The North Pole
Dear Alex,
Another year. That is not nothing, whatever anybody tells you. Staying is its own kind of achievement, and it does not get a ceremony, so I am writing instead.
I see a great many homes on one night of the year, and you can tell almost immediately which ones are happy. It is not the decorations. It is the way people move around each other in the kitchen.
Here is to the next one, Alex. Have the good wine, not the wine you are saving.
With admiration,
Santa Claus