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    LETTERS TO SANTA COMPETITION

    Nov 25, 2021 4 minutes
    Charlotte Hodgman Editor

    Following the success of 2020’s Postcards from the Past competition, BBC History Revealed, with HistoryExtra.com, launched a festive competition for children aged 6-13 designed to challenge their historical knowledge and inspire their imaginations. Their task: to write a letter to Santa from the perspective of a historical person telling him what they’ve been doing over the past 12 months and what they would like him to bring them for Christmas.

    Yet again, we’ve been amazed by the enthusiasm, artistic talent, imagination and level of historical knowledge shown in

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