Dear Santa,
I hope you get my letter. My mommy said she maled it snail male. I don’t know why she sent it with a snail because snails are really slow. Even slower than my turtle James.
It is very important that I know if I made it on the nice list this year. Mommy said that you try very hard to give every little boy and girl what they want for Christmas. I didn’t tell my daddy goodnight and that I loved him last time I talked to him on the phone. I am really sorry because that was naughty. I just miss him and wanted him to come home. Two days before Thanksgiving my daddy’s Lootenant came to our house to tell my mommy that he got kilt in the line of duty in Irack. I wish daddy wasn’t in that line. He should have raised his hand and said he had to go to the bathroom. That is what I do in school. Do you think daddy was mad at me because I didn’t say I love you? I tried to be really really good this year. I made my bed three times or maybe four. I hold my little sisters hand when I take her to her class even though my friend says girls have cooties. Do you know if that is true? Susie is in kindergardon and I am in first. I know I broke Susie’s doll but it was an axsadent, that’s the truth. And I am sorry that I punched Joey in school but he was picking on me. I asked mommy if I have been good and she said for the most part but I don’t know if she saw me taking a cookie the other day and I yelled at the dog for trying to eat my sock.
I really hope my being good is more than my being bad. Please say yes. You won’t even have to go out of your way. Mommy told my grandma that people don’t like to go out of their way. But if you say I am on your nice list then maybe when you are flying through the sky to give out presents you will see God. If you do can you give him the kisses and hugs I put in here and ask him to give them to my daddy? I hope you can find them, mommy says you can see everything. Do you know if my daddy has been good since he has been in heaven with God? Maybe you could ask God if my daddy can use the phone and call me. I promise I won’t be mad at him anymore. I just want to tell him goodnight and that I love him. I have been asking God to have him call me but maybe he doesn’t because he don’t want my mommy to cry anymore. Tell God she doesn’t cry all time just at night when she thinks I am sleeping.
I hope I have been good enough.
Tommy