Anasia Echavarria Age 7, Grade 1 South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I hope for world peace. I hope for that because I don’t want everyone fighting and being unkind. I don’t want war; that’s just tragedy. The last thing I wish for is everyone to be safe and happy.
Teddy Lenahan
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish that I can go to Keansburg and to get Play-Doh.
Clarissa Muniz
Age 7, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish that I can have a Nabi tablet, a bike and a skateboard. I also wish I can have a Scorpio Xbox 360. I wish I can have lots of games. I really just want to have a good holiday.
Alexander Mirandara
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
My holiday dream is for you to bring me a pony. For a long time I kept asking my parents and they say, “Ask Santa.” Now is my chance to ask you. Can you please bring me a pony and make me the happiest girl in the world?
Juliana Muniz Age 5, Grade Kindergarten Miller School, Old Bridge Patricia Timms
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I want for Christmas a Wii U, a Nintendo 2DS, some clothes, a toy dog and a new bike.
Brenden James
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish for a new Christmas tree and a play kitchen, please.
Catalina Muniz
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
Could you get me a pet cat and a pet puppy? My sister wants 100 Littlest Pet Shop toys. Can you get my mommy and my daddy a gift? Please make a little square paper on both of the gifts and make the gifts say, “From Sienna and Santa Claus.” I love you, Santa Claus. Every Christmas, I hope you give me and my family a gift. I love you!
Tvisha Chandupatla Age 6, Grade 1 St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Sienna Jones
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I would like to get a puppy and a real pillow dog and one toy dog and a dog bone. I wish for a dog collection.
Rose Bednarski
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish my family and I could go to Disney World for the holidays. This way I could meet Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie, Mickey and Pluto. Also, I wish I could get some money to buy toys for other kids. Then I can give them the toys for Christmas at the shelters.
Layla Smith
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I would like a Monster High doll, a hamster, a healthy family, new clothes, a big dinner, and my front tooth. I would like to wish you, Mrs. Claus, the reindeer and the elves a merry, merry Christmas.
Skylar Krass Age 9, Grade 4 South Amboy Elementary School Layla Torsion
Age 7, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I was a good boy all year. I want Kirdy and a Wii U and the new Super Mario Bros. U. I also want the new Super Mario Bros. Wii game. My sister was a good girl all year. She likes Hello Kitty games and toys.
Christopher Chanu
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
Hello, my name is Amanda and I am 6 years old. I have been a good girl this year. Would you please bring me a toy this year? What I really want is the First Act Discovery 6-Piece Drum Set. Please give everyone a present. I love you, Santa!
Amanda Moreira
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish I could have a new watch, a bike with two wheels, a Barbie doll and Barbie house.
Anthony Demeyer Age 9, Grade 4 South Amboy Elementary School Jennifer Fox
Age 8, Grade 2
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is to wake up and find candy in the stocking and all my favorite toys. I want a sled to sled down a hill of snow and drink hot cocoa with all my friends and family. By 7 p.m. I will have a great big dinner with everyone!
Eden Louis
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream a boom box, WWE2K14, a new table and an electric scooter.
Nigel Johnson
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I would like a Barbie doll, a toy puppy, more pink slippers, a bathing suit and a toy giraffe.
Hailey Mandala
Age 6, Grade 1
Gianna Kaiber Age 5, Grade Kindergarten Miller School, Old Bridge South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
The only thing I want is for people who don’t have anything to get something. I just want to tell you I have been a super good girl. Just please give me a note under my pillow and in the bathroom and in the kitchen. That is my present. Thank you, Santa.
Isabella Marie Minio
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish I can have some new Skylanders Swap Force guys. I love you very much.
Alexander DeGrazia
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I would love to fly in your sleigh with you because I love you and all the gifts you give me and my family.
Emilie Noon
Age 6, Grade 1
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
One thing I want for Christmas is a Lego game for my Wii U. I want it because I love and think Lego games are fun. I can also play multiplayer with my friends and build stuff and go on levels to play on. I would have a lot of fun playing this game!
Jennifer Mazza, Old Bridge Age 5, Grade Kindergarten St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Stefan Trailovic
Age 8, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is to stop bullying all over the world. If the world would stop bullying, everyone would be nicer to each other. We should be helpful to people. Please make my holiday dream come true!
Michal Borkowski
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is for animals to have a habitat with everything they need. I wish that people would stop cutting down trees. I want deer to roam freely through the forests without going in the road. I wish that animals could drink fresh water instead of filthy water. When you toss trash in the water, think about a poor animal getting ill because of you. I want animals to live a happy life and give birth to more little creatures. If animals don’t have a good place to live, animals would die and become extinct. When an animal dies, think about how you can make it better.
Brenden James Age 6, Grade 1 South Amboy Elementary School Skylar Krass
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is to give toys to those kids who never played with a toy. Imagine if you did not have a toy, how would you feel? I met a lot of kids who wish to play and have a toy. Please help me make their dreams come true. I will be really thankful and they will too. If you help me you are a hero to them. Please help me make these little boys’ and girls’ dreams come true.
Lucas Manrique, South Amboy Age 5, Grade 1 St. Bartholomew School, East Brunswick Stacey Caceres
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I know in the North Pole you think more about polar bears, but there is also an animal called the panda bear. It is a beautiful black and white animal that is endangered. This is because people are eliminating their food source. Now they have panda reserves. This is great, but I think they should be in their own habitats. I am wishing pandas will not be endangered and return to their own habitats.
Emily Drill
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School Dear Santa,
I wish there was no trash on the Earth. Many people in the world are polluting our Earth. They are throwing trash on the ground and are damaging their homes. We live on a beautiful Earth and I want to keep it that way. I really hope you will grant my wish.
Lorenz Matanguihan, Old Bridge Age 7, Grade 2 St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Ryan Rosseter
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is for everyone to clean the Earth. What I mean is for us to pick up trash and scraps. Trash is not the only thing that hurts the world, it also hurts animals too. Bags can be laying around and a bird might not know that it can hurt itself. Fish can also die if they eat garbage dumped in the oceans. Another reason is to clean the Earth. If paper is not recycled, then more trees may need to be cut and die. Oxygen will be lost and we all know how important oxygen is for us to live! Please keep our planet clean forever!
Natalie Rios
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that people whoa re sick feel better so they could be with their families during the holidays. I wish that they could be with the people who love them and make they happy. I want everyone to feel good and be safe.
Yahirah Nicholson Age 5, Grade Kindergarten South Amboy Elementary School Edward Perez
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that all the poor people have food and a warm house for winter. I wish they have warm clothes to last them through the cold months and that they would be healthy.
Gianna Libretto
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that my Grandma will feel better because she fell off her steps.
Michael Cullen
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
Ema Purtell, Old Bridge Age 8, Grade 3 St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream is that the people of the world have whatever they need, like a place to live, food, and people who care for them. Please help those who are sick to get better. I hope there are no very large snowstorms this year so no one is in danger of getting hurt. I also hope everyone has a great Christmas.
Advait Bigala
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that there will be world peace and that all the people in the world stay safe and warm in the winter. I want this to happen so everyone in the world can enjoy Jesus’ birthday. This is my holiday dream because everyone will be happy.
Ema Purtell
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
Caitlyn Huang Age 7, Grade 2 South Amboy Elementary School My holiday dream is for all the soldiers to come home for Christmas so that they can spend the holidays with their families. I would also like every child to have a Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner, and for everyone not to be alone for the holidays. Every child should be safe and warm this year. I would also want my cousin to go back to college. These are my holiday dreams.
Victoria Conrad
Age 8, Grade 3
Matawan
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
I want to help other people if they don’t have a winter coat. I want this to happen because if they don’t have a coat then they’ll get sick. Thank you for helping me make this possible.
Prince Patel
Age 7, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday wishes are for the poor to have homes, for the world to be a peaceful place, and no bullying. These are my holiday wishes.
Jalina Raro, Matawan Age 5, Grade Kindergarten St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Joseph Maffei
Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
Please take care of the people in the hospital. Watch over them. I am praying for them. Please give them what they need to make them feel better.
Nelson Zapata
Age 8, Grade 3
South Amboy
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is for everyone to have a good Christmas. I hope everyone has a home and people that don’t have what they need to stay warm. I also dream of people donating to the poor so they can have a place live, food and people that will care for them. I hope that children who don’t have parents get them so they have someone to love and care of them.
Ashley Moreira Burgos Age 5, Grade Kindergarten South Amboy Elementary School Ryan Bell
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is for the world to be peaceful and kind, loving and respectful. I wish for people to celebrate as one. I would like to stop people from bullying and make them caring. Also, go to church, pray, and celebrate Jesus’ birth.
Anne Marie Chiricolo
Age 9, Grade 5
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
Since it is Jesus’ birthday, I want peace on Earth, no more killing or fighting, and of course always keep you in people’s prayers. Most important, I want to try to go to church when I am at my mom’s house. And I want to let school be easy, not always rushing.
Valentina Bertini
Age 9, Grade 4
Gianna Libretto, Old Bridge Age 8, Grade 3 St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
Without Jesus being born, there would be no Christmas. There would be no joy on Christmas Eve. There would be no Christmas lists. There would be no presents on Christmas morning. There would be no point to life. So celebrate Jesus being born.
Patrick Lautato
Age 9, Grade 4
Matawan
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that all the poor would have what they need and that the people from Hurricane Sandy have a home to live in and food to eat. I want the people who have cancer to get better. I also dream that people who can’t walk or talk will eel better too and heal quickly. I dream that all the people in the hospital feel better and people all over the world who have problems to feel better also.
Shaunak Joshi, Sayreville Age 6, Grade 1 St. Bartholomew School, East Brunswick Naysa Zapata
Age 8, Grade 3
South Amboy
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is that we can find a cure for cancer. If we can raise enough money for doctors to find a cure for cancer that would be great! I want this because so many people die from all kinds of cancer, especially brain cancer. I really want to change that. If this could happen I would be so happy and so would all the people who had cancer.
Michael Murphy
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday dream is to give everyone food to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so they can grow healthy and strong. I want everyone to be nice, kind, helpful, caring and loving, because they can help each other. I wish this will happen because then people would be happy and have others who care for them. They would not feel alone.
Natalie Rios Age 9, Grade 4 South Amboy Elementary School Jin-Hua Want
Age 8, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
For Christmas I want everyone to have a great Christmas. On Christmas day, everyone in the world will be thankful for everything they have. Jesus will have a very happy birthday. Thank you if you give me these things. I will be very thankful.
Michael O’Keefe
Age 9, Grade 3
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday wishes are for my friends and their family to come to my house. I want that because it is fun and family is more important than presents that you receive. I also want for all the people who have a birthday in December to be blessed. I want presents too, but not too much! hank Jesus for Christmas day because it is his birthday. Happy birthday!
Caleb Sambucci Age 5, Grade Kindergarten South Amboy Elementary School Joseph Villanuevo
Age 9, Grade 5
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday wishes are for all the poor boys and girls to have toys this Christmas. I feel bad that I have a lot of toys and they don’t. Every year I try to give a couple to the church. They donate them to a special organization. I hope all the boys and girls are happy this Christmas.
Kailey Cogley
Age 9, Grade 4
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
I wish my family has a good Christmas and has a lot of fun. I hope they all come over and all have a good time. I hope we go to New York.
Paul Gardine
Scarlett O’Brien Age 5, Grade Kindergarten Miller School, Old Bridge Age 9, Grade 4
South Amboy
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
I wish I had a TV and my own laptop. Most of all, I wish that my elf would move at night.
Brielle Cunningham
Age 9, Grade 4
Morganville
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
For Jesus’ birthday I would like to have peace on Earth. I would like that there were no mean people for one day. I also want to dedicate some time to God. Since it is Jesus’ birthday, I would like that all people in the world would know Jesus. That would be a special birthday.
Samantha Sharkh
Age 9, Grade 4
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday wish is that Jesus and I can give the poor what they need. I also want my family and I to go to church. I want peace, love and hope in the world. I want no child to go to bed hungry. And I want an iPod Touch.
Prince Patel Age 7, Grade 3 South Amboy Elementary School Kyle Zetty
Age 9, Grade 4
Sayreville
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
My holiday wishes are for everyone to remember what the true meaning of Christmas is. Christmas is not about presents and money. It is about Jesus’ birthday. It is a day to spend with our family and the people important to us. Keep Christ in Christmas.
Milan Olivia Murruni
Age 9, Grade 4
Matawan
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
My holiday wish is that Jesus can hang out with me. It’s not about getting, it’s about giving. Have an attitude of gratitude. Come pray with me. I love you, Jesus.
Andrew Roll
Age 10, Grade 4
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream …
Anthony LoMonaco, Matawan Age 5, Grade Kindergarten St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge My holiday dream is to ask Santa to give out gifts to the poor. It is important to be nice to everyone and give gifts to family and friends. I want to go back in time and see Jesus born. I want to be able to see Jesus in real life. That is impossible and I wish it wasn’t. That is my one wish.
Olivia Rivera
Age 9, Grade 4
Sayreville
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge Dear Santa,
Can you give Jesus a big hug for me? Christmas isn’t about presents, it’s about Jesus’ birthday. Don’t be greedy, be giving. If you give to someone else and make them smile, maybe you will smile too. That’s all I want for my holiday wishes.
Bryan Roll
Age 10, Grade 4
Old Bridge
St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge
Ryan Rosseter Age 9, Grade 4 South Amboy Elementary School 
Franchesca Markarian, Old Bridge Age 7, Grade 2 St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge 
Leah Smith Age 5, Grade Kindergarten Miller School, Old Bridge