Chase Hill, Blake Perkins and Harper Maxfield put their letters to Santa in the mailbox located at 23 Freeman Court in Windham. |
As Windham Eagle
reporter, Elizabeth Richards stated in an article she wrote last Christmas
season, Santa needs a little help gathering stories and answering letters. In
that article, Richards introduced Windham residents, Joanne Mattiace and Maggie
Terry, who had set up a festive holiday display outside their home, complete
with a mailbox to collect letters for Santa. And, they are continuing this
joyful service again this year.
The couple encourages
children to write letters telling Santa what Christmas means to them. Children
who dropped off letters will receive a personalized response.
“I really think that Maggie and I focus on
charity at Christmas time because we adopted a young boy years ago…and
Christmas has meant a lot to him,” Mattiace said. “Everybody needs a little holiday cheer,
whether you’re Christian or Jewish or whatever, whether you’re old or young,
straight or gay. We all just need to be a little kinder to each other,” she
said.
If
your child or if you know of a child who wants to write a letter to Santa and
receive a personalized response from his helpers, drop off a letter in Santa’s
mailbox that sits at 23 Freeman Court in Windham. Due to the potential influx
of letters, the last day that Santa’s helpers will be receiving mail to Santa
will be December 19th.
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