Haven’t believed in you since I was a toddler. Probably why you never got me any presents. O.K. — understandable. Not sure why my sisters got nothing, though. We didn’t even have a chimney, but they still thought it was you leaving presents every Christmas Eve. I had to pretend to be you for ten years, buddy.
Who am I kidding. You’re not real.
If you are, prove it. There’s a kid who lives with me. Get him whatever he asked for. Thanks.
From: J. Mace
P.S. You wanna give me some workers comp for that decade of unpaid work, I’d be real grateful for a photograph of my crew. If you’re the real McCoy, you’d know exactly which one.
[ And a hasty post-script added sometime later, going slightly sprawled in its handwriting, as though mulled over and then tacked on quickly before he can think twice about it. JUST IN CASE. Just. In. Case. Who knows, right? If there’s teleporting doors fixed into this place ... ]
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To: S. Claus
Haven’t believed in you since I was a toddler. Probably why you never got me any presents. O.K. — understandable. Not sure why my sisters got nothing, though. We didn’t even have a chimney, but they still thought it was you leaving presents every Christmas Eve. I had to pretend to be you for ten years, buddy.
Who am I kidding. You’re not real.
If you are, prove it. There’s a kid who lives with me. Get him whatever he asked for. Thanks.
From: J. Mace
P.S.
You wanna give me some workers comp for that decade of unpaid work, I’d be real grateful for a photograph of my crew. If you’re the real McCoy, you’d know exactly which one.
[ And a hasty post-script added sometime later, going slightly sprawled in its handwriting, as though mulled over and then tacked on quickly before he can think twice about it. JUST IN CASE. Just. In. Case. Who knows, right? If there’s teleporting doors fixed into this place ... ]