{"id":9331,"date":"2012-12-13T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T02:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9331"},"modified":"2012-12-13T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T02:25:06","slug":"a-letter-to-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9331","title":{"rendered":"A letter to Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121213-181713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121213-181713.jpg\" alt=\"20121213-181713.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why it took so long to be asked to write a letter to Santa. Maybe this is just another way girls are different from boys? She is definitely more interested in books and writing than any of the boys.  <\/p>\n<p>We aren&#8217;t really a Santa family, but Sissy has decided she likes him, and the big boys are excited to help facilitate the fun&#8230;especially J3 (who is turning 12 next week, too fast!)<\/p>\n<p>I was definitely thinking fast when I wrote the letter she dictated to me. I didn&#8217;t want to mail the letter, and thus lose it, so when she told me what to do I was relieved!  I guess that if you leave your letter by the fireplace, an elf comes at night and gathers them for Santa. Who knew? 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