Sending sentiments to the North Pole

Dear Santa,

What I really want for Christmas is for my mother-in-law to move

out here from New York so we can spend all the holidays and all the

days in between as a family. The gleam in the eyes of our little

daughter and the smile on her face when she sees her Nana are the

best presents of all. “The weather out there is frightful,” but here,

it is just delightful. Thank you, Santa.

P.S. I promise to be a very good girl and hope the only coal in my

stocking will be the kind that has been around for a very long time

-- you know, the kind that is so old it is hard as a diamond? Do you

have to be naughty or nice for that kind? I forget.

CHRISTINE REMO

Newport Beach

Dear Santa,

If we could only have one wish, it would be for our daddy to not

have anymore back pain. He is the “funnest” and funniest dad, and it

makes us sad to see him in pain.

PAGE AND MEGAN KEYS

Costa Mesa