Hey Dear Paula,
How are you? I’m back. It’s been a while since I came over to see you in January this year. Of course, you were in a good dream that night so I left you a letter. I believe you’ve completely read through it with some little help from your daddy. I told you that my nine deer had a long vacation after the crazy Christmas Eve last year. They are energetic again tonight! So am I. Aha!
I’m pretty sure you are deserved to get some gifts tonight because of all the excellent jobs you have done. You didn’t surprise me that you won the first prizes of Piano and Language Performance again this year. But you surprised me that your Language Performance got into the top 10 of the city! What a fabulous achievement! Do you know how much I like to hear you playing the piano? I like Sakura most. It always reminds me the beautiful sakura trees and flowers in Japan. Oh yes, your English and math are getting better and better. I know you like Pop English. That’s great! Keep going! It’s true that math is always like a tough monster. But I saw your progress. You beat most of the homework immediately right after you came home from the class. That’s really a good habit and don’t drop it. Now you can recite many beautiful poems. You read many good books. You learned basic badminton skills. You even started to learn singing. What a busy year! Shouldn’t you be proud of yourself? Shouldn’t you trust yourself? Shouldn’t you thank your mummy for her accompanying? Tell you a secret, your mummy and daddy actually think you are excellent even though they are always critical to you. That’s simply because they want you more excellent. Trust me, all the parents do.
But (there’s always a but after all the good things) you failed the ABRSM music theory exam. And your Chinese composition is far away from excellence. Think about why you failed. Is it because you didn’t spend much time on it and lacked of practice? We all know time is flying quickly. Only the faster runner can catch it up. I encourage you do things faster so you can earn more time. The key of doing things faster is concentration. Frankly you made some progress on this but still not enough. I hope you can put this on the top of all my good wishes to you in the next year. Do you agree? Great! Now my 2nd wish is to expect you can manage your stuffs on your own. You will be 10 soon. You are no longer a little girl anymore. You cannot always depend on your parents. I believe you have the capability to manage your stuffs on you own. Remember, TIME is the most valuable thing among all your stuffs.
Well, I do have other 10 more wishes to you but I have to go and visit other kids. Check out what you wrote down on the back of the door of your room. They are all your wishes, also mine. Now enjoy your new gift. Keep in mind you are an excellent girl and you can do things faster and better. I’ll be very happy to come over again on the next Christmas Eve, probably with another gift!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Santa Claus
Dec 24, 2017
Sparkle in Spare 