Dear Charlotte,

Thank you for your letter. All of us-- the elves, the reindeer and I-- have rested up from our Christmas Eve flight. It sure was fun! We had a pretty smooth trip except for some bumpy weather flying over Europe, but Rudolph guided the sleigh perfectly.

The elves were very excited to fly with me. And I even let some of them help me deliver presents! Rock Tock was especially helpful, and Little Hand was great, too. (He's so small that sometimes he'd get down the chimneys even before me)!

After we delivered the last presents, I let each of the elves fly the sleigh for a while on the way home. Jiffy is probably the best pilot of them all.

On New Years day, Mrs. Claus and Scurry made a big dinner and we all celebrated the New Year by going outside and having a big snowball fight! You should have seen all the snowballs in the air!

Later, to warm up, we had hot cocoa with marshmallows in it, and I read a few stories to the elves before we headed off to bed. It was a pretty nice holiday for all of us here at the North Pole. I hope you and your family had fun, too. Be good and I'll talk to you soon.

Your friend at the North Pole,
Santa