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A 12-year-old Mitko from Plovdiv wrote a short but touching letter to Santa. It is one of more than 500 that the children have so far sent to the Central Post Office to the white-bearded old man. Some have compiled long lists of gift instructions – for each of the family, not just the little ones. Others order only for themselves.
However, Mitko has only one request – to reunite his family.
“Santa, I don’t know if you remember me. I hope I listened a lot this year. I have only one wish – to be the whole family on the holiday “, the boy insists.
“Probably some of the child’s relatives or parents work abroad and are separated. Such letters are very touching. “Sometimes it’s hard not to be moved by children’s desires,” he told SETimes.24 hours“Diana Rancheva, Head of the Marketing Directorate at the Bulgarian Posts TD – Plovdiv.
Since 2000, she has been something of an intermediary between the good old man and the children who send him letters. Every day they pile up and Rancheva expects to swell by 1200-1300 by Christmas.
Employees at the post office guarantee to the little ones that each of them, who has written his envelope in Bulgarian and has put a stamp of 65 stotinki, will receive a personal answer from the good old man.
Those addressed abroad will be sent to Lapland. And the most beautifully decorated letter will be awarded.
One of the most touching letters Rancheva remembers is from a girl who says the last two years have been the worst in his life because of the covidity and restrictions.
“Santa has a team of helpers and grown up dwarves in Plovdiv. You know he’s a wizard and can do anything. And we are a serious institution and correspondence is not a joke, “laughs Rancheva. She added that this is one of her most enjoyable work commitments for the year.
The children’s imagination is rich and their desires are diverse, the post office says. Spider-Man team, Creative Dog Patrol kit, little newborn baby crib with glowing balls, robot, glowing drawing board, masked dolls, dinosaurs, ninja team, medical kits, talking kitten, Sponge Bop and
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toys with all sorts of cartoon characters are among the wishes of the kids. Sometimes they ask the old man for a pet – a dog, a kitten, a hamster and even a little pony.
There are kids with very modest wishes, as well as others who send a long list – for home, for grandma, for mother, for father and all family members, Rancheva laughs.
Another vivid memory over the years has left the letter of a blind child sent in Braille. “He had ordered squirrel tail brushes.”
This wish seemed quite exotic and unreal to us, but it turned out that there really are such special brushes. We contacted the school for the blind to have the letter translated. There they remembered who the child was, we informed the parents and they provided these brushes “, says Diana Rancheva.
“Sometimes we commit more than our duties require, but we do it only to make children’s dreams and desires come true,” she added. accompanied by handmade surprises, remains a personal decision of the kids.
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