Dear Santa, (whoever you are),

Thank you for the lovely package, which arrived via the Three Kings! The song is lovely. The CD is going with me to Florida, where I'm going Saturday to pick Art up and we'll listen to it on the way home--long story but not trouble, just family stuff, thank you for asking! The mint cake is going along on that jaunt, too--if it was good enough for Everest, it's good enough for iron rations in the car! And how did you know my mother's maiden name was Bell? So I'm especially pleased with the last item which, I notice, did not appear on the customs declaration! We make biscochitos here, they're the New Mexico state cookie, a little like shortbread and a little like the cookies my Jewish grandmother used to make, and they're mixed with a drop of the creature. Would it be sacrilege to use that last present that way? So, thank you, thank you, and best wishes for a wonderful New Year.