CD: Century-Old Letters to Santa Found in Fireplace

A very touching story. See what you think.

santa-letters-1222-art-ge014s4dj-1ny-found-santa-letters-2-1348782-jpgPatrick McGann died in 1904, so that by the time the children wrote the letters and left them in the chimney, they were fatherless and being raised by their mother, a dressmaker.

 

Mary’s letter is as poignant as Alfred’s is endearing.

“Dear Santa Claus: I am very glad that you are coming around tonight,” it reads, the paper partially charred. “My little brother would like you to bring him a wagon which I know you cannot afford. I will ask you to bring him whatever you think best. Please bring me something nice what you think best.”

She signed it Mary McGann and added, “P.S. Please do not forget the poor.”

Mattaliano, who has read the letter countless times, still shakes his head at the implied poverty, the stoicism and the selflessness of the last line, all from a girl who requests a wagon for her brother first and nothing specific for herself.

Read it all.