My daughter's letter to 'Farther Cristmas' when she was about 4 (?).
All essential at that age I think. A doll with a pram, and some high-heeled shoes in 'Fence' size 36, or English size 3 (I have no idea if she was right about the sizes).
I quite expect Santa brought her the doll and pram; but not so sure about the chavvy sounding shoes.
Very advanced for 4. Now you have me wondering where my old letter to Father Christmas is. I remember I wanted a "big eyed needle".
ReplyDeleteI have it somewhere.
DeleteOh so very sweet. So glad you saved it. I toss many things these days but keep the old letters from my parents and my children. They are the best.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I kept this one. It lives in a very old Indian recipe book.
Delete4 years old? Your daughter must be very bright. My mom and dad have kept a letter I wrote to Santa when I was about 6 all these years.
ReplyDeleteShe may have been a bit older. I taught her to write myself; it took very little time.
DeleteGorgeous. I have some of my children's letters to santa too. Now and again they surface and we read them with my grandkids
ReplyDeleteThey're always worth keeping.
DeleteI and my three siblings had to put our childhood Santa letters in the front room fire and the wish went up the chimney and somehow as happened one time Santa came down the chimney with a bicycle. It was like magic.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a bit older I posted the letters to an address on the BBC Home Service Children's Hour - I think it was at the North Pole.
Ours were always sent off to Santa in the same way. They were lit, then the remnants floated away up the chimney. Probably a good thing that mine are no longer around to embarrass me.
DeleteThat's exactly the kind of list I would have sent Santa. I always wanted the high-heeled shoes too but never got them.
ReplyDeleteI always wanted Marilyn Monroe, but the same result.
DeleteHow lovely that her list wasn't a mile long like they are these days!
ReplyDeleteNo X Boxes, or iPads, either. I don't know what little girls ask for these days, but I doubt if they want dolls and high heels.
DeleteAlmost every little girl will want to try clip clopping around in a pair of grown up high heels at some point....even if they are never worn ever again.
ReplyDeleteShe certainly used to wear her mothers'.
DeleteWe have no children but I remember a Department Store in Brighton (Not Wades), where Father Christmas was installed and the real Lift took us up directly to their F.C.Grotto and to 'sit on the knee'.
ReplyDeleteDebenhams in the new-ish shopping centre used to have a Santa and Grotto... we used to avoid it.
DeleteI'm thinking the 1950s when Santa was real.
DeleteHe STILL IS Potty. Don't ever forget that!
DeleteI think I was too realistic and practical ever to believe in Santa and I don't think we made any real pretence with our children either. I suppose I'm a bit Bah Humbug really.
ReplyDeleteI went along with all the nonsense; and still do. I dress as Santa when I Skype my grandsons, and do all the Ho Ho Ho stuff. Of course they know it's me; but what the hell, it's just for fun.
DeleteHere too she will be happy with high heels.
ReplyDeleteGood; I hope you've bought her some!
DeleteMy mother unearthed a letter to Father Christmas from my younger brother. She framed it and gave it to him last Christmas. I was very envious (I think I put mine on the fire).
ReplyDeleteI think I'll find a frame for this one, that way it won't get lost.
DeleteI kept a few of my children’s letters (and art and awards, etc.etc.) and they are in boxes somewhere in the basement. You make me want to find them and relive some of those precious memories. Merry Christmas, Cro.
DeleteI'm a bit of a hoarder about such things, and also have boxes of all sorts of stuff. I also have several Scrap Books with all their early drawings etc. I never threw anything away; the loft is full.
DeleteI never wrote to Santa. I would just ask my parents to send on messages for me.
ReplyDeleteWas that wisdom, or laziness? Maybe both.
DeleteI have kept similar letters from our children .... silly really as they won’t want them although I do show them sometimes. Our 4 year old grand daughter loves a bit of dress up and wears dressing up clothes more than her regular clothes. I know for sure that she will turn up in some gaudy outfit with glittery shoes on Christmas Day that Father Christmas left for her !!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am a bit concerned at some of the comments you have got insinuating that Santa isn't real ?!!!!!??! He certainly comes to our house every year. XXXX
When our neighbour Sara was small, she would visit wearing the most amazing outfits. I'm sorry I didn't take photos.
DeleteDon't worry; there are lots a imitation Santas around, but only one genuine one. I believe he is very flattered by all the attention.
My daughter wrote Santa faithfully. and he answered one year. She was over the moon.I have both letters and I may frame them. What a good idea. Canada Post answers thousands of letters every Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI believe the UK post office replies to all letters too. Good for them!
DeleteI saved Granddaughters letter to Santa from last year when The family was here for Christmas. She was 6 at the time and it is wonderful. Nice post today.
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip and badger
Say nothing, then give it to her when she's 21. She'll love it.
DeleteAh, those were the days.
ReplyDeleteNo batteries required!
DeleteWhat a priceless memento! I love her for wanting those high heels. I recall 'Barbie Heels' for young girls when I was a kid. Sweet posr, Cro! xo
ReplyDeleteI can't really imagine why she wanted the high heels, other than to imitate her mother.
DeleteWhat a wonderful thing to have kept.
ReplyDeleteI hope she's not embarrassed by it.
DeleteThat's so sweet, and so specific! None of that nonsense about being giving oversize things by relatives who then reassure you that you'll grow into them.
ReplyDeleteLuckily here in France we had no family to pass on such unwanted items. Nothing worse than ill-fitting, or ghastly, cast-offs.
DeleteAwwww. She had such nice penmanship as well.
ReplyDeleteWhen I taught my children to write,I also taught them to write backwards, and upside down. I treated it as a 'visual' skill, and it was surprising how quickly they learnt it; and had great fun at the same time.
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