editor’s Note: Although Yvette Viets Flaten did not grow up in Colfax, she spent furloughs in Colfax when her father, Colfax native Wayne Viets, was on furlough from the United States Air Force. She and her mother, Joyce, lived in Colfax for a year when Yvette was in high school, and her father was stationed…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmas Past: Marge Hernandez: “I heard her say, ‘Ho-ho-ho!’ My dad had a much deeper voice”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One of Marjorie (Knight) Hernandez’s earliest Christmas memories is of her mother saying “Ho-ho-ho!” At least Marge was pretty sure it was her mother. “One year at Christmas Eve dinner, my mother said Santa Claus was coming and all of us kids should go into the bathroom,” she recalled.…
Read MoreRemembrances of Christmas Past: Pastor Les Walck: Christmas in the tropics of Papua New Guinea
Editor’s Note: The Rev. Dr. Leslie Walck has served as pastor at Colfax Lutheran Church for the past 25 years. By Rev. Dr. Leslie Walck COLFAX — Childhood memories of Christmas for me are Christmas celebrations in the tropics of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where my parents were missionaries, 1946 to 1972. All children are…
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Dear Santa – By Mr. DeRoeck’s 2nd Grade Class – 2020
Dear Santa, I was good this year. I wan’t slime to shar with my family. I wan’t a American girl Doll with some legings and some shos. Merry Christmas! How are the reindeers? Sincerely, Hailey Davis, 7 Dear Santa, How does your raindeer Fly in the air? For chritmas I want a bag of scrunchys…
Read MoreDear Santa – By Mrs. Peterson’s 2nd Grade Class – 2020
Dear Santa, Thank you, for the Barbie store, I Love iT. And how is Rudolph doing? This year I want a real American Girl Doll. How is Mrs. Claus doing? I can’t wait to Open my presents. Merry Christmas. Santa Sincerely, Kinsey Anderson, 7 Dear Santa, Thank you for the gifts that you gave me.…
Read MoreDear Santa – By Ms. Kinblom’s 2nd Grade Class – 2020
Dear Santa, I hope you have a good christmas santa. I please want a unicorn toy that I saw at Fleet Farm. because I will play with it all the time ift is about 92$ Dollars and I will give some money to you. Then, I would Love an owl stuffie. Have a merry christmas!…
Read MoreDear Santa – By Mrs. Garnett’s 2nd Grade Class – 2020
Dear Santa, How cold is it in the North Pole? How are you, Mrs. Clause and the elves at the North Pole? How are the reindeer doing? How do you make the toys? Can I please have an LoL camper? And can I have a Ninitando light please? Merry Christmas! Sincerely, Amelia Burgraff, 7 Dear…
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