With Love From NatalieDearest Darling Santa Claus,I'm writing you in tears,I haven't wanted anything This much in many years.I've tried to be so well behavedall the whole year through.Please overlook the tantrums I hadbefore I wrote to you.I need a Christmas miracleI know it's lots to askBut with a bit of faith and luckyou can complete the task.I've tried everything that I know howto do this thing myself.If you need, feel free to bringa team of several elves.I've left you out a plate of treats and quite a lot of milk, but if I could I'd leave you goldand high-yield bonds and silk.For priceless is the gift I seek, I only as
Two Kinds of ChristmasA warm, citrus-scented breeze wafts across my face and I open my eyes, gazing out my open window at the green trees and the bright blue sky. Untangling my too-long legs from my too-warm sheets, I stretch out my full ten-year-old body and hop out of bed excitedly, roughly shoving my glasses onto my face with momentary distaste. Mixing with the orange-blossom smell is a delicious bacon smell. Daddy's cooking! It's Christmas Eve!I run down the hall, clumsily lurching around corners till I reach the living room, where I pause and lower my glasses so I can see the Christmas tree all blurred and lovely, a jumbled rainbow of love. I then scamper o
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