I think Santa Claus is real. No, I do not mean a story I have read somewhere about a Brazilian guy who changed his name to Santa Claus. We are talking about real thing.
Here is my proof, on which this belief still based. My son wanted to send a letter to Santa Claus yesterday, asking for presents a mountain of snow and talking dog. So I remembered myself, being a couple years older then he is now, writing my very own letter to Santa with a remote control fire engine request. I could write at that time more or less, being 6 or 7 years old. So I asked my parents, where does Santa live. They told me that he lives at the North Pole. I quickly wrote a letter, asked my father for some coins to buy an ice-cream (what a cheeky one!) and went to post-office straight away. I wanted to keep it secret from everyone, because I suspected they will think I am naive, one. I wanted to surprize everyone, when they will see how wrong they were upon the sight of Santa Claus descending from the clouds and handing me my toy fire engine as present before speeding off back in the sky, two. Both reasons good enough to keep it secret, and I loved secrets.
So I went to the post, put my letter in an envelope and wrote in the field “TO:” - Grandpa Santa Claus, The North Pole, spent my ice-cream money on a stamp with a military boat - the coolest one they had, and dropped it in the letterbox. Of course I put in there sender`s address too.
To my great surprize the letter bounced back in my mother`s hands couple of days later. It simply stated that the stamp price was not enough. Ouch! So Santa Claus is real, after all, as the postmen knew exactly where he lives and how much a letter to Santa could cost, but kept it secret!
In a couple of weeks time Christmas came and I got my fire engine from my parents. Well, not remote controlled one, but OK. Anyway, you see my point.
Later on, when I was already in my twenties, I have met a guy who actually been to the North Pole with an ice-breaker. So he started to talk about their scientific research about ice shifts and drifts. I asked him, if he have met Santa Claus there. All I had as reply was an uneasy look - maybe he thought I am an idiot, maybe he didn`t want to blew up his friend`s secret - who knows?
If you have met Santa Claus or know his exact address, please comment on this post with details. Christmas is coming, and we really need a talking dog.
Boris Kislitsin
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