Dear Santa,

I know that I have never written to you before, because in my country we don't write to Santa but to Little Jesus, despite how strange it may seem. So I hope you won't think I've been neglecting you all these years, it's just that I've been brought up like that before. And I guess you are asking yourself why am I writing to you then, perhaps even if I believe in you or not. Well, at first when I heard of Santa, living in the North Pole with some Christmas Elves I thought it's not really real, but as the years went on, and I kept seeing You in every ad and movie during Christmas, somehow, it ...changed. Suddenly you became much more tangible and the thought of a secret toy-making house or a factory - I prefer to think of it as the big palace from Santa Clause 2 with Tim Allen - at North Pole became much less unrealistic idea, and on the contrary I began seeing what Christmas with Santa is really about! It's what they say in all those movies, about Christmas Cheer and happiness and family time, and so now, I really like you! Now I think that magical jinglebells, Christmas cheer fueled sleigh with reindeer and Santa with his red robes and flowing beard is really magical and belongs to the Christmas time! And if you wonder, what about Little Jesus, to whom we normally write - well, like it was said in the movie with Whoopi Goldberg where she becomes the Santa:

My skin has been black, white, yellow, red, brown;
My eyes have been slanted, crossed, and round.
Sometimes I have been a she:
All these things are a part of me.
You may not believe all this is true,
But that's okay, boys and girls, because . . .
I believe in you. ---

So I think now that the traditions melt toghether and all those various people  bringing gifts at Christmas time, like you, and the Little Jesus, and Grandpa Frost from Russia with his own sleigh are actually one person, just told differently, each with his own wonderful flavour and personality!

That's why I'm now writing to you, because I think you really make up a great deal of the Christmas time and happiness, and one day like you I want to make lots and lots of people happy, by improving this world. I want to help people and make everyone happy, so that there won't be need of any strife, whether military or just the normal one, when people argue, I want all people of the world to be honest and really nice to each other, and enjoy their lives to their fullest and fulfill their destiny! And I want to find mine and truly be the best that I can be!

And this is also why I wish for a Nintendo DS, because through the various games I can connect to people from all over the whole world, like the felllow-minded gamers from GBAtemp, who are so kind to everyone, so they also deserve great gifts from you! Although they are sometimes grumpy, especially when some newcomers are asking the same things all over again instead of using the search function, but that's allright because everyone gets fed up sometimes and they help them anyway. It's like Christmas time everyday, because there are always very helpful people out there, who help and don't say an unkind word. These kind of people should be treasured because a world with kind, generous people would be a truly paradise on earth, and making this come true I would think myself wonderfully happy. That's one of the things I really wish for, apart from the handheld console which brings happiness to individuals and connects them together, to make them more friendly and then honest with each other, because true friendships are based on chivalrous codes of honesty and trust. I'm trying everyday to be kind to people, and overall it's actually very easy, because it comes from my heart. And after doing a good  deed, I feel really great, like when I helped my classmate understand Phonetics, or when I chopped up wood for my grandpa living all by himself, or when I donated some of my money to some Christmas Charity for children's drug prevention campaign on the street.

Oh! But now I see how much I have written already, I hope I have not taken too much of your time, Santa! I believe you have lots and lots of more letters from the other children and adults who still believe in you, so I will - or actually, I do - wish you a wonderful Christmas (after all, as you a part of it, you probably are enjoying it every time, so this may sound more like a pun to you) and to all the Christmas elves as well, and of course your beloved wife, and truly do hope that my letter has made you happy and brightened up your day!

Best Wishes,

Fel, from Prague