Seems like Halloween just ended. I haven't even planned my Thanksgiving Dinner yet. But The Pony has customers who are already thinking about Christmas.
The Pony picked up these two letters on Saturday, in outgoing mail from two different houses on his route.
"What do you do with them?"
"Some carriers open them and write back. I give mine to the manager. She likes to answer them. Then I deliver her answer. I can remember where these two came from. The one house is an unusual last name, so there's no confusing it. I'll remember the other one, even though the writing looks like a really young child, and you can't really read what's on it."
"Aww. It makes me happy, but it also makes me sad, in case they don't get at least one thing they ask for."
"Yeah. But they'll get a letter back from Santa."
"Uh huh. There's that."
I'm sure The Pony will be picking up more Santa letters as the season progresses.
What a cute story! That could never happen in a big city.
ReplyDeleteJust looking at the address on that envelope makes me smile.
DeleteI remember the writing to Santa days and also remember that my parents would read the letters to "check the spelling" before the envelope was sealed, so they'd know what we were asking for. I don't know why they bothered with mine, I always asked for books and didn't care which ones.
ReplyDeleteTheir "spell-checking" was a clever ruse! You can't go wrong with a book. It doesn't get used up, it doesn't wear out, and you can read it more than once.
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