European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 just rub the dog s belly writer tells Santa january myth Coppock from Heidel  j a a a jTk.,  w Berg warns Santa i must give you a is Ess ski so fews i Laww. A risks la a warning. I have a Little dog. She does t a Tummy i Habu a Simm rum atm Aimon Luw to bite but she barks a lot. So if she wakes fird to Skiff is Stasus sissk""1Theidelberg warns Santa i t give you a doesn1 bite but she barks a lol. Sot if she wakes up while you re Here just rub her belly and she will be your in and for  but Santa loves animals and animals love him. How come we re writing 10 stars an stripes and Noi to the North pole asks Karen by Torworth of friedae. Ger Many. She also wants to know How Long did it Lake to act from the North pole to Ger Many Karen signs off Well 1 have no More in say so la Tat the letters come to the surs and stripes because Santa gets lots of letters and he has his elves sort out the mail for him. Sama Claus can go anywhere in the world m the blink of an Eye. And that show he makes it around the world in one night just in Case you Don i remember Santa s address Here it is again Santa Claus co the Slars and so rips apoq92il also Dort forget there s no need for a stamp when mailing through the Apo just write "mps1 in the upper Righi hand Corner of the envelope. Niru cd Ilkin Are Jet Maun by Hikman Morch Juil n Phyll Al j pull rom land Gay. Kat. 5lui i Shirron 5 pm i a Inch a Plumi Cordan Affett 4 m Ltd null j jct to Bllou Arrunda slur fwd pc Hutn Al Mil huh Flor Irv Turt Tho Mownn j it lie hum to rom scan Winfun Efeme Lutary school met Mac apr of Stany c von Kane wigs i  u. Of Urmi Milam Lotrn by i did def nil Del by Olny a Choc mar h 1il Sti i Tika Iii a Jiff Coilton put Nyll Cetnar no 1 twi Zynel up Raj Cainnie Sienna fim Nhin j  Iii jus Urt Wiy ural Ruil Koltl 5irft Walt Jay Pilow to san Oak. Fax Rorn totem a  Murgan Oflia dems Vinduri Andrin Ptan Karin Vinotti a Tommy w greeting the elves1 a Jota children Cun stumped As elves draw smiles from president and mrs. Reagan during the aping of a Christmas i Al e vis Ion program in Washington. Hie special program will a aired on Abc to. Safe flying Santa gets Pilot s wings Dover Del. A Santa Claus got his Pilot s wings in a ceremony honouring him for years of Acci Dent free flying this is the Best Christmas present i be had in years Santa said when he was presented with specially designed command Pilot wings by l. Col. John t. Loughran of the 9lh military Airlift so at Dover fab Laughran said inc wings were Long overdue be cause Santa has had Many years and hours of and Cint fryc flying and has contributed o world peace. Sol Matthew Modleski an air traffic controller at he base told about 50 preschoolers who attended he ceremony at a local restaurant that Santa was cleared for his Christmas eve flight hmm he North pole Podover. And Shine Rudolph s nose very brightly so we Cansec you on our radar Modless i said. 400 musicians take to ice for tub Christmas concert new York a Christmas carols look on an unusual note As 400 tuba players aged 8 to 7fi took to the ice at Rockefeller Center. Performers in the 13th annual tub Christmas concert on the skating rink serenaded shoppers sunday Wim tuba renditions of such All time favourites As deck the Halis silent night and Joy id inc  the concert kicks of Fth Holiday spirit a Little bit said Ted Kucin 35, of Rocky Point who was in the audience. It s Good that it s a Little coid out. ,. It s part of the atmosphere 1 tuba Christmas founder and director Harvey Phil lips a tuba instructor at Indiana University said the concerts attempt to gain Public acknowledgement of the instruments and get the musicians to express them selves  the series of 140 concerts nationwide using local Talent started this year in Kansas City mo., on nov. 28 and will end on Christmas eve in Dallas. Adults children write about Hopes for Holiday Christ Kyndl Austria a each Christmas thousands of people from the four Corners of the world write to an austrian postmaster expressing their Hopes fears and wishes. Most of the letters come from Chil Dren but adults also write. The Content varies but the addressee is always the same Christ child. The reason is twofold. The infant Jesus plays the Central role at Christmas in most european countries bringing gins to die deserving and Consolation to the needy. And inc name of this upper austrian Hamlet translates As Christ child. Letters began coming 3d years ago when a special Post office was set up next to a baroque Church of pilgrimage to do business Over the Christmas season. Postal officials say the original idea was to give austrian a Chance to Send Christmas letters with a special Christ child postmark. About 42,000 letters cleared the Post office in the first year in 1985, More than 1.8 million a year were processed Between opening Day nov. 28 and Jan. 6, the letters now come from As far away As Mexico and Australia the bulk of them from people seeking the postmark along with a special stamp. A West German suffering from advanced hearing loss asked for a favor. Because Christ child is at a place of pilgrimage i would like to ask fora prayer and a consecrated Cross to help me gel Over my illness be said. Ligpit a Candle for me. A letter from an 80-year-old woman in Munich complained that her wishes for aused television set have been left unfulfilled for Yean and she could not buy one an a monthly pension equating j250. But what she wrote hat what she really wants is a Small present for her grand daughter an orphan with heart trouble. All letters gel replies most of them reprinted forms in English German italian French and dutch saying the Post office Hopes he wishes will be or have been answered