As part of my daughters' 11th grade English class, the students craft replies to Santa letters written by local second graders. I am always amused to read the childrens' missives to Santa (poor kids unaware that instead of heading to the North Pole their precious letters are only traveling to the high school through inter-office mail...)
"Dear Santa," writes young Owen, "Remember me? I'm sorry I was naughty again. Will you bring me lots of legos?" Katie only wants a book about bats, and I really hope someone tells her parents that before they buy out the Barbie aisle...It kind of got me thinking what Emerson and Elliot might write in their Santa letters...
Dear Santa,
This is our first Christmas, so can you forgive us for being naughty? We didn't mean it that time we knocked down the gate and ran off down the driveway, and when Emerson pees in the hay bucket it's always an accident! As for that priceless straw hat, could you try to forget about that? We didn't know it was a library book that we chewed the corners off (it was so yummy!) and that time Elliot jumped on the hood of Dad's car - it was just too tempting! (Mom did tell him not to park there...) When Emmie gnawed a hole in Emily's favorite coat and then pooped in her shoes, it was just his way of showing affection! And when we head-butt each other off the table to get all the apples, nobody really gets hurt too much...We try to be good but it's just so hard! If you could bring us some extra animal crackers and sturdy cardboard boxes to eat, we'd be so happy! Maybe you could make the yummy weeds grow back and stop it being dark so early and ask the peoples to play with us a little more...And we promise, next time Mommy tries to take our Christmas photo, we'll keep our Santa hats on for more than a millisecond and maybe we'll even look at the camera!
Love,
Emerson and Elliot
P.S. We'd love to meet this Rudolph character everyone keeps talking about - he kind of looks like us!
"Dear Santa," writes young Owen, "Remember me? I'm sorry I was naughty again. Will you bring me lots of legos?" Katie only wants a book about bats, and I really hope someone tells her parents that before they buy out the Barbie aisle...It kind of got me thinking what Emerson and Elliot might write in their Santa letters...
Dear Santa,
This is our first Christmas, so can you forgive us for being naughty? We didn't mean it that time we knocked down the gate and ran off down the driveway, and when Emerson pees in the hay bucket it's always an accident! As for that priceless straw hat, could you try to forget about that? We didn't know it was a library book that we chewed the corners off (it was so yummy!) and that time Elliot jumped on the hood of Dad's car - it was just too tempting! (Mom did tell him not to park there...) When Emmie gnawed a hole in Emily's favorite coat and then pooped in her shoes, it was just his way of showing affection! And when we head-butt each other off the table to get all the apples, nobody really gets hurt too much...We try to be good but it's just so hard! If you could bring us some extra animal crackers and sturdy cardboard boxes to eat, we'd be so happy! Maybe you could make the yummy weeds grow back and stop it being dark so early and ask the peoples to play with us a little more...And we promise, next time Mommy tries to take our Christmas photo, we'll keep our Santa hats on for more than a millisecond and maybe we'll even look at the camera!
Love,
Emerson and Elliot
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