Writing a letter to Santa is the ultimate proof of his existence, isn’t it? You don’t even need to receive a response. The act of putting a stamp on an envelope and dropping it in an official government mailbox pretty much seals the deal that the big guy is up there somewhere in the North Pole checking his good and bad list and then checking it twice.
He’s gonna find out who’s naughty and nice, people.
Next to Santa, my husband is the person I associate most with the holiday. He is a stone cold Christmas junkie. No kidding around here, because CHRISTMAS IS NO JOKE.
Thanksgiving to New Year’s, only Christmas music can play in the car and on our record player. He pretty much has every Christmas record of note ever made. He was beyond ecstatic to discover The Andy Williams Christmas Album on vinyl at our local thrift shop for a quarter the other day, but his elation immediately gave way to sorrow when he remembered and lamented the fact that he has yet to find Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas record.
Just today I listened to him wax poetic with another male friend about the beauty of vintage blow molds and actually said it was his life’s dream to own the Santa in his sleigh with all nine reindeer blow mold that you can put on your roof. Only $600 on eBay, he says with sparkling eyes, as if I would actually consider the purchase.
He reserved tickets on the local “Polar Express” that runs through our town months ago.
I once recorded him for twenty consecutive minutes late one Christmas Eve while he jubilantly watched the NORAD Santa Tracker and talking to himself excitedly. He had no idea I was recording.
Check out a bunch of hilarious, handwritten letters that reveal a lot more than just what somebody wants for Christmas…
I Want To Impress The Boys
Ain't that just the life of a girl summed up in one brilliant sentence. "I want to impress the boys? I do not no why." Sing it, sister!
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Claire is kind of screwing Mitch over here. Sure, she's writing to Santa for him but it's all a ploy to look better and get more toys. She totally rats him out! I love how she signed it and then thought better of it and admitted to Santa it wasn't his "sign."
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"Somewhat bad." I wonder what we're talking about here? A "C" in math or murdering neighborhood pets? Either way, the kid is honest and understanding. Bonus points!
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Honesty is the best policy. Except I'm dying to know what comes after her confession. WHAT'S BEHIND THE WHITE OUT
? Still, bring Olivia everything, I say! Also, are her brother and sister married? I'm totally confused.
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This is dictation from my daughter Violet. We put it in her head that she should ask for a bike and a compter for kids (LeapPad) because we have it on good authority Santa already got them for her. The golden bouncy ball and the new blue marker were her call. Hmmmm... Not sure Santa can swing that one for you, kid. You better be EXTRA good. He knows when you've been bad or good, you know.
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Monica Bielanko was born and raised on the wild frontier of late 1970's Utah. She is a recovering Mormon who once went to see an unknown band from Philly and married the guitar player a few weeks later. She's been married to her Babble Voices writing partner, Serge Bielanko, for the past nine years. Along the way they have practiced and perfected the dark arts of couch dining, clandestine boozing, bambino wrangling, wide-open domestic warfare, and modern love.
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