We believe in magic. Not a dungeons and dragons deep magic, but the kind of magic that is created when love and energy and optimism and effort converge around an idea or belief. We create our own reality. And so it will come as no surprise that write a lot of letters to Santa.
When Mom and I cleaned out her guest room closet last month, she surprised me with a pile - a huge pile - of she and my uncle's childhood books. Most of them are Wonder Books from between 1949 and 1956. But among them was an eight-inch square little volume published in 1967. She remembers receiving this book as a Secret Santa gift, maybe in college or as a first-year teacher. The title page reads: "These letters were selected from the thousands of letters, postcards, scribbled notes and Christmas cards sent each December 25th to Santa Claus by young boys and girls who still belive that without Santa there just isn't any real Christmas".
Well. Emily and Caroline can't get enough of this little book. To tell you the truth, neither can I. The letters appear in the children's original handwriting. We read a few each night at bedtime. I am going to begin sharing them here, in hopes that you believe in magic as well.
Good thinking, Ira. When you really need some information, you should always go straight to the source.
OK. This one is my favorite. I think that if I knew Robert, he would remind me a lot of Caroline.
Cheers!
ERB
4 comments:
Welllll, that must be some surprise Robert was planning. LOL
I have a feeling that your sister, and mine, might have written a letter like that at one time! Except that Santa would have delivered the goods to Granny's for a "sneak attack." :)
LOVE. IT.
I love letters written by kids. So honest. So NOT sneaky.
I can see my #2 penning Robert's letter as well. Thanks for sharing-I needed a laugh to start the day! :)
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