The elves of Santa Claus are receiving letters this year referring to the coronavirus epidemic.

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  • In certain letters received at the secretariat of Santa Claus installed in Libourne, the children evoke the Covid-19.

  • Many of them are worried about the health of Santa Claus, directly related to the distribution of their gifts.

  • The letters also show the desire to spend the “normal” end of year holidays.

This year, the Covid-19 invites itself everywhere, even in the letters sent by the children to the secretary of Santa Claus, installed in Libourne, in the Gironde.

If the overwhelming majority is focused on writing their list of desired gifts, with large cuts in toy catalogs, in about 15% of letters toddlers slip allusions to the epidemic of coronavirus, which turns upside down the life of the French for almost nine months.

"We receive a lot of messages for Santa Claus, so that he takes care and protects himself well," explains Antoine Thébault, who heads the customer service department of the Libourne Post Office.

There is a little concern about the fact that he will be able to pass despite Covid 19. ”And yes, some children are worried about the health of the famous bearded man, on whom the effective distribution of their gifts depends.

If cancellations of all kinds are increasing in all sectors, why should they not affect his tour?

"A little Christmas miracle"

Usually, the secretariat receives pacifiers with the couriers, by which the children are invited (by their parents) to show that they are growing up, and no longer need them.

“This year, in addition to pacifiers, we had masks, which should protect the elves and Santa Claus,” says Antoine Thébault.

In other letters, we feel that parents need to joke: “Hello Santa Claus, you could send me by sleigh the gifts that I put on pictures.

PS: think about your Covid certificate.

Naël, 3 years old ”.

Another, aged 7, took the opportunity to formulate a group request "I would like you to help the government to treat people so that there is no longer the Covid and also that the terrorists stop being mean to it. we.

After taking care to mention his list, another asks that there be "a little Christmas miracle so that we can resume a normal life."

My dearest wish is that there is no more Covid and that my family does not fall ill (I include myself in it).

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The desire to celebrate Christmas as usual

Others promise special attention when traveling: "Santa Claus, if the coronavirus allows it, would it be possible for you to go by on the evening of 24, we would like to see you.

We will leave you a cake and reindeer carrots, ”writes a little boy.

Another promises a glass of milk and clementines for the reindeer, which he even offers to stop on his sofa.

"What emerges from the letters is not sadness but rather the hope and the desire that Christmas will take place normally, that it is a celebration as usual and that we forget the context that surrounds us », Concludes Antoine Thébault.

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