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jmowreader

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Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:25 PM Dec 24

"All I Want For Christmas is Heavy Machinery" [View all]

At my newspaper we ran a special section full of kids' letters to Santa this week. Most of it is what you'd expect, and since this is still North Idaho you would be correct in expecting more than one kid asked for a gun for Christmas.

And...then we get to this one kid:

"Dear Santa, please bring me a skid steer."

This is what he wants:

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Oh heck yea! I want to hire that kid! DUU Dec 24 #1
SkidSteer Maninacan Dec 24 #2
i have a skidsteer. mopinko Dec 24 #3
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