THE CHRISTMAS LETTER

To Send, or Not to Send. That is the Question.

Those were the days when receiving mail was still exciting.

My brothers and I would start watching the mailbox about a week in advance. We were waiting for birthday cards and Grandma always enclosed cash. CASH! A rare commodity for a nine-year-old. That feeling of anticipation made the waiting all the more fun. We had already picked out what we would buy…