Found in Caversham, England, when the current home's owner wanted to remove a chimney so they could properly feel frostbite from a delightful British winter, the note is signed only by someone named David, written 60-years ago.
What was on young David's wish list? Let's go to the letter in its entirety:
Dear Father Christmas,
Please can you send me Rupert Annual and a drum, box of chalk, soldiers and Indians, slippers, silk tie, pencil box, any little toys you have to spare.
Love, David
What a greedy hedonist! Slippers! A pencil box! A BOX OF CHALK!! What--did little David forget to mention he wanted a bowlful of dust?
For everyone not from England who's wondering if young David is dealing in human trafficking, he's not looking for Saint Nick to send him a poor, nebbish guy named Rupert. The Rupert Annual was a comic released yearly at Christmas about the adventures of a bear named, surprisingly enough, Rupert.
The construction worker who discovered the letter, Lewis Shaw, found out David (last name kept secret) is still alive, and intends to deliver the now somewhat older child his letter with all the gifts he asked for sometime before Saint Nick makes his rounds this year.
photo: ABC News
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