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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Santa has very good manners: All the kids who write him letters get a post card sent from the North Pole!

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True Mom Confession:

I debunked the Santa myth last year, when my youngest child begged for the truth at 7 years old (and then begged for a Wii game from me if not from Santa).   While I can safely say that our Christmas is still delightful, it is devoid of mythical fleece covered creatures and flying animals.  But in these troubling times, I was happy  to discover that the magic for those kids whose parents haven’t spilled the beans yet, is being kept alive by kind hearted postal workers who do their best to write back to each and every child who sends a letter to Santa care of The North Pole.  

I’m not sure this is happening in the overcrowded and understaffed LA post offices near my house, but they’re definitely taking care of this in South Florida, so says an article in a local paper I happened to stumble upon while searching for last minute xmas gifts and online shopping deals.   

Turns out the postal workers decided that a short and sweet postcard – adhering to magic but with a small dose of reality - urging kids to be “good” but also cautioning them that their gifts might not make in on Christmas morning due to limited space in Santa’s sled.    

For a nice dose of holiday cheer -  here are a few samples of requests and sentiments sent to St. Nick:

- I want Legos and world peace.

- I want a beautiful girlfriend inside a present.

- I want a T-Rex.

- Give Rudolph and the other reindeers a carrot for me!

And my personal favorite:

- We have been listening to our parents some of the time.

Does your post office play Santa?  Do you have a favorite letter to santa you can share???? Please let us know! 

More holiday confessions:

I just made 120 cookies -- I need a stiff drink!

Ugggghhhh.  My inlaws!

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Comments 1-7 of 7
  • Chrystani's Avatar
    Posted by Chrystani Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:10pm PST

    AWWWWWWWWWW!!!! That is so cute. Kids...

    I want a trex for Christmas. That is so cute.

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  • Mustafa's Avatar
    Posted by Mustafa Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:26pm PST

    how are you

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  • pretty much amazing's Avatar
    Posted by pretty much amazing Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:39pm PST

    One of my favorites I heard years ago:

    "I wish my dad would stop using his bowling words in the house."

    Ahaha...

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  • Lara's Avatar
    Posted by Lara Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:17am PST

    That is pretty cute. I don't know if my post office is doing that but I work at my local gyms child care senter and I over heard a parent talking about sending a letter to Santa in the mail so I'll to have to ask them next week is Santa wrote back.

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  • RitaF's Avatar
    Posted by RitaF Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:34pm PST

    That is beyond sweet! It's amazing how kind someone people can be out there. This was really thoughtful.

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  • Habanero♥™'s Avatar
    Posted by Habanero♥™ Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:35am PST

    This is a great idea and something the kids can do:

    XEROX IS DOING

    SOMETHING COOL

    If you go

    to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick

    out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a

    soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You

    can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed

    services.

    How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to

    send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.

    Wouldn't it be

    wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or

    against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind

    them.

    This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank

    you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others

    to do. We can never say enough thank you's.

    Thanks for taking to time to

    support our military!

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  • Habanero♥™'s Avatar
    Posted by Habanero♥™ Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:44am PST

    This is a great idea and something the kids can do:

    XEROX IS DOING

    SOMETHING COOL

    If you go

    to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick

    out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a

    soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You

    can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed

    services.

    How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to

    send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.

    Wouldn't it be

    wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or

    against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind

    them.

    This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank

    you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others

    to do. We can never say enough thank you's.

    Thanks for taking to time to

    support our military!

    Report Abuse
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