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December 2003
Hi Santa
For crismus I want my Mom and Dad to be hear. Can u make that hapin? I realy realy realy want to see them. Pleaz.
Luv
Wei Ying
Dear Santa,
Do you know my Mom? I want her to not be so sad and I want to see her more. I miss her a lot. I see her but not a lot so I still miss her. Please. Thank you.
Lan Zhan
Santa,
For Crissmiss give me a toy that does my homewerck! Also can you cancel sckool. Just make it snow a lot. I rote the other stuff I want on the back ok thanks.
Jiang Cheng
Dear Mr. Santa Claus,
Merry Christmas! Thank you for all you do. If it is not too much trouble I would like an Easy Bake Oven (it’s blue and gray and comes in a big box). They look really fun and I could make treats for my family. I’m not allowed to use the oven by myself and Mom gets mad when I ask because she says cooking is a servant’s job.
I know you have a lot of kids to get presents for so if you don’t have room that’s okay but please make sure you bring A-Cheng’s gifts so he has a good Christmas. He gets scolded a lot but he’s a very good boy.
Thank you Santa!
Jiang Yanli
December 2004
Hi Santa
I know Mom and Dad cant com back so I wont ask any mor. I tryd to be good this year but its hard becuz the other foster kids are mean. Can you tell them to be nice pleaz. I dont know if you tak to animals but can you ask the dog to stop chasing me and biting me I dont like it I am scard. Sory for my speling I dont have any wun to ask.
Lov
Wei Ying
Dear Santa,
Do you know where my Mom went? I can not find her when I go to see her. Is she mad at me? I will try more hard to be good. I try really hard but I will be even more good if she will come back and see me. Thank you.
Lan Zhan
Santa,
I put all my Wii games out so you can see which ones I have and give me games I dont have so I can play even more games. But DONT play with them while I am sleeping cuz those are MY games. I will call the polis if I see you taked any of them I am sereus so watch out. But you can have a cooky cuz a-jie made them for you. But only if you give me good prezents!!!
Jiang Cheng
Dear Mr. Santa Claus,
Thank you for telling my dad about the Easy Bake Oven last year. I really like it and I used it all year I even made you some cookies so I hope you like them. My mom says they are not good but she says maybe I can use the real oven soon to bake stuff which would be awsome.
This year maybe you can send some board games that we can play as a family which would be very fun. I also like stuffed animals and pink and purple in case you have anything I like in your sleigh.
Enjoy the cookies, thank you!!
Jiang Yanli
December 2005
Hi Santa,
Do you keep food in your slay? I don’t want anything else I am just hungry. There is not a lot of food here so my tummy hurts. If you don’t have any that is ok or maybe you need it to feed the rain deer. That is ok too. But if you have extra that is what I want for Chrismas please. Any food is good.
Love,
Wei Ying
Dear Santa,
My uncle says you are not real and it is foolish to believe in things that are not real so I am writing to tell you I can not write any more. If you talk to my father please make sure he is fine. I do not see him a lot but my uncle says he is just busy.
Thank you,
Lan Zhan
Santa,
I need a DS for me and a-jie so we can play Animal Crossing. A-jie dosnt play video games but this one is very cam so I think she will like it so we just both need a DS so we can play. Also we need the game too so one for me and one for a-jie ok? I want a blue one and a-jie likes pink for the DS. The game is probly only in one color.
Jiang Cheng
Dear Mr. Santa Claus,
I hope you are having a very jolly Christmas with Mrs. Claus. Do you happen to make any Webkinz in your toy shop? They’re really really cute and I really want one so I can play online with my friends. I don’t know if A-Cheng would think it’s too girly but can you give him one too? He really likes dogs. I think all the animals are cute so any of them would be fine for me and I will take good care of them. Thanks a lot!!
Jiang Yanli
December 2006
Hi Santa,
Hi. Hope you are having a good day in the North Pole. I bet it is really cold. It would be really great if you could find a way for Jiang Cheng to stop being mad at me. I want to stay with the Jiang family but his dad got rid of his dogs because of me and he said he is not mad anymore but I think he misses the dogs a lot so probably he is still mad. Maybe you can bring back his dogs. I will just hide so they can’t find me and then everyone is happy. Thank you if you help.
Love,
Wei Ying
Santa,
I dont want the other 9 things on the list I told my parents. I only want my dogs back or a new puppy. My dogs would be beter (Jasmine Princess Love) but if you cant find them a puppy is good I like puppies.
Every time I think about not having any dogs it makes me mader and mader. Its not fair that I cant have them just cuz Wei Ying is here now. I dont want him to be afrad but puppies are really small so maybe he wont be afrad cuz they are so small. Or maybe you have a majic poshun so hes not afrad. I just want one puppy just one little puppy its not that much and I dont need other stuff just the puppy.
Thank you if there is a puppy in a box under the tree. If you dont give me a puppy I will NOT be happy just so you know.
Jiang Cheng
Dear Mr. Santa Claus,
Merry Christmas! I’m too old to believe in you anymore but I told A-Cheng and A-Xian to write letters so I’ll just pretend to write one too. The only thing I want this year is for everyone in my family to be happy and stop fighting. A-Xian and A-Cheng are just little so they’re still learning how to get along. But my mom always seems angry with my dad, and I think that makes her also be mad at the rest of us. I hope they can work it out so she can stop being upset all the time. I’m glad A-Xian is with us now because I think he’s had a hard life so I will try extra hard to make sure he has a good Christmas.
Love,
Jiang Yanli
December 2007
Hi Santa,
How’s it going? I’m writing to you about my brother Jiang Cheng. I just want to make sure he’s not on the naughty list because he has a bad temper and he writes messy. Those things are not a big deal and Jiang Cheng actually has a kind heart so please get him nice gifts. He wants a new bike that’s purple and can go really fast. He has a helmet so don’t worry about that. A-jie always makes sure he wears it.
Speaking of a-jie her name is Jiang Yanli. I know she must be on the nice list but just make sure you get what she wants. She likes makeup and hair stuff. A-jie is also really good at cooking so maybe she wants more stuff for that. I asked her but she said she doesn’t need anything so you will have to get creative. I got her a wooden spoon that says made with love and a mood necklace that changes color so I can see if she’s happy. Don’t steal my ideas because I already bought those at the school holiday sale. I saved up all the pocket money Uncle Jiang gave me for doing chores this year so I could buy everyone gifts. It doesn’t really matter for Mrs. Yu because she won’t like what I give her anyway but I hope everyone else is happy.
Thanks,
Wei Ying
Santa,
Me again. I know your not real. Or just not good at your job cuz if you are why did you never give me the puppy I asked for. But my teacher says I have to write you a letter so here. Its ok to be bad at your job but why pretend to be this great guy who can make all Chrismas wishes come true.
Did Wei Ying tell you not to give me dogs??? Hes just scared but if you just get a really nice puppy he will see dogs are nice. Maybe just give him something really cool so he can do that while I teach the puppy to be good. He doesnt have a lot of his own stuff like computer games he just uses mine so you should give him stuff he likes. Then we dont have to share and can play together.
Bye
Jiang Cheng
December 2008
Santa,
I heard Mom telling Wei Ying that your not real but just in case I’ll still write this letter cuz what if she was just joking and then I don’t get any presents. Thanks for the bike last year even though it wasn’t a puppy. A puppy would’ve been better but I like the bike. But you need to give another one to Wei Ying so we can see who is faster. Also then we could both ride away when my mom or my dad is scolding me or him for something. He likes red and black so make sure you give him a cool bike but not cooler than mine.
If your not Santa reading this because he’s not real then this is my private busness so stop reading it. Unless you are a nice stranger who wants to give Wei Ying a bike. I also wrote a list of stuff I want on the back so it’s not just the bike.
Jiang Cheng
December 2016
Hi Santa,
It’s been quite a while! I’m writing this letter because Lan Zhan is staring at me from across the table as he tries to determine whether I was lying to him about believing in Santa Claus. I suspect he only learned about the concept of lying recently due to his pure soul and tyrannically strict upbringing, so he’s terrible at detecting whether I’m being serious or not. I anticipate this will provide me with many eons of entertainment, but maybe you should send him a lie detector machine to help him on his journey.
He’s probably agonizing over whether he has a moral duty to inform me that Santa isn’t real, so I have to see how far I can push him. I’ll start by spending money on expensive international stamps and see how he reacts.
Thanks for your services in helping me tease Lan Zhan!
Wei Ying
December 2023
Hi Santa!
I want a present with candy inside the present and candy. Lots and lots and lots of candy.
Love,
A-Yuan
Transcribed by: Wei Ying, guardian of questionable legal status but with the authority to commune with Santa on A-Yuan’s behalf. He asked me and “rich gege” for all the expensive stuff and just wants candy from you, the all-powerful deity of Christmas. What a little scammer!
December 2024
Dear santa
My name is A-Yuan and I have been very good please bring me some toys. Not coal like poor gege says bad kids get. Just toys.
Thanks
A-Yuan
Santa can you posibly turn me to a dragon or give me a pet dragon pleeeees. I want to fly so make it happen pleeeeeeees or else
Lan Jingyi
December 2025
Dear Santa
Hi its me A-Yuan again. Rich gege gives me lots of toys so maybe you can just give me a rain deer. Rudolf and I can be good friends and I am not mean like the other rain deers. Poor gege and rich gege are also not mean but poor gege never gives me toys so he is less nice.
Please ask Rudolf if he can come here
A-Yuan
Professional Slanderer
Santa why did you not make me a dragon even tho I asked. Now I want a rely big boat and I drawed a pikshur so you see what a boat looks like. Dont let me down agen this is serius or I will hate you.
Lan Jingyi
December 2026
Dear Santa,
I hope you and the reindeers and elfs are good. I do not need toys if I can stay with poor gege and rich gege forever please. They get me lots of stuff but I just want to stay here so dont make me leave! I will even let poor gege plant me in the soil so I grow big. I dont know if that works but if I am stuck in the soil then I can stay forever and ever and ever yippee!
From
A-Yuan
Santa I am giving you one last chanse. PLEASE give me a bouncy cassel I can go in any time I want and bounce. I am well behaved all year so just give me this one thing or I will tell every one in my class that you are mean and not real. BOUNCY CASSEL!!!! I drew another picshure so don’t mess this up!!
Lan Jingyi
December 2027
Hi Santa,
Do you and all the elves live in the same house? It can’t be as cool as my house because my dad makes really cool stuff like a slide from my bed to the floor and a train track that brings snacks and stuff. You probably don’t have that in the North Pole but if you ask my dad he can help you and then you can give him good presents because it’s only fair.
Now about me. I want to play music just like my other dad so can you please give me something (easy for kids) so I can play music too? We also have a door bell that plays music like right now it plays Christmas songs.
Thanks,
Wei Yuan
Santa I do not think you are real but if you are then what are you doing? I know you have a lot of houses to go to but thats no escuse for not giving me what I ask for. If you want me to beleive in you then you need to build a Mcdonalds next to my house so I can get free food whenever I want and only I can go in there and parents are not allowed. My freind can come thogh but not his dads because even thogh they’re cool they’re still parents.
If I wake up on Christmas to NO Mcdonalds then just watch out. I know where you live Santa so consider carfully.
Lan Jingyi
Deer Santa,
plez can I hav a pupy
Jin Ling
December 2028
Hello Santa!
Merry Merry Christmas. Can you make it snow here on Christmas? I really like playing in the snow with my dads. Also Jingyi said I should ask if you can make it snow on school days too so we don’t have to go to school. I like school but it would also be good to have more snow days.
If you have any rabbits can you please please please send me one as a pet pleeeeaaase??? I took really good care of the class hamster when it was my turn and I’m really responsible so you can trust me with a bunny. Also my dads are very caring and like animals. I will clean the cage and take the bunny for walks and not let the neighborhood cats eat the bunny.
Please and thank you!!!
Wei Yuan
Santa don’t think you can trick me with other presents it won’t work anymore. A-Yuan says maybe you don’t have enouff money for the things I asked for but then you should of said that. Also you always eat the cookies I put by the tree so you owe me all those cookies back. This year I will make it easy since you can’t follow instrucsions. Just give me all the money you have and I will buy stuff myself.
Lan Jingyi
Santa
I like dinos and superheros and legos so pleas get me lots and lots of toys. Thank you for the puppy her name is Fairy and she is really fluffy thank you bye
Jin Ling
December 2029
Dear Santa (for the last time),
Jingyi doesn’t think you exist and I kind of don’t think you do. How could you go to every house in the world in one night? That sounds too hard for one person to do. If you are real then you must have a lot of magic but I think the gifts you gave me were probably from my dads since they are the best. Did you know they are getting married and they adopted me so we are going to be a family forever? I guess you probably didn’t know that since you aren’t real. Sorry if you do exist but you don’t need to give me any more gifts. But if you don’t exist then I enjoyed believing in you for all these years anyway thank you!
Wei Yuan
Santa I always knew you were fake and no one lisened to me but I was right. I never liked you because you did not get me what I wanted and I did not like the socks and the other boring lame stuff you always put in my stocking. Don’t expect anymore letters from me since you are fake.
Lan Jingyi
Santa,
My mom makes yummy cookies so you are RELLY lucky she gives you cookies but she gives me more because I am her favrit. Wen you eat them just be grateful and forget all the bad stuff I did this year I do not want to be on the notty list I am just a kid please. Give me a nerf gun and trampleen or just one is ok but both is better. I need the nerf gun to shoot Uncle Wei wen he is anoying. Also I want to play with Fairy on the trampleen and see if she can jump. That’s all thanks bye
Jin Ling
December 2030
Santa,
How are you? Ok no more chitchat. I need a nintendo switch so I can play games with my cuzin and his frend. Jingyi is annoying but my cuzin is nice and good at games so I want to play too and he said I can play even though Im yunger. Please thanks bye
Jin Ling
December 2031
Santa,
Is it true that you let your reindeer eat kids if theyre nauty? Thats what Uncle Wei said but Uncle Jiang says thats not true. Im not nauty but just in case I need to know. Also I will put a camera next to the cookies this year so you can take a picshure and show me your real. I belive you but I need to know.
Can you give me a pool for Christmas? Even a small one is good. I really like to swim since Uncle Jiang gave me lessons Im super awsome.
Dont give Uncle Wei any presents this year because he is the worst babysitter ever and doesnt let me bring Fairy and Uncle Lan has so many rules. Even though they give me good presents you shouldnt give them any so they lern from their mistakes. Ok thanks bye
Jin Ling
December 2032
Santa,
Kids at school said Santa isn’t real and it was just my mom and dad all along. But is the tooth fairy real? If not where did all my teeth go. That’s really weird but I don’t care that much if your a frod. I don’t believe in baby stuff anymore and I don’t believe in stuff Uncle Wei tells me because my dad says its all nonsense. If your not real that’s fine because my mom and dad and uncles will get me the presents I want so I don’t need you.
Bye,
Jin Ling