Dear Santa,

I wanted to thank you for your extreme generosity. This month has been one of the worst December’s of my life. My grandmother was recently in the CCU (critical care unit) and my grandfather has cancer. The cancer has spread a lot and after seemingly endless rounds of chemo therapy and multiple experimental drugs, they have given up any hope: This will be the last holiday we share together and honestly he might not make it until then. My grandparents helped raise me. My grandmother took me and my mom in when she left my abusive father and when my mom got too sick to care for me her new boyfriend (now husband) refused to let me go into foster care. He hated kids and I was only eleven back then. An eleven year old child who he had meet two times tops and had spoken like ten words to. He gave up his privacy and space and sacrificed money to take care of me with my grandmother. It was during that year that he because my grandfather and since then he has been one of the best people in my life. We don’t talk much, but the long nights filled with good food and silence will always have a special place in my heart. He will always be a hero in my eyes and I’m dreading the next few weeks.

It was during that year with my grandparents that I fell in love with Harry Potter. I enjoyed the books as a smaller child, but it always felt more like something my mom liked. Maybe that’s why I clung to it when she was in her coma. That entire week I did nothing but read and occasionally eat. I borrowed the books from a friend and have never gotten my own. Each time I put money away for it something else came up. With how bad off my mom is there was always some kind of emergency or something small I wanted to buy her to make her happier. She doesn’t smile too often anymore but I sat down with her to open the gift you sent and she was crying a little bit. She was moved by how kind you where. By how much you did for me, a total strange that lives pretty much as far away from you as possible while still being in the same Country.

Your gift was the most amazing and beautiful thing in the world. This Hufflepuff is so excited to be the proud owner of The Harry Potter Illustated Collection! As soon as I’m done with this post I’m going to dive into these awesome books and begin my adventure at Hogwarts once again.

This gift is probably the most meaningful thing I’ve ever received and at the exact moment that I needed it the most. I’m not sure who you are Santa, but I’m kind of convinced you’re the real Santa because this gift is so magical.

But Santa you didn’t even stop there. You sent me another item that I’ve always been interested in. You sent me a Nintendo Classic Mini!

I’m not sure if I even included my love of older games in my information. But my most prized possession is my Nintendo 64. Someone bought it for my older sister when we where kids and eventually she grew disinterested in it. My sister always had the next new thing because she has a different father than me and her fathers family is pretty well off and enjoyed spoiling her. So while my sister always had the latest system, I ended up sneaking her old and forgotten N64 into my room and played it every night. Some of my best memories in life involve my N64 and I still have it set up in my room, even though last year a friend gave me their Xbox One S when they upgraded to the One X. It honestly gets more use than the Xbox. My N64 has seen so much use and love and it will always continue to do so. But I’ve always been interested in Nintendo’s older systems, the ones I couldn’t get my hands on. I’m excited to experience the earlier games in some of the series that have been with me through everything. I’m probably most excited for the Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Kirby Super Star, and Super Mario World. But honestly I can’t wait to play every single game. My spare time will be filled with these awesome games and these amazing books.

Before I ended this I really want to say thank you once again. I can’t say it enough. You went so far above and beyond and both of these gifts are absolutely perfect. Honestly they are going to help me get through these next few weeks and anything else life decides to throw my way. I will never forget this act of extreme kindness and I’m going to do what I can to pay it forward.