(The Standard
P.2 24 Dec 2012) If you
haven't received a reply from Santa, don't fret (苦惱). You will get one.
That's the promise
from Hong kong Post, which
has already received 5,600 letters for Santa Claus this Christmas and expects
many more to arrive by the end of the month.
Children usually ask
for presents and promise to be good in return.
But in Hong Kong's concrete jungle
(石屎森林) is not surprising
that one child asked Santa: "Can you enter my flat without a chimney(煙囪)?"
Another, a product
of the idol-crazy generation, asks: "Can you send me an autographed
photo?"
One girl sent a
letter telling Santa she was chubby (圓胖的) and asked if he had a miracle( 奇蹟般的) gift that would
make her appear slim. She also promised to make sure her Christmas stocking
smells good when Santa puts gifts in it.
As Christmas approaches(即將來臨),
the volume (大量)
of mail addressed to Santa swells. While most of the letters are from
residents, in recent years Hongkong Post has also received mail for Santa from
the mainland and Taiwan.
Postal officer Jeannie Wong is one of
Santa's helpers, who read his growing stacks of letters. She read one from a
12-year-old mainland girl who wrote her first-ever (破天荒第一次) letter to Santa Claus in
traditional Chinese characters. She attached a calligraphy work(書法作品)
of three characters meaning "Chinese dragon," penned (寫作) by
her father, who practices calligraphy.
"I
will give her high marks for her handwriting," Wong said. "We asked
our colleague, who is also fond of (愛好的) calligraphy, to write three characters
meaning `Hong Kong heart' and to send it back in the Christmas card."
Ashley
Ip, another of Santa's helpers, hopes that writers know someone does read their
letters and replies are tailor(裁縫師) - made according to individual
requests.
Send a
letter with your postal address written clearly and post it before the end of
December and you will hear back from Santa, too.
STAFF
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