Itâs just too easy.
SANTA
Dear Santa,
I âm going to leave you some cookies my dad got at work and didnât want. The puppy you got me peed on my bed again. Try to do better next year.
Jessica Cehlar-Morrison
Dear Jessica,
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I know your parents always tell you to be honest, but, frankly, there is such a thing as being too truthful. People donât respond to comments like those you sent me by saying to themselves: âOh, what an honest little girl she is!â No, what they say is: âDo you think Jessica is really that repulsive, or is she just too stupid to know better?â In fact thatâs exactly what Iâve asked myself, and sadly, the answer I settled on is that Jessica really is that repulsive. So this year, instead of toys or a puppy that doesnât pee, Iâm going to be bringing you something far more precious. Itâs called tact. I hope you make the most of it.
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Keep the cookies,
SANTA
Dear Santa,
Please donât be mad but my Grandpa hit one of your reindeer with his car last night and even though he said it hurt his car more than his car hurt it I donât think itâll be good in time for Christmas Eve. My dad said you can borrow our dog Stinker if you need to because sheâs as big as a horse. I donât think Stinker can fly but sheâll try her best.
Sorry.
Sam
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Donât worry. Youâre grandpa didnât hit one of my reindeer. Unfortunately, he did hit a joggerâdespite his claim that it was a deer. Iâm afraid the police will trace the incident to him by early Christmas morning. Just as youâre all opening the gifts Iâve left for you, theyâll arrive to arrest him for manslaughter.
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Enjoy the presents!
SANTA
Hey Santa,
This is my first time writing to you in the seven years that Iâve been alive. Dad says itâs time to be a big girl and write my own letters instead of telling him what to write.
I want to start off by saying that this year, even though it was one of the hardest years for me, I was so good. Itâs so hard to be good, but in the end, I think itâs all worth it. Me and my brother didnât fight that many times, but when we did, it was nothing too big. He fought with me once because I ate the last fruit roll-up. He hit me and then my mom grounded him. I tried to start a fight with him once, but then he told my mom and then I got grounded; that was really the only time I did anything wrong. Nothing else really happened that was big during this year. My oldest sister went off to college so she hasnât been around. I saw her a week ago for thanksgiving, but she wasnât around that much, she was too busy running around with her boyfriend. She comes home again in three weeks for a really long winter break, and to spend Christmas with us, so Iâm really excited. Sheâs my favorite sister in the whole world, and she always gives me anything I want. I donât think I could ask for a better sister.
Moving onto Christmas, I really hope you can bring me everything I ask for. I know itâs a lot, so if
you canât deliver everything in one night, then Iâll understand a little bit. The first thing I want are a lot of Barbies. I love Barbies. Theyâre my favorite doll to play with. When I get older, I want to look and act just like her! At night, when Iâm sleeping, all I dream about is Barbie. Everything about her is perfect, and I want to be just like her!
The other thing I would like to ask for are a lot of Webkinz. You know, those animal internet-talking pets? Theyâre so cool. I think theyâre the best thing that has ever happened to my computer. I have the dog, the frog, the pig, and the moose, so if you see any other ones that I donât have, I would love them! I trust anything you chose for me. I think I would like either 2 or 3 just so my other Webkinz have other friends to play
Pattie Mallette, with A. J. Gregory