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Jan 6 2012

Father Christmas Letter 2011

Apologies on the delay of this post…I am catching up on the whirlwind that was December.

 

Back in October madame wrote a letter to Father Christmas.  She drew her wishes in her letter, and asked me to add subtitles just to make it crystal clear.

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She very carefully wrote the name on the envelope, but got a bit tired after writing so small and running out of space, so I helped a bit and added the north pole.

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Here is the response she got…

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Lovely drawing of Father Christmas and the reindeer…

 

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Here is the postmark from Santa’s post office, and the stamp…

 

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The letter was sealed with sealing wax…we have been thinking about getting our own sealing wax ever since we saw it.

She paid careful attention to his recommendation about an early bedtime on Xmas eve, she was in bed and asleep by 6:30 p.m.!

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Did she get what she wanted? She did get a toy cat in her stocking, and was very pleased. Thank you Father Christmas!

 

 

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Oct 31 2011

Father Christmas letters

giggling in her sleep (heard from the other room)

‘Tis the season again for letters to Father Christmas. Last year our little girl got a letter in the mail in response to her letter:
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This year’s letter to F. C. has been written, wonder if we will get a reply.

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Dec 14 2009

Father Christmas letter

Lucy got a reply to her letter from Father Christmas…

She was particularly enchanted by the drawings of cat and dog…

They look just like the ones in her book!

Her first question upon seeing the letter was a matter-of-fact ‘what did he say about the train set’….I guess she’ll just have to wait and see.

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Nov 16 2009

A Letter to Father Christmas

We were reading one of Lucy’s fave books, Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, when Lucy decided it was about time to write her letter to Father Christmas.

We got out her letter-writing kit, and with some prompting, she dictated to me:

Dear Father Christmas,

I like your reindeer. I would like a train set. And Wubert would like a dry towel.

(The dry towel being for after he got out of the tub and was a “soggy moggy.”)

I left the room for a moment, and when I came back, she had started to write another letter in her own hand. So I left her to it.

She used all the stamps on her letter, just in case.

A bit later I wandered back in to see Wubert in the midst of creating his own letter. I suspect he did not want a dry towel after all…and was making his wishes known.

We sent the letters out the next day. We’ll keep an eye on the post and report any interesting mail.

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