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Letters for Santa
2025-11-24 00:00:00 2025-11-24 23:59:00 America/New_York Letters for Santa Write a letter to Santa and we'll mail it to the North Pole. All ages. Lakeshore - Toldo Branch -

Monday, November 24
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Add to Calendar 2025-11-24 00:00:00 2025-11-24 23:59:00 America/New_York Letters for Santa Write a letter to Santa and we'll mail it to the North Pole. All ages. Lakeshore - Toldo Branch -

Write a letter to Santa and we'll mail it to the North Pole. All ages.

We want to get as many letters to Santa from the children of Lakeshore as we can!  Then we'll mail them to the North Pole and hopefully the library will get a letter in return.

Children of all ages are invited to use our letter making supplies to write their letter to Santa, while supplies last. One letter per child please.

AGE GROUP: | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Craft |

Lakeshore - Toldo Branch
lakbranch@essexcountylibrary.ca
Phone: 226-946-1529 x450
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