[Swordmaker]

I’ll start with my seven year old granddaughter Delaney’s letter to Santa. She has just gotten a black and white kitten which she has named "Lord Lightning Smitten the Super Kitten Kaboom Llama Long aka Mr. Meepers" familiarly known as "Smitty". . . Who joined the household’s other two cats, Kaze (Japanese for "wind") and Termite (called "Termy”), and a seventeen year old tropical fish named "Gobo.”

Her mother, my elder daughter, told her she needed to tell Santa she’d been a good girl all year, but Delaney said "I can’t tell him that! I’ve had a couple of slip ups! He’ll know!" From the creative spelling, it’s pretty obvious Delaney’s mom is teaching her to read the way we taught her, by the phonics method. Incidentally, she made her mom buy Christmas stockings for each of the pets, fish included, this year. Here is her Santa letter ("101" on some of the items I’m told is "LOL," a toy brand.):

[MayflowerMadam]

Adorable. Each kitty has his own list.

[NEMDF]

Our youngest granddaughter, who is 2, proceeded to tell Santa that she wants a peacock for Christmas, much to the dismay of her parents. Luckily, one of the aunties found a stuffed one, so Santa will come through.

[OrioleFan]

My daughter was in Afghanistan (Air Force) a year+ ago. She said one of the highlights was getting letters from school kids. They were posted on a bulletin board so everyone could enjoy what the kids wrote.

[Moltke]

OK then, let’s get this out of the way early in the thread:

WHAT, NO APPLE PRODUCTS?

[cyn]

// Her mother, my elder daughter, told her she needed to tell Santa she’d been a good girl all year, but Delaney said “I can’t tell him that! I’ve had a couple of slip ups! He’ll know!” //

So funny! Great priceless letter, too; thanks so much for sharing it here — reminds us of good things in life inspite of ... well ...

Have a blessed wonderful Christmas! :-)