Santa,
I have been asked what I want for Christmas this year by many. Every past Christmas year, my reply was always, “I don’t know.” But this year is different. I know what I want for Christmas.
What I want can not fit in your sleigh. What I want is not all wrapped up in a big box. What I want doesn’t come with a ribbon, neither a shiny bright bow. It does not come from the North Pole and it’s nothing elves could make.
What I want for Christmas is for someone to be OK. What I want is not only for their pain to be gone. What I want for Christmas has now become my dream. All I want and need for Christmas, is for my Mom’s suffering days to be over. All I ask this year is for my Mom’s cancer to be taken away.
Katie
age 13
Editor’s note: This anonymous letter was delivered in person to the Pioneer Times office too late for inclusion on the Opinion Page. However, as this is the last edition before Christmas Day, it is included in the front section of the newspaper.
