CHRISTMAS PARADE – The Alaska Airlines float moves down Lincoln Street as children  collect candy during the Christmas Parade Saturday. Scores turned out for the early evening parade sponsored by the Sitka Historical Society on Lincoln Street beginning and ending at Harrigan Centennial Hall. Inside the hall were displays of vintage toys and working model trains, as well as a gingerbread house competition. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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20 YEARS AGO

December 2004

Letters to Santa: I want my teeth that I lost. Aubrey should have a sled. I want a magnetic mat and the hotel Polly Pocket. Also I want Stacy to teach me how to belly dance. I like you. From Savannah. Dear Santa I would like pretty toys, a kitchen with a sink and pots and pans. Pretty ones. And a book. And pretty horsies. And beautiful things. Kaia.

50 YEARS AGO

December 1974

Letters to Santa: I am five yrs. old. I want a Big Jim ski commander and mod hair Ken and put-put railroad station and that’s all. I wish you a very Merry Christmas from Billy Sanders;l I wish you could come to my house. Can I have big big Raggedy Ann and a dol big sink. from Lola Foss.

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