The following was written by a 13-year-old girl still (maybe on some level) believing in Santa. She might just be related to me but I take no credit:
“Dear Santa Claus, December 19, 2017
“Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Wow, another amazing year has flown by. I know kids don’t say this enough, but thank you for all you have done and all you continue to do.
“I was thinking about what I wanted for Christmas. A purse maybe, but then I realized I might not really need that. Possibly a bread-maker? No, I probably wouldn’t use that too often. And then it hit me. I didn’t want anything for Christmas! At first, this bothered me. I wanted to ask you for something, but I am perfectly content. Now I realize how lucky I am. I have great friends, food on the table, a roof over my head, many wonderful privileges and the perfect family. So of course I will always want stuff for Christmas, but I don’t need anything.
“As I was telling my Mom that I did not know what to ask you, she pointed out that all some kids want for Christmas is food. That made me feel really spoiled and really lucky as well.
“Anyways, I’ve been ranting on and on about this and probably wasting your precious time. Now I know what I want. The first thing that I want for Christmas is for every person in the world to have the same privileges and have their basic needs met like me. The second thing I want is for Donald Trump (and his goons) to go to jail and have Hillary Clinton (or at least someone sane) take over and become President. I am guessing you don’t support Trump. Anyway, I know that you can’t get me those two things for Christmas. So what I really want is a decent sized cork-board for my room please. Since friends and family are very important to me, I can use the board to show appreciation for all I have.
“Enough about me. How have you been? Say ‘hi’ to Mrs. Claus and the elves for me, especially Buddy because he is the best elf ever. I need to wrap this up, because this is an extra lengthy letter. Have a Very Merry Christmas!
Love, Avery