Letters to Santa Claus

We have an Oma who has introduced my children to the tradition of St Nicholas’s Day.  Every year on December 5th they carefully write their letters and tuck them into their shoes.  Then they cross their fingers and hope.  They know that this is the last warning bad children get before Christmas.  St Nick takes their letters and good children get chocolate….bad children get rocks.

I look forward to reading these letters every year.  (I have 9 years’ worth of letters tucked away in a box in my room.)  It’s fun to look back at the things that they dreamed of when they were small and compare those simple letters with the funny notes they leave as they get older.  Here’s what #1 wrote the old guy:

Dear Mr Claus,

I regret to inform you that I can not say that I have not set anything on fire or blown anything up.  Fortunately, no one was hurt when these things took place.

Instead of boring you with tales of the good deeds I have done, I’ll skip right to the point.  

I would like an itunes gift card and a Daisy Exchange gift card, but you know that already.  I would also like a colorful, interesting assortment of accessories from Icing.  I’ve heard that Assassin’s Creed 2 is good, and that it comes for the Wii, so I would like that.  If there is a Call of Duty for the Wii, I would like it as well.

If you could get (#2) a nintendo gamecube controller for the Wii, along with the Zelda game he NEVER shuts up about, that would be wonderful.  What we really need is an XBox, but I have a feeling that it’s not happening anytime soon. So instead, I’d like interestingly colored duct tape (the Duck tape brand), a knife, a Nerf gun, and some chocolate.

I hope that was helpful, because I despise writing letters of any sort.  Which is my way of saying “I’m done now.”

DON’T FORGET TO GO BUY CANDY….and some more oranges………please?

– The Eldest and most perfect Frech child.

You guessed it…..she’s getting rocks.