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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Christmas Letters from 1929 Remind Us of Hardships
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:09
	Publish Date:		2018-12-19 05:00:00
	Description:		For many children, writing a letter to Santa has always been an important part of this time of the year. Back in 1929 though, the letters reflected hardships in Rhinelander families. Gary Entz remembers those families this week as part of our continued series A Northwoods Moment in History . Thanks to Liana Teter, Brynn Teter, and Cooper Dick for reading the letters from 1929. The Great Depression began after the stock market crash of 1929, and Christmas of that year was the first of the Depression era. The Rhinelander Goodfellows Club launched a fund drive to buy presents for poor children in the Northwoods, and the “Rhinelander Daily News” cooperated by asking children to write letters to Santa. Many letters simply expressed wishes for candy and toys, but some reflected the growing hardship of the times. Here then, in their own words, is a selection of letters to Santa written by Northwoods children in 1929. _________ Dear Santa, We are four little children. We live on the old
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