This gallery features drawings by children around the world, depicting what they would like to receive from Santa Claus this Christmas.

Santa letters children Christmas
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Among the usual requests for Lego and Barbie accessories are some moving wishes. A little girl from Prague would love cats and dogs to love each other. A leukaemia sufferer from Beirut says all she wants is to recover – and an iPad. And a 10-year-old girl from Macedonia says she just wants her parents to be friends again. Scroll through the slideshow below to read their Christmas wishes.

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