oh lordy, how on earth is FC going to come up with this one??

[iheartdusty]

DD's special letter to the man in red - all very secret, I had to smuggle it away and open it before it went in the post box!

anyway she says:

"Dear FC, you are very magic and I am not, so please could I have just a little bit of your magic?"

Any ideas???

She is 7 so the magic may not last for much longer - she told me "fairies aren't real, but FC is, Mummy".

Oh God...I welled up at Ledodgy's poem

it is lovely isn't it madamant?

I feel on the verge of welling up every few minutes at Christmas time

you should have seen the faces of all the kids who saw Santa today - he was a really good one...

I would get her a very pretty bottle, perfume bottle, and tell her thats where her magic is, and when she needs some help to feel better, or when shes sad she should take of the top and have a little breath of magic.

For the calligraphy, you can print it off the computer and then trace it onto another bit of paper with a calligraphy pen.

iheartdusty -Have got a homebargains store near you? They have got gorgeous large ty beanie penguins for £2.99 - worth nearer £10 normally

I have got my dd a ty puppy called scrappy and ds will get a gorilla called baby george!!!

alas no - nearest store is 100 miles away!

never mind, there is a nice shop near me with animal toys of all kinds so I am confident about finding a penguin.

another lovely idea colacubes

and great calligraphy ideas.

I knew MN would have some answers!

Last yar my two asked for a pork pie and some nice italian cheese , santa left them in the freezer. One year DS asked santa to bring back his losy turtle toy, now that was a challenge.

That would be the fridge, freezer is what my house is right now [brr]

ELC do snow glitter in a tub that you could transfer to a pouch - bigger flakes and easily hoovers.