Letter to Santa

My 4-year-old son James and I sent a magical letter to Santa Claus today. This was the first year he was really old enough to be interested in writing to Santa, so it's a bit of a new experience for us. I helped him to type up the letter on the computer and print it off and then he signed his name. I explained that because Santa is magical, we wouldn't send his letter in the mail, but would use magic instead. I told him we'd think magical thoughts as we burned the letter, but he pointed out that we should really say magic words, too, so I wrote something he could repeat after me. "To Santa, To Santa, this letter shall go. Up to the North Pole all its pieces will flow. Then come all together for Santa to see; and he'll read this letter to Santa from me." James really liked it, and wanted to watch the letter burn until it was all gone. I think this will become a tradition for our kids.