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Dear Santa I Want

Santa I want just one thing by our Christmas tree
please can you bring my dear mummy to me
I blow kisses to her star high in the night sky
and I try to be brave, but sometimes I cry

Daddy tries hard, but he’s not a good cook -
please could you leave him a cookery book.
Santa please please bring my mummy for me
She's the one thing that I really want to see

Love from Charlie

Dear Santa I want Contest
Sponsored by Kevin Shaw

12/27/17

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Mick Talbot Date: 1/2/2018 7:52:00 PM Congreatulations Jan! Many thanks for sharing, and your support in 2017, have a great 2018! Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 1/2/2018 10:47:00 AM Wonderfully done, Jan. Congrats on your win. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/2/2018 10:57:00 AM Thanks so much Line:-) I was delighted to be on the winner's list:-) hugs Jan xx

Melissa Tracy Date: 12/30/2017 12:37:00 PM So difficult at any age to lose a parent :( I was 15 when my dad passed and no material object on earth could compare to the unreplaceable gift of having them in your life! Congrats on your win, Jan! So very touching! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 4:04:00 PM You were so young to lose a parent, I lost my father in 2015 but we were not close but I am close to my mum and still have her:-) hugs Jan xx

Mike Gentile Date: 12/30/2017 11:37:00 AM Congratulations, Jan!!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 4:02:00 PM Thanks Mike:-) hugs Jan xx

Samuel Otieng Date: 12/30/2017 6:13:00 AM Congratulations Jan. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 7:09:00 AM Thanks Samuel:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues Date: 12/29/2017 10:02:00 PM Back for congrats! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 7:08:00 AM Thanks Kim:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe Date: 12/29/2017 3:50:00 PM Coming back with congrats on your win! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 7:08:00 AM Thanks Agnes:-) hugs jan xx

Sandra Haight Date: 12/29/2017 3:34:00 PM A great poem, Jan! Congratulations on your podium win in the contest! Hugs, Sandra Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/30/2017 7:07:00 AM Thanks Sandra I was delighted as I only wrote it at the last minute:-) hugs jan xx

Eve Roper Date: 12/29/2017 1:11:00 PM Congratulations on your win, Jan.. Will get to anyone's heart. Hugs eve Login to Reply Eve Roper Date: 12/30/2017 7:25:00 PM mine was about taking the vegies home so he could make a meal for his girlfriend and it didn't shame him ... hehehe :) Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 1:24:00 PM I noticed all but one of the winners are sad and I guess Viv's poem although it was written with humour it was about standing up to bullies. thanks for dropping by Eve:-) hugs Jan xx

Viv Wigley Date: 12/29/2017 11:26:00 AM Congrats, Jan, I losty my dad when I was twenty one, it hurt, but when Mum died I felt like a stone in a game of ducks and drakes- I bounced a bit then sank, and nobody bothered to look for me. Congrats, a good write x Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 1:22:00 PM aww I lost my dad over 2 years ago and haven't grieved but know it will be so so tough when mum passes but at the rate shes going she will outlive me!:-) hugs jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart Date: 12/29/2017 10:45:00 AM Congrats on your win, Jan! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 1:20:00 PM Thanks so much Dale I am surprised and delighted to be on the list as i wrote this at the very last minute:-) hugs Jan xx

Curtis Johnson Date: 12/29/2017 10:11:00 AM Congrats on your placement Jan. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 1:20:00 PM Thanks Curtis:-) hugs Jan xx

Elizabeth Kinch Date: 12/28/2017 2:35:00 AM Oh I really love this Jan. I know of a couple of families who have lost a parent. I know they would forsake all Santa's presents just to have their mummy or daddy back. Good luck with this emotional write. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 4:24:00 AM I found it a difficult poem to write but I never know where my muse will go, happy or sad :-( hugs jan xx

CayCay Jennings Date: 12/27/2017 8:30:00 PM This is heartbreaking and heart breaking is usually a winner. Wow, Jan. This is touching, touching and I'm glad it is fictional, at least for us. touching, touching - did I say how touching this is? Emotionally tripping, I leave you hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply CayCay Jennings Date: 12/29/2017 9:08:00 AM Congratulations, Jan! Hugs ... CayCay Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 4:22:00 AM It's fictional for me but i guess its based on mum losing her 'mummy' when she was just 8 and she's never ever got over it, we talk about her mum almost every day:-( hugs jan xx

Curtis Moorman Date: 12/27/2017 7:29:00 PM I'm glad your muse is working!! And that you entered the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/29/2017 4:20:00 AM Thanks Curtis:-) love the new avatar!:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 12/27/2017 3:41:00 PM this is lovely, jan, and very touching indeed. best of luck in the contest... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 3:50:00 PM Thanks Ilene, I wasn't going to enter the contest then my muse started to behave and I grabbed the last entry into the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 12/27/2017 3:02:00 PM - Deeply touching, Jan - Wonderful desire and beautifully written - Luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 3:49:00 PM Thanks so much Anne Lise I hope you had a lovely day with your hubby:-) hugs jan xx

Paul Callus Date: 12/27/2017 2:08:00 PM I love this take on the contest theme, Jan. Young Charlie knows how to pull at our heart strings! Regardless of contest results, I am sure Santa will be putting a star by your name:) Hugs // paul Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 2:09:00 PM Aww thanks Paul I know its something my mum would have loved as she lost her mum when she was 8 - she still refers to her as 'mummy':-) hugs jan xx

Agnes Krampe Date: 12/27/2017 2:04:00 PM Oh this is so sweet and so sad, Jan. Well done - and good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 2:08:00 PM Thanks Agnes I will probably add the original longer poem to the bottom of this one the contest has been judged:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 12/27/2017 12:10:00 PM This was touching, especially if you have lost your mother as I have. I think you did great with this one Jan and I bet it will do well in the contest! : ) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 12:16:00 PM My mum lost her mother when she was 8 and she has never ever got over the loss:-( As for contest wins they are getting harder to get but i just write and hope:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues Date: 12/27/2017 9:22:00 AM Beautiful, Jan! It is the presence of people we love and yearn for. Blowing friendship kisses your way! Nicely done! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 12/27/2017 9:26:00 AM Thanks Kim:-) I just wrote this at the last minute and got the last space for the contest. It was actually 3 stanzas but when I posted it and re read the rules its maximum of 8 lines so I may post the longer version one day. :-) hugs jan xx