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December 11: All I Want For Christmas Is…

All I Want For Christmas Is… is a thin hardcover book, but it’s really a greeting card at heart, meant not to buy for yourself, but to send to soemone else It’s shots of Lucy, Snoopy, Sally, and Charlie Brown writing letters to Santa Claus, and in Charlie Brown’s note there’s place to write the name of the person you’re sending it to, to tell Santa Claus that you… well, really, that Charlie Brown… wants them as a Christmas preesnt. Linus can be seen on the back cover of this 1972 Hallmark book, but we don’t get to see what he’s telling Santa. Perhaps he’s teaching him about The Great Pumpkin!

 

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