Surrera Advent Calendar 2022

Day 18

                              Dear Santa

Today's story is written by @rosewood_station19

It was the 18th of December, 7 days till Christmas every little girl and boy would be getting very excited. But for lily Herrera- Sullivan she wasn't really in the spirit. Her parents had split up with she was 5 months old and all they could do is argue. One morning lily saw a leaflet saying Santa would be at the town centre

Lily; "daddy, daddy can we go and see Santa please," the six-year got a little excited as she went in to wake Robert up

Robert; "good morning to you princess, I thought mummy was taking you Monday when you go back to her"

Lily; "I can still go with mummy but I want to go and see Santa with you please"

Robert;" I'll ring mummy and see if it's ok with her. You know what mum is like"

The little girl went from excited to laying in her dad's arms as she knew that her mum would say it was their thing to do and that she only should see Santa once. It was hard for the little one as she wanted to do stuff with both parents and not just one

Robert; "right you go and get dressed and I'll make us some breakfast and ring mum ok," he asked.

They both got up, Robert went and made some pancakes and rang andy

Andy; "what she has done now," she asked a little pissed

Robert; "good morning, lily has asked if I could take her to see Santa she saw a leaflet and now wants to go"

Andy; "no Robert I take her to see Santa"

Robert; "she still can go with you but she wants to go with me"

As they argued on the phone for another 10 minutes, lily sat at the top of the stairs and listened to her parents argue

Robert; "you know what I don't care, I'm taking her to see Santa as that's what she's asked to do, he said as he slams the phone down on the counter."

Lily, "baby breakfast is ready"

The little girl can down slowly wiping her eyes not letting him know she had been crying. She sat at the table very quietly eating her breakfast.

Robert; "I'm going to get a shower and get ready and we'll go see Santa and go ice skating." He told his daughter

Lily; "ok daddy, I'm going to write my Christmas letter to Santa," she said sitting on the couch with a piece of paper and a pencil

She sat on the sofa thinking of what she wanted but she couldn't think of anything that she wanted apart from one thing, her parents to be happy again smiling like they were in a photo she carries around with her, a photo of Andy and Robert on their wedding day.

Dear Santa,
my name is lily Sullivan Herrera, I am 6 years old. For Christmas I don't want a lot the only thing I want is mum and dad back together again just like they were in this photo( lily carries a photo of her parents when they got married) So if it's true and there's is a Santa then you'll help them go in the right direction of being happy again, please.
                Many thanks, lily

She folds the letter up and puts it in her pocket,

Lily; "daddy I've done my letter she shouts from the bottom of the stair up to her daddy who had just come out of the bedroom

Robert; "alright I'm ready now, put on your coat and then we can go."

Andy; "why does he have to do this, he knows I'm the one who takes her to see Santa," she was fuming about the conversation she had with Robert over the phone