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"My Christmas Wish"
was created especially for

Norika Yamamoto
at the age of 7

Merry Christmas from
Mommy and Daddy
December 24, 2006

       "Oh what a busy, busy time
       of year. Christmas is
       coming, and I have so many
       things to do," said Norika
       to Ayachan and Yurichan,
       who had come to
       play. "I have gifts to
       make and cookies to bake,
       but that's not all. We'll
       get a tall tree, hang
       stockings three, four, or
       maybe more."

           Later, Norika and Ayachan
      and Yurichan were talking
      about Santa Claus. They
      could picture Santa's jolly,
      round face with his big smile
      that was nearly hidden by his
      long, white, bushy beard.

            "I have a great idea,"
       said Norika. "Let's get
       our crayons and pencils and
       each make a list and call
       it "My Christmas Wish."
       This list will be special.
       We'll pretend we can go to
       the North Pole and see how
       Santa and Mrs. Claus get
       ready for Christmas."

           All of the elves work so
      hard in Santa's toy shop,
      that Mrs. Claus bakes them
      lots of cookies for snacks.
      Some have red icing, some
      chocolate, and some green.
      "Ummm, I really like
      cookies," said Norika, "I
      wish I could be there to
      share some with the elves."

             Running here, running
       there...Santa's elves are
       very busy.
             "I wish I could be
       there to help feed the
       reindeer and polish all the
       brass bells," said Norika.

             Norika thought of
       another wish. "I wish
       Santa could bring Rudolph
       to Hakone. It would make
       the whole town happy."

            "I just thought of a
       bigger wish," said Norika.
       "I wish Santa Claus would
       come with ALL his reindeer
       and take me for a ride.
       Up, up, and away we would
       fly. I would wear a green
       suit to match the color of
       Santa's green sleigh. As I
       fly by, I might even shake
       a bell or two myself."

            "Well, I have a
       bigger, bigger, BIGGER
       wish," cried Norika. "I can't
       write it down, it is so
       BIG. I wish all the
       children in Hakone, could
       take turns flying around
       with Santa Claus. I can
       just see the BIG smiles."

          Norika and Ayachan and
     Yurichan were enjoying this
     pretend game very much.
     They started wishing they
     could go to see where Santa
    and Mrs. Claus lived. They
     had been told that the walk
     way to the front door was lined
     with candy canes!

           All of a sudden, they
      found themselves sitting at
     Santa's table. Santa was
     reading through his very
     long list of names of
     children who had been very
     good. Norika and Ayachan and
     Yurichan hoped their names
     were on the list.

           "Welcome to our home
      Norika. Would you and
      your friend like some
      cookies," asked Mrs. Claus.
      "Santa and I will sing you
      some Christmas songs. How
      about Silent Night, or
      Jingle Bells? Yes, Jingle
      Bells," and they began to
      sing.

            The music could be
      heard in the workshop where
      the elves were working very
      hard. One elf was painting
      some finishing touches on
      the roof of a doll house.
      "I wonder if one of the
      elves made that little
      doll," said Norika, "I
      would like to have that as
      a gift for myself."

             Norika saw an elf
       pick up a colorful book
       telling about the real
       meaning of Christmas. She
       thought it seemed like a
       good idea to add the book
       to her Wish list.

           "This has been a very
      exciting adventure to visit
      Santa and Mrs. Claus and to
      see how hard all the elves
      work to get ready for
      Christmas," said Norika.

             As Norika and Ayachan and
       Yurichan watched Santa load
       his sleigh, they realized that
       it was time to say
       good-bye. "Before we go,"
       said Norika, "we have just
       one last wish....

"Peace on Earth and Good Will
to all the Children of the World."

Christmas

December 24, 2006

Written by
Nelle Fairchild Rote