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Oh the innocence of it...excellent! a real delight!

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Thanks, Nick! I always enjoy writing this kind of unknowingly destructive character 😁

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its a lovely twist right at the end... bizarrely i am myself in the middlemof writing a story about a spite filled letter to father Christmas... which gets into the spectral hands of something else...

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That sounds great - let me know when you publish it.

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half done... its all gone a bit gothic melodrama actually...

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Good God, Susan!!

I absolutely loved this - I found myself sympathising with her in complete earnest. And I want her never to properly realise what she has done!

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Thank you <3 I'm reasonably sure Father Christmas will bring her many years of therapy!

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😂😂😂 let's hope so!

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That took such a dark turn! Brilliantly done Mata!

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Thank you 💜

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Loved it! And the strikethroughs *chefs kiss*. Fantastic touch.

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Thanks! Substack doesn't have a lot of formatting tools to play with, but it's nice to use what we can 😁

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Great story! Hopefully Santa has a safeguarding policy.

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Of course, yes. All his work is covered by universal elfcare.

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