21/09/2025
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❗️NOT FOR YOUNG READERS❗️
(Or stout believers!😘)
As promised, here’s a transcript of the letter I’ve written to our eldest! Letter will be handwritten but putting this on here in case it inspires you to copy/use any/some of it, (just as I was inspired to do so,) I found snippets/facts/parts that fitted with the way I wanted to tell the tale by adding extra detail and my own interpretation! Feel free to share!
Dear Daughter,
Daddy and I have decided that you are mature enough to know the truth behind the big question ’is Santa real?!’ The answer is, yes! But there’s more to it than a simple ‘yes!’
Let me tell you about a true story, 1700 years ago, there lived a man called Saint Nicholas, he lived in a Greek town called Myra, a place now called Demre in Turkey. Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of children and he had a big secret. He would help families in need, secretly and he used to give people gifts in secret too, he used to put gold coins and oranges in stockings drying in front of fires through open windows!
He did this out of the goodness of his heart, nobody knew it was him, but his gifts became so famous that the Dutch heard about it, about the wonderful man, they called him ‘Sinterklaas’ yes! That sounds like Santa Claus doesn’t it?! That’s how Saint Nicholas became Santa Claus. After many years, Saint Nicholas died, but something amazing happened! People were so inspired by Saint Nicholas’ good deeds of giving gifts in secret, that some people started to copy the idea and continued giving gifts in secret! To start with, people thought it was still Saint Nicholas giving children those secret gifts, but when they heard that he had died, they realised what amazingly had happened. Santa Claus had invented secret gifts. For 1700 years we have been carrying on his legend, his secret!
So yes, I am Santa and so is Daddy!
You know what? Now you know the secret too, you can be Santa too?! You can help me choose a gift for your little sister for the next 2 years, when she will be old enough to be ‘keeper of the secret’ too, there will be a present under the tree from Santa for you too! (She will get her own letter in a couple of years time)
So we’ll keep buying you both presents ‘from Santa’ but we won’t tell your little sister where it really came from. Trust me, knowing the secret, seeing her happy face, makes it worthwhile and you’ll understand why it works this way and when you’re older, maybe with children of your own, you will want them to know the joy and magic of Santa, and, when the time comes, know the true legend of Santa Claus!
You see, Santa used to be just one man, who, wanted to do good in the world, help the needy, but he’s not ‘just a person’ anymore, it’s a magical idea. It’s the idea of secret gift giving, it’s the idea of giving without expecting anything in return. Everyone, grownups included, want to make people happy by giving gifts in secret, hence when grownups pick names out of a hat and partake in ‘Secret Santa’!
Santa represents a bigger idea and teaches children to believe in something they can’t see or touch.
An important job because, all through your life, you’ll need to ’believe’! Believe in your friends, family but most importantly, in yourself-your beliefs, your talents and how amazing and capable you are!
So, now you know! Santa Claus, 1700 years ago, was a real person and he was the teacher, we have been his students, now you know the reality of how Santa really got down all those chimneys on Christmas Eve; he had help from all the people who believed in Christmas spirit and a little bit of magic whose hearts he’s filled with joy.
Daddy and I take it in turns and get to help Santa keep the magic alive, help him do a job, that, honestly would be quite impossible without help!
So yes, Santa was real, the idea and magic of him lives on; Santa is love, magic, hope and happiness, we are on his team, and now you are too!
Daddy and I are so proud of the young lady you are becoming, it’s okay to still ‘believe’ in the magic of Christmas, I still do and it’s still a magical ‘most wonderful time of the year’
A little wink and tap on the side of the nose, is a known signal that you’re a ‘keeper of the secret’ this can be our sign to each other that ‘we know!’
Lots of love always
Mummy & Daddy
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Ps: we’ve given you this letter today as your little sister is at a party so won’t accidentally hear about the secret, Also it’s a lot to take in, we’re here to chat and answer any questions!
