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sheshe2

(83,793 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 01:24 PM Dec 2014

Dear Santa

As much as we love the holidays, with all of the awful headlines we've been confronted with lately, sometimes we can't help but feel a little bit grinchy.

But our foul moods instantly evaporated when the letter below showed up in our inbox.



A proud mother tells us that her son, who is in 4th grade, wrote this note to Santa and read it to his class earlier this month.

"When he brought the letter home, I knew it was a special letter," the mother told us in an email sent to The Huffington Post. "He tells me his teacher was crying. The other kids took it in their stride. It's not a big deal."

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Dear Santa (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2014 OP
Children should run the world. bravenak Dec 2014 #1
Yes they should bravenak. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #2
Kick sheshe2 Dec 2014 #3
DU rec...nt SidDithers Dec 2014 #4
K and R (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #5
I have hope for the future when I see things like this. calimary Dec 2014 #6
Gives me hope as well calimary. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #7
And to you and yours as well, my friend! calimary Dec 2014 #8
k&r.... spanone Dec 2014 #9

calimary

(81,323 posts)
6. I have hope for the future when I see things like this.
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 04:19 PM
Dec 2014

Sounds like this little boy will grow up to be a thinking, kind, and compassionate man.

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