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dear santa



this is jack's letter to santa. it is in my handwriting because i wrote it for him. but most of the words are his. i just asked him questions, and this is what he wanted to say. in case you can't read it, here is the text:



tuesday, december 4, 2007



dear santa,



merry christmas! i'm excited for you to come to my house. i've been a good boy this year - i'm almost three now!



you are nice. you have a nice big beard. i love you santa.



this year for christmas i would like a green dragon. i would also like to have a red dragon puppet. my little brother, caedmon charles, is a little baby. he's too little for dragons, but he would like some toys, too.



i know you must get tired and hungry on christmas eve, so i will leave you some food - some noodles and milk and cookies - chocolate cookies. say hi to rudolph reindeer for me. please bring red and green presents for mommy and daddy, too. and max my dog. the end.



love,



jackson andrew milinovich
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Anonymous said…
That's so precious! I love the noodles. Good thing Santa likes those!
What's up with the dragons? (Of course, I happen to know that Santa might be dropping off a green one at my house this year) I mean, how did we get from dinosaurs to dragons?
Being almost 3 years-old at Christmas is the best! You are so blessed to get to experience Christmas through Jack's eyes. Enjoy it!
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Anonymous said…
that really is THE sweetest thing. i went to a santas around the world exhibit and in one country, santa actually writes letters back and leaves them on Christmas. i thought that was a neat tradition :) "Thanks for the noodles Jack!"

as an educator...i can't say enough about how great it is that you do these sort of things with jack. i do what you do everyday for kids in the 3rd grade...so at almost three years old jack is getting a great headstart :)
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