An open letter to Santa
Dear Santa,
My name is Tyler and I’m 7 years old, I’m writing this letter to you on behalf of my siblings: Trent, Sophia and Parker. I know you’re the man who makes things happen during this time of year, and you’re very busy but I’m wondering if you can do me a HUGE favor.
Is there any way you can talk to my parents so they can put a stop to this annual ritual of torturing us. It’s like clockwork, right after Thanksgiving…it’s picture time for the Christmas card!
We all have to dress up in whatever crazy outfits Mommy picked out (she calls it this year’s “theme”) with Daddy holding his digital camera and Mommy doing her funny faces, telling us to “sit straight”, “don’t suck your thumbs”, “look here”, “smile this way”, “no not like that!”, and if that doesn’t work…she’d would bribe us by using your name (I KNOW!), like “Santa’s watching, so be good for Mommy!”, or even worse “Santa will not bring your Christmas gifts!”. Can you believe that?!
If you don’t believe me…check out these pictures for yourself. She thinks we are her circus monkeys or something.
ARE WE DONE YET???!!!
And they weren’t even satisfied with this result (88 pictures later!), something about being “too posed” or “not natural”!!
Last year, Mommy came up with this theme of putting us all in the tub…naked! with just our Santa hats. She thought it would be so “cute” (she thinks she’s Anne Geddes or something)! But let me tell you, that didn’t go over well with our grandparents. I think you can put that in the “what was she thinking of” file.
So can you, can you talk to my crazy and silly parents for us? Tell them that we’re going on strike next year, and we’re not going to be subjected to another “dress up” and “look this way” for the camera any more! We know we’re cute and everything but do they need to show us off to the whole world??
Well, we wish you a safe journey on your delivery route. You probably know this already but just in case, we have one of those fake fire places, you know the one without the chimney so I’m not sure how you’re going to enter our house. I’ll tell Mommy to leave the door open for you and enjoy the cookies we’ll leave out for you. Psst, Mommy said that you might need to lose some weight if you’re planning on going down the chimneys. She said that, not me! I think you look awesome just the way you are!
Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas to you! Please send our best regards to Mrs. Claus, the reindeers and your elves!
Sincerely yours,
Tyler
PS: This is the picture that Mommy decided to use for the Christmas card. She said that we all looked so happy and so natural (there’s that word again)! Also, I hope you’ve received our list, I don’t think we’re asking for too much. Mommy said that we’re very lucky to have a house to live in, food to eat, clothes to wear, parents who love us a lot. And that other children aren’t as lucky as us…so we hope you can bring them our luck too. Thank you Santa!
Dear Santa,
My name is Tyler and I’m 7 years old, I’m writing this letter to you on behalf of my siblings: Trent, Sophia and Parker. I know you’re the man who makes things happen during this time of year, and you’re very busy but I’m wondering if you can do me a HUGE favor.
Is there any way you can talk to my parents so they can put a stop to this annual ritual of torturing us. It’s like clockwork, right after Thanksgiving…it’s picture time for the Christmas card!
We all have to dress up in whatever crazy outfits Mommy picked out (she calls it this year’s “theme”) with Daddy holding his digital camera and Mommy doing her funny faces, telling us to “sit straight”, “don’t suck your thumbs”, “look here”, “smile this way”, “no not like that!”, and if that doesn’t work…she’d would bribe us by using your name (I KNOW!), like “Santa’s watching, so be good for Mommy!”, or even worse “Santa will not bring your Christmas gifts!”. Can you believe that?!
If you don’t believe me…check out these pictures for yourself. She thinks we are her circus monkeys or something.
ARE WE DONE YET???!!!
And they weren’t even satisfied with this result (88 pictures later!), something about being “too posed” or “not natural”!!
Last year, Mommy came up with this theme of putting us all in the tub…naked! with just our Santa hats. She thought it would be so “cute” (she thinks she’s Anne Geddes or something)! But let me tell you, that didn’t go over well with our grandparents. I think you can put that in the “what was she thinking of” file.
So can you, can you talk to my crazy and silly parents for us? Tell them that we’re going on strike next year, and we’re not going to be subjected to another “dress up” and “look this way” for the camera any more! We know we’re cute and everything but do they need to show us off to the whole world??
Well, we wish you a safe journey on your delivery route. You probably know this already but just in case, we have one of those fake fire places, you know the one without the chimney so I’m not sure how you’re going to enter our house. I’ll tell Mommy to leave the door open for you and enjoy the cookies we’ll leave out for you. Psst, Mommy said that you might need to lose some weight if you’re planning on going down the chimneys. She said that, not me! I think you look awesome just the way you are!
Thanks for listening and Merry Christmas to you! Please send our best regards to Mrs. Claus, the reindeers and your elves!
Sincerely yours,
Tyler
PS: This is the picture that Mommy decided to use for the Christmas card. She said that we all looked so happy and so natural (there’s that word again)! Also, I hope you’ve received our list, I don’t think we’re asking for too much. Mommy said that we’re very lucky to have a house to live in, food to eat, clothes to wear, parents who love us a lot. And that other children aren’t as lucky as us…so we hope you can bring them our luck too. Thank you Santa!
Very cute! I have the same problem with only 2 kids. I can’t imagine trying to orchestrate FOUR kids to smile. (Oh wait, I guess I do that for my parents…they always want a photo of their four grandkids.) I guess next year I’ll be attempting three for just our card…then FIVE for my parents’ card. ARG.
I think the photos were all great.
Next year have mom put everybody in a giant KFC bucket in the yard…!
-Santa Sanders
Oh, that’s TOO cute! Tyler really knows how to express himself for such a little guy
Merry Christmas Betty to you and EVERYONE in your wonderful family!
ohmyword, your kids are sooooo cute. so cute. I can’t stand it!!! Thank you for torturing them on our behalf!
This is too cute…love that letter Tyler (wink…wink). You should’ve used the first two on the x-mas card, those are adorable. Sophia is turning out to your very own “mini me,” she’s looking so much like mommy. I almost gave up on my x-mas pix too, to think I almost dragged them out to the mall to get in line for pix w/Santa. I almost pulled out my hairs trying to get Justin to sit still. Ethan is a natural, think I might put him in modeling…he loves it. Have a wonderful Christmas & keep warm.
Wow, please tell Tyler that’s probably the best Christmas letter I’ve ever read!
Your family is so beautiful, and I commend you for sending out Christmas cards. I never did get around to sending mine!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Betty!!
Sorry, Tyler. I think it’s a mother’s right to embarrass their kids with as many photos as possible! hee hee