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'O rThis Little LightIs Going To ShinePictures And Stories Of ManyNeighborhood Holiday PartiesPhotos And Stories, Pages 4, 7Temple Marks Its125th AnniversaryThe Garfield Temple CelebratesMore Than A Century OfWorship In Brooklyn, Pnve 12Window ShoppingThe Winners Of The Thirdm mm mm mmmmmm m m mm^m^m mmeam m mmmjr %u00bb %u00bb %u00bb %u00abk * ;%u2014Awards Are Announced.Pictures And Story, Page 13A Letter Perfect XmasSlope/So. Brooklyn School Board DividedAgain Over Hook PTA And Superintendentina vote not made public, decided to advertise forContinued on Page SThe dance classes directed by Karen Ford from P.S. 32 added some holiday cheer and cheers to the District SchoolBoard m eeting in December. (Phoenix/Neuberger Photo)BY TRACY GARRITYHer mother is a single parent working late at night to pay the bills. She%u2019s been a good girl. Or at least she%u2019s tried hard to be. This year she knows there is no money for a tree. Or for gifts to put under it. %u201c Dear Santa, I am not sure Christmas will be a happy day for me,%u201d she writes. %u201c But I have been good anyway.%u201d A short list follows: a twister game; Monopoly; a Wrinkles dog doll.They come by the thousands, these letters to Santa. Some written with great care and detail giving the elves precise specifications, others dashed off in childish haste: %u201c 1 want a puppy%u201d or %u201c I want a baby sister.%u201d Addressed to the North Pole they sit in huge bags in the U.S. Post Office waiting to be read by a Santa who rarely writes back.But that%u2019s not true in Brooklyn. Because, contrary to popular belief Santa Claus does not live in the North Pole %u2014 he lives at the Brooklyn Post Office. And not only does he take the time to answer the hunreds of letters that are addressed to him, with increasing generosity he puts together packages of gifts, and invites the kids down to meet him and the elves %u2014 at the General Brooklyn Post Office on Cadman PlazaPerhaps, for many of the children most of us know, Christmas has become largely a commercial experience. Kids will argue with their friends over who has theChristie Hoapper gives Santa a thank you hug afterreceiving her gifts this holiday season.largest tree, the most presents, the biggest bike. But those parents who feel that Scrooge or FAO Schwartz has snatched the true spirit of Christmas from 1986 need only to look into the happy face of a needy child who has been given a doll by Santa himselfContinued on Page FiveACaA TripBest BWherBY MARY JO NEUBERGEROn Dec. 18 at 8pm in the auditorium of Public School 32 on Hoyt and Bond Sts., the atmosphere was cheerful and pleasant. Joining the Community District School Board 15 members at their monthly public meeting were over 200 adults, many there to see their sons and daughters dance and sing in a pre-business holiday performance.The regular agenda passed quickly, with only a few snags as the board took care of mostly routine matters involving continuation of current projects. It looked as if the meeting would end quietly before the holidays, but by 10:30, underlying conflicts surfaced over decision-making procedures of the board, including closed sessions, and the contention between the majority and minority factions of the board boiled over, sparked by recent action taken concerning Public School 27 in Red Hook and a continued lack of resolution of a problem at P.S. 38 in Boerum Hill.As soon as the regular agenda was completed, the accusations started flying as board members and audience interrupted each other withThe HolidaysIn BrooklynA Sure Cure For TheKids-Home-BlSee Calendar,And Story