The Letters to Never Send Santa: Confessions, Complaints, and Outlandish Requests from the Files of St. Nick

Ages 8 to 11, Grades 3 to 6

You better watch out, you better not...what?! Laugh it up with Santa as he shares some of his funniest (and oddest) letters from children sent straight to the North Pole!

You better watch out, you better not...what?! Laugh it up with Santa as he shares some of his funniest (and oddest) letters from children sent straight to the North Pole!

Perhaps these letters should have stayed next to the fireplace near a plate of cookies. Find a cozy spot next to the tree and enjoy this collection of poems for the holidays. They left Santa wondering if some kids (and grown-ups too!) might rather be on the naughty list!Santa decided to publish a collection of these letters, for readers to decide, called The Santa Files.

A few samples:

PLEASE READ MY LISTThough I hate to confess itI just have to address it:You don’t get me the things that I ask.

Far too often my boxIs filled with new socksMr. Kringle—I gave you one task!

So I’m giving you noticeIn the hopes that you’ll focusAnd deliver the things that you’ve missed.

If you really do carePlease—no underwear.Just get me the things on my list!

Seasons greetings,Pallavi

About the Author

David Griswold graduated from Yale with a BA in English and a writing concentration in poetry, earning the Frederick M. Clapp fellowship for his original poetic works. He is the author of My Zoo, A Book of Feelings; Mother, What is the Moon?; and Fur & Feather Stand Together. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The works of Mexico City artist Luis San Vicente have been exhibited in Mexico, Venezuela, Europe and the U.S. He has won UNESCO's prestigious NOMA Encouragement Concours Prize for Illustration, UNESCO honored his work (1997, 1998 and 1999) in their prestigious Youth and Children's Catalog of Illustrations.