Rosie from Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Santa,
My name is Rosie and I am six years old. I live in Atlanta, Georgia. I want two things for Christmas. I want peaches. And I want a bear. Thank you.
Rosie Anne Beaumont
Atlanta, Georgia Dear Rosie, In several centuries of reading Christmas letters, I have never received one as perfectly constructed as yours. Two sentences. Two wishes. A name. A thank you. Done. The elves in the correspondence division have asked me to pass along their professional admiration. Gerald, who once used four hundred words to explain why he needed a systems update that took four minutes to perform, has been encouraged to study your letter as a model of communication. He is still thinking about it. The peaches. Rosie, you live in Georgia, which is called the Peach State, and which grows some of the finest peaches in the world, which means you have chosen a Christmas wish that is both correct and very specifically yours. I respect this enormously. A child who knows...