Ms McGhee has been asking her classes to write letters of complaint to Santa Claus.
1st year loved the idea and got stuck in, but 2nd year took a more restrained approach, pointing out the time constraints and delivery problems that Mr Claus faces at this time of year (or maybe they were just scared of going on the Naughty List).
Click on Comments to read a selection of letters.
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30th December 2010
Santa Avenue
Lapland
Dear Mr. Claus,
I am writing to complain about you kicking down my door because you couldn’t get down my chimney on 24th December (Christmas Eve). My family and I woke up to find a large draught around the house and we were freezing. You also left the cookies we gave you and they turned stale and mouldy. Unfortunately, my younger brother woke up before the rest of us and ate the cookies. He had a very bad tummy ache all Christmas Day, which really ruined it for him.
We hope that you get this letter because we would like to work out an arrangement for you to meet us in court for this. We want you to buy us a new front door and come to our house to reapply the door free of charge (since you broke it.) And, before I forget, we are charging you for breaking and entering our home. We will not press any charges if our demands are met – such as for us to get a larger amount of presents than anyone else in the world and that we get all the latest clothes, technology, games and so on. We hope to hear from you soon because we will be very angry if ignored.
Your sincerely
Liam
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30th December 2010
Santa Claus
1 Snow Lane
Lapland
North Pole
S4N T1A
Dear Santa,
I am writing to complain about the mess you left in my house on Christmas.
First of all, you left an elf at the bottom of my bed and he wouldn’t stop screaming and we haven’t slept in five days. We had to comfort him by never leaving him alone. You also never ate my cookies that I made you. I am only saying this because it took me and my mum three hours to make them, so I thought you would like them and felt a little down. I am not going to make you any next year.
Are your reindeers trained? They left a lot of mess everywhere and every step you take you stand in it. Could you please come and collect the elf and get all the reindeer mess away?
I do hope I never have to write you a letter like this ever again. I also hope you contact us about what you are going to do to sort these problems out.
Yours sincerely
Roseanne
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28th December 2010
Santa Claus
Santa’s Grotto
North Coldshire
Dear Mr. St. Nick,
I am writing to complain to you about your mess, laziness and the lack of cookies you ate. I am furious with you. You have stained my carpet with milk and not even carpet cleaner will get it out. My Christmas tree is in ruins. The baubles are smashed to pieces and the star is halved in two. It looks like it has been dragged through a hedge backwards.And that’s just the living room!
When I went to brush my teeth on Christmas morning, I got the fright of my life when I looked in the mirror and saw a scary face staring back at me. Did you think it would be funny to draw round Harry Potter glasses, a curly tipped moustache and Bugs Bunny buck teeth on my face with a permanent marker? And, may I add, it is extremely uncomfortable standing in a puddle on the toilet floor with bare feet.
In my Christmas list I asked for a BMX, a football and the new Scotland strip and what did I get? A Barbie trike, a pair of pink satin ballet pumps and a frilly tutu. Between you and I, the pumps were actually quite comfortable but that’s not the point! You couldn’t have got my gifts more wrong if you tried.
The most upsetting thing was discovering the mouth watering cookies I baked for you were left untouched. It took me hours to bake them. You hadn’t even bothered switching the television off. I didn’t appreciate the empty bottle of rum sticking out from behind the couch and I didn’t know you smoked until I found a trail of ash.
Could you please send one of your elves over to my house to clean up the mess? I will be expecting double gifts next Christmas to make up for the disaster this year. I hope you get it right.
Yours sincerely
Gary
P.S. Lay off the booze and stick to the milk!!
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30th December 2010
Santa Claus
23 Elf Road
North Pole
ET4 7NF
Dear Mr. Claus,
I am writing to complain about your behaviour and the mess you left on Christmas Eve. My dad wasn’t happy when you knocked down the Christmas tree and when Rudolph left a ‘present’ in the front garden. Also, you could have washed your glass and swept up your crumbs after yourself.
I hope to hear from you again next year but please be a little bit quieter as my neighbours thought I was having a party.
Your friend
Aidan
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13th December 2010
Santa Claus
25 Christmas Road
North Pole
ST2 2MF
Dear Mr. Claus,
I am writing to express my disgust about the mess you left in my house last year at Christmas. I left milk and cookies out for you and, in the morning, I was furious to find the cookies on my kitchen floor and milk spilled all over my kitchen table! Even though I was angry with you for making a mess in my kitchen, I then wandered into my living room and was appalled to see that the milk and cookies were not just an accident as my Christmas tree was knocked over and all of my decorations were smashed on the floor. Those decorations were just bought last Christmas and now we can never use them again. I am disgusted with you!
Something else that came to surprise me was that you left behind a reindeer and, somehow, it got into my house after damaging the tiles on my roof. Once inside, it knocked down the door leading into my living room and ate all of my furniture and smashed my TV.
I am telling you this because I want you to come back to my house this year and bring money with you to give back to my family for all of the repairs we had to pay for. If you don’t pay for the mess you left in my house, my family will be deeply upset by this and sue you. So, unless you want to give away anymore money than necessary you better pay up!
Your sincerely
Morgan