Letter to Santa

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She dictated the words and I told her which letters came next.  Notice, I told her that the word "ballerina" was a long word so she should make her letters smaller to fit on the page.

I told her that when I was a kid, we put our letters to Santa in the roaring fireplace so that the smoke would get to the North Pole quickly.  We don't have a fireplace here so I was suggesting that we could burn it in the back yard over the BBQ.  Roma would have nothing to do with burning her letter.  Lately, she has been having fun sending letters to her aunties.  So she went and retrieved an envelope and proceeded to ask how to write Santa's address in the envelope.  We then went out to the mailbox and put it next to a letter to Aunti LoLo that she had written earlier in the day.  The next morning, we looked in the mailbox.  The letter to Santa was gone but the letter to Aunti LoLo was still there waiting for the mail carrier to pick it up.  Roma was wide-eyed amazed that Santa's helpers were able to find her letter there during the nighttime.

This year has been the magical one.  Last year, I remember thinking she just didn't get it all.  She made me open the presents and then ended up playing with the boxes that the toys came in.  I'm enjoying this time of year too.