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Osawatomie Dec 25, 1860 Dear Father and all friends at home: A merry Christmas to you all. We had our merry Christmas last Saturday and ever since, for our box came Saturday. I have a chance to get this to the mail and must necessarily write but a few lines. I hardly know how to express our feeling of gratitude and comfort and happiness at getting so many nice things from you and our Steuben friends. You could not have sent things so appropriate to our needs longings if we had sent to tell what to send. Sarah asked Robert when we heard of the box what he wanted to come in the box! "Bobbie want a little clock, and a knife and a pair of boots." So you see he was unknown exactly. Tell Aunty that the children were very much pleased with their little socks