Letters to Santa

Every year the kids write and mail a letter to Santa... some willingly write them and some are forced nowadays. This year was no different - it was on our advent calendar yesterday and these are the kids' letters (unfortunately, Hudson mailed his letter before I could see it).

Ella's letter was the most interesting and most unhelpful... she wants nothing for Christmas but books. Here's the letter I forced her to write and I can just hear her sarcasm in every paragraph!...

Dear Santa,

    I hope you are doing well! I'm sure things at the North Pole are going smoothly. People are a little shaken because of COVID-19 right now. Are your elves getting sick? Are you and Mrs. Clause in good health? I'm sure you have a wonderful medical team near your workshop, as elves must need doctors, too.

    How was your Thanksgiving? I know it's an American holiday, and right when Christmas panic sets in, but I think that it's important to give thanks before we give gifts. It's a way to recognize what-and who-matters, before the shopping season. It takes more than a pandemic to dissuade Black Friday! What do you want for Christmas this year, Santa? A year of rest from your exhausting holiday? Something to balance the cookies? Kids to be a little less greedy with their lists? I hope it finds you and that you have that same happy moment as all of the kids who find your gifts on Christmas Day.

    Unfortunately, I too want something for Christmas. I don't know what, but I do have a couple little things that would be a nice surprise.

    I would like a new set of pens. Preferably gel ink joys, but I am sure that your many years of letter writing have helped you find some good options. Anything colorful!

    I also feel like a diffuser would be a nice touch. I did say that I wasn't going to get anything for my room, but it would definitely help me make the room mine.

    I also wanted to thank you for last year's gift, which was as perfect as always. I know you'll find just the thing for me this year, too.

    Best of luck and good health,

            Ella Asay

Brooklyn's Christmas letter to Santa is a little more direct and straight to the point...

Dear Santa,

I hope you have a great Christmas! This year I would love,

- A blow-dry brush, yes I know I have an iron but a brush doesn't damage as much

- A projector

- A computer (I would love an Apple Air Mac)

- A desk

- Those glasses I wanted before

- Books:

Stuart Gibbs, Bear Bottom

P... Bosch, Bad News

Sheila Turnage, 

The Odds of Getting Even and The Laws of Finders Keepers

- LED lights

And then Kendall's letter...

Dear Santa,

How are you? Please tell Mrs. Clause I said hi. Here is what I would like for Christmas:

1. A puppy

2. A guitar and things for it

3. Fitbit bands

4. Robot anything but maybe a dog?

5. Spy things

6. A pump for my type 1 diabetes

7. A head mannequin with real human hair

8. Barbie things, a Barbie dreamhouse

9. kits

10. An iPad

11. Cameral film

12. a phone case

13. real microphone

14. LED lights

15. Cool bed: bunkbed or canopy bed

16. cool clothes and PJs

While I didn't see Hudson's letter to Santa before he mailed it, he made this list for me just after Thanksgiving...

- drums

- snow globe

- notebook

- Transformers

- Beyblades

- robot

- gun

- watch

- glow gloves

- camera

- soccer ball