Melissa Senate

This is Max's letter to Santa (in its entirety):

Dear Santa,

I want 1 nutcrakr solgr and 100 rander. REL 1s.

Lov, Max

I can't do much about the reindeer (especially because he wants real ones only). But I thought I could easily find a nutcracker soldier. I went to three specialty toy stores. A gift shop. Hallmark. Target. No nutcrackers. How could this be? So today, Christmas Eve, I happened to be buying a card in Rite Aid when I saw a two foot tall Christmas nutcracker soldier in the kiddie Christmas aisle, half-price, at that.

Note: if you're marvelling that a six-year-old is asking Santa for only a bunch of reindeer and a wooden nutcracker, see post below about Hanukkah. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!