This year, they decided to add a little something different. As you may know, Macy's hosts a campaign each year known as "A Million Reasons to Believe." For every stamped letter written to Santa, Macy's donates $1 (up to $1,000,000) to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. You can visit Macy's site to learn more about it and write your own letter here. It based on the story of a girl named Virginia:
"In 1897, a girl named Virginia wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking if Santa truly existed. The editor, in response, published a letter that assured her that Santa exists as surely as beauty and joy exist. One must simply have the courage to shun cynicism and have faith in things that can't always be seen. And for those spirited ones, Santa will always exist."This is something that I will be working on in elementary schools in the next two weeks, so when I heard that Wagner was getting involved, as well, I was so excited! As the students enjoyed their "midnight breakfast," I walked around and asked them to quickly write their own letter to Santa! For those who didn't know what the campaign was about, I was able to explain the amazing thing Macy's is promising to do. There were many people, though, who already knew about the campaign and were eager to write multiple letters!
I am waiting on the final count for letters collected, but I believe that after visiting all of the elementary schools in the next two weeks, the total could be well over 400! Be sure to write your letter to Santa, put it in a stamped envelope addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole," and drop it off in the red mailbox at a Macy's near you!
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