“Please send me a Friend.” – A girl’s letter to Santa

Letter to Santa

A teen-aged-girl stopped at Santa’s Letter Box, picked up a blank letter to Santa and walked in the door.

“Do you have a pen I could borrow?”  She asked with a little apprehension.

“Sure!”  I replied, while handing her the pen from my pocket.  Then, I watched her lean over the counter and write her heartfelt letter to Santa, with hope radiating from her face.  As soon as she finished writing her letter she folded it once.  She folded it twice.  She folded it a third time, just to ensure its contents would remain unseen by all eyes; other than Santa’s.

“Thanks!”  She said while walking back to the door from which she entered.

She walked through the door, continued forward down three steps, turned left and then faced the bright red North Pole Post box, where she deposited her letter.  Finally, she patted the top of the hope-filled-box three times before smiling optimistically.  The young girl turned away and walked down the Christmas adorned street.

At the end of the day I too walked to Santa’s Box, being one of Santa’s Helpers, I gathered all of the letters from the box, brought them inside and began to place them in Santa’s folder, so each one of them could be answered before Christmas.  Only one of them had the girl’s careful folds.  

Those folds piqued my interest, so I opened it and read, “Santa, will you please send me a friend for Christmas?”  The sincere request reminded me of another earnest question asked of me many years ago.

“Is Santa real?”  My daughter Kilee once asked me as a young girl.

 “Yes!” I responded.  “But not the way you think.  I’m Santa for you and you too can be Santa for others.”

Kilee’s eyes brightened when she learned this magical secret.  She immediately went about taking her role as Santa, for others, very seriously.  And, she continues to do so today as a mother, daughter, sister and friend.

Friendship is the greatest gift one person can give to another.  A genuine gift of friendship is much different than posting messages to people you know, or know of.  Creating strong personal ties can only be done face to face with an ear attuned to listening.  It ends loneliness.

A lonely, teen-aged-girl stopped at Santa’s Letter Box, picked up a blank letter to Santa and walked in the door.

“Do you have a pen I could borrow?”  She asked with a little apprehension.

“Sure!”  I replied, while handing her the pen from my pocket.  Then, I watched her lean over the counter and write her heartfelt letter to Santa with hope, that her loneliness would end, radiating from her face.  As soon as she finished writing her letter she folded it once.  She folded it twice.  She folded it a third time, just to ensure its contents would remain unseen by all eyes; other than Santa’s; and his helpers.

By combining all of our helper eyes and ears we will make the words, “He knows when you are sleeping.  He knows when you’re awake.  He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake” be real.

Be good for goodness sake.  End someone’s loneliness by being Santa for them.