You all wish you were little French schoolchildren

I recently discovered possibly the most amazing thing about France--there IS a Santa Claus.

Well, at least, you can write a letter to Santa and stick it in the mail and it will get sent to Wambrechies (59), some random town in northeastern France, where there are some 50 to 60 "assistants to Santa" waiting on hand to receive and REPLY TO your letter.

So for years, little French boys and girls have been writing to a Santa located in northen France, asking for toys, money, and mommy and daddy not to get divorced, and have been getting responses.

Think about all the poor little boys and girls across the pond who write similar letters and send them to the North Pole and never get a response, think about all that wasted postage, all those letters thrown in the mail by uncaring postal workers.

My roommate and I have decided to write to Santa this year. I would NOT let an opportunity like this pass me by.


France, upholding childhood myths, one letter at a time.