Santa’s Thanksgiving Gift

Source: Children Come First
http://www.childrencomefirst.com/santasthanksgiving.shtml

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Santa’s Thanksgiving Gift
By Rhyanna S DeTuathana, Contest #200811

"For Thanksgiving this year, your assignment is to write a letter about what you are thankful for and how you celebrate Thanksgiving," That is what Mrs. Martins had instructed her class to do. Now, reading the students' work, she is touched.

A letter from a student named Cheyenne talks about how she lost several family members in a horrible tragedy. It reads, "I don't think we'll celebrate Thanksgiving this year. Our family is no longer whole. If we do celebrate Thanksgiving, it won't be with a big meal. If I could have a special Thanksgiving wish I would ask Santa; because he is magical, to bring my family closer together and bring back my dad and grandmother. I don’t believe that will or can happen. There is no hope."

Mrs. Martins sets the letter aside to close a window. A chill wind blows in. Back at her desk, she sees that Cheyenne's letter is gone.

The wind carries the letter to the North Pole where Nathan, the Chief Elf, picks it up and says, “Santa, a child has a wish for Thanksgiving. She has lost hope.”

Santa reads the letter and says, “We can’t have that. Let’s go fix Thanksgiving.”

Rhyanna S DeTuathana [Corvallis, OR] loves writing fictional stories for adults and children. She enjoyes adding a positive outlook to her stories. When not writing, DeTuathana plays with her dog Emmie, an American eskimo purebred, watches TVv, and does crafts such as crochet, sewing or quilting or knits on her knitting machine. She tells us that she is, "one of those people whose hands have to be busy."