Santa letters from poor kids...
Dec. 10th, 2015 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyIf the kid in question asks for a very expensive item that all the reviews say break out of the box, no matter what brand you get, it's okay to get something different, right?
I sure hope so, because that's what I did, and the order's already sent so there are NO BACKSIES. The kid's 12, I'm sure she knows we're not actually Santa.
Thinking of slipping a note in there explaining why she didn't get the specific item she wanted, though....
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I sure hope so, because that's what I did, and the order's already sent so there are NO BACKSIES. The kid's 12, I'm sure she knows we're not actually Santa.
Thinking of slipping a note in there explaining why she didn't get the specific item she wanted, though....
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