Received by Email on December 1, 2012

Dear Jeff,

I wanted to drop you an email to say that I have been thinking about you over the last few weeks.  My prayers have been for you in these days, and I have also been praying for the family and your church congregation as well.  If there is anything I can do, feel free to call on me.

 We are extremely busy up here at the North Pole.  The Elf’s are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off, if you know what I mean.  The list is being checked and double checked and triple checked as we see who has been naughty or nice.  We are now working around the clock, as shipments are arriving hourly, from around the world.  The Workshop is humming along, and that little problem with the doll line was repaired before the sun set.  Deadlines are being established, as we prepare for the Big Guy to get his one night of travel over with and we hope that he is able to do it before the sun comes up on the 25^th.

So much planning and so little time to get it done!  Yet, we enjoy nothing more than seeing children happy and smiling on Christmas morning.  Oh, the letters we receive in March, as we all return from the Alps.  My desk is overflowing with letters of gratitude from children around the world.

But as you know, we all celebrate Christmas, not for the gifts and to worship Santa.  Even this morning in a meeting with Santa, he reminded us that this is the season to remember the greatest gift given to man, Jesus born in a manger in Bethlehem’s stable.  That is the Reason for the Season!

Keep on reminding the people there in Coosa County, that Jesus is what is most important at this time of the year, no at every day of the year.  Thanks for sharing Jesus, and thanks for being such a dear friend to me.

God bless and Merry Christmas!

Elwood

COE, Santaland

North Pole