The North Pole
Dear Alex,
This has been a heavy year for you, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. I think you have been braver than anybody has told you.
Being brave does not always look like being brave. Sometimes it looks like getting up, and going in, and saying you are fine when you are not quite. I saw all of it, Alex, and I thought it was remarkable.
Christmas will not fix everything. But it can be a warm evening in a cold stretch, and I hope yours is exactly that. Things do get lighter. I have been around a long time, and I have watched it happen more times than I can count.
Thinking of you this Christmas,
Santa Claus