[Child's Name]

[Street Address]

[City, State]

My dear [Child's Name],

Thank you for the cookies you left last year. The oatmeal ones were my favorite, and I ate rather more of them than I should have. If you leave a carrot this time, Blitzen will be very pleased with you.

Be kind, be brave, and get to sleep early on the twenty-fourth — I cannot come down the chimney with anyone peeking!

With a great deal of love and a very merry ho-ho-ho,