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Students help Santa solve his sleigh problem
Dec. 23, 2025 10:11 am, Updated: Dec. 23, 2025 10:30 am
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MONTEZUMA -- Mrs. Dye’s class elf, Cookie, delivered bad news to the second grade class this month.
He told students that Santa’s sleigh has broken down, and the elves are way too busy making presents and are not able to help fix it. Santa needs suggestions from second graders all over the world for ways he can deliver presents on Christmas Eve, in a different way, in order to save Christmas.
The students offered these solutions.
Dear Santa,
We herd about the slay. We are sad and are going to give you some ideas so you can dlivr the toys for children. They are sad to. I know you are sad to and you can just ride your reindeer. And we love you so much!
We Love You, Addison Emmerson
Dear Santa,
I am sorry that your slay broke down. I bet you are nerves. Maybe you can use a airplane this Cristmas. If your bag is to big, I think you can connect your reindeer to a truck for land and a boat for water for your bag. If that doesn’t work maby you can connect atleast one reindeer to the back.
Love, Carter Allen Latcham
Dear Santa,
I think you should put a wooden square on the sleigh and put a blanket in the middle and use the wind. Or you can make a car/boat that can go on water and land and you I think you should make it really fast.
Love, Kaiden Price
Dear Santa,
First we will find out how it broke down. Then we will help fix it all up. We will use a hammer or a screwdriver maybe. We will help. We will. We are trying to save Cristmas. We will make sure it can fly. If the bottom needs fixed we can fix it. You can try putting in a seat for you maybe you could put gifts in it. Maybe you could see if your reindeer can fly.
Love, Magdalena Stoddard
Dear Santa,
I am sorry your slay is broke. We need to get it fixd. Or you could use a hot air ballowwn. This would get you over the water and over the land. The reindeer could help make it go faster.
Love, Rhett Hamilton
Dear Santa,
I herd the slay is broke down. But I have an idea. What if you make a magic car that flys? Then you can put the reindeer on it and you can put the presents in the back. Then you can fly with the magic car. Then you can fly all over the world.
Love, Krew Anderson
Dear Santa,
I am very sorry for your heart broken stuff. It is really emoshunal for me and my teacher Mrs. Dye. You can use a truck with reindeer and put the reindeer on the front, or you can use a jet pack.
Love, Ian Sutfin.
Dear Santa,
I am very sorry that the slay broke down but we have ideas for you. You can ride a reindeer. Do they have magic? So that is my idea. Have a grate Chrismas.
Love, Mia Matteson
Dear Santa,
I know you are really sad, but good news!! I can help you. You just need a jet and put your sack of presents in the back. Bring Mrs. Clase with you. She’ll help when you are not in the jet. Mrs. Clase will read the list and give the presents to Santa and Santa will give the presents to the kids.
Love, Rylee Sutherland
Dear Santa,
I know you are relly sad, but I have an idea. Maybe you can use a privet jet and if there was people outside you can use a little bit of magic to make it go invisible. If that does not work use a car and attach your reindeer to it. I think that will work. Or maybe ride your reindeer.
Love, Grant Ferry
Dear Santa,
I no about your sled. I am sorry for you Santa. But I have a solushun. You can rid a box and the reindeers can fly the box. And how we keep the presents is in a box behind you.
Love, Holly Lang
Dear Santa,
I am so so so so so sorry your sleigh is broken. I wish you can give presents to all of the children on Christmas Eve. Maybe you could get a space ship and go very fast. Get one that is big enough for all your presents.
Love, Emmarie Roberts
Dear Santa,
The elf you sent us left us a note and we heard your sleigh is broke down and you are probably very very sad. Because we are so sad too. So we will give you some ideas too. What about hall your reindeer and presents on a helicopter? That would work really good.
Love, Faith Crady
Dear Santa,
I have herd your sleigh has broken down. I have some ides for you. My first ide is you can get a aryplane and yore reindeer and get yore bags and give them a ride. You can put your reindeer and presents in the aryplane. And you can drive the ayrplane?
Love. Sawyer Mann
Dear Santa,
I know how sad you are. I am sad too and I am scared for christmas. But I can help. You can use your elfs, your reindeer, a jetpack, a flying school, or a flying oger. You have magic so you can do anything. I love you.
Love, Hades Forrester
Mrs. Roorda’s class offered these suggestions.
Dear Santa,
We herd your slay broke down. How are you going to deliver presents? Hear are some ideas. Mabey we cood somehow get the slay down to the earth. We on earth can fix it. We send it back up and you can deliver presents. Or you cood get some of us up there. Here are some more ideas. You can make a new one in the next 10 days because you are magick. Or you can put a sack on a ranedeer and the ranedeer can deliver the presents. You cood use a helicopter.
From, Jaxyn S.
Dear Santa,
We heard your sleigh needs repair. What I am thinking is you only have 17 days. Here are some ideas. First we should get matiarels and get Barretts dad and get raindeer. Second we should get the things under the sleigh but what else do we need? We could get super glue, duck tape, and lots more. I am thinking you’re elves can help but what if there making toys we could get my dad maybe. But what if he is working and what if Barretts dad is working too…. I hope you have good luck.
Love, Brody B
Dear Santa,
We heard that your sleigh broke down. Here are some ideaus. You can get suplis to get it fixed up. Get the laydown makanakl tols and fix the sleigh. Then it will be fixed. We hope you get it fixed.
Love, Barrett M
Dear Santa,
We hrde that your sleigh got broke. You cude yos cat blastrs to push the presunts down the chimney. For the stoking you cud put them in a box to rap it around Rudof and let Rudof to lite the way. I hope you can do it befor Christmas morning.
Love, Amaya B
Dear Santa,
We heard your sleigh broke down. Dear Santa you have to listen because we have ideas for you. You shud praye to God to fix your sleigh. Say this dear god I hope you can fix my sleig. Or tie a rope on to your sleigh and pull it or get some tolls and fix it your self so you can deliver presents to kids so they can be happy. Or you can call a mincenick or I can go to the North Poll and fix it so you can deliver present to kids and parets. I hope your sleigh gets fix.
Love, Tatum H
Dear Santa,
We heard that your sleigh brok. We have sum ideas so you hafto lisen. My idea is I by sum elves and sum medl so we can make the sleigh so we have to make it cwick befor christmes because thar are kids out that that want presens. Pleas help us or christmes is rooend. Do you want that? The medl is for your sleigh. The elvs are for more help to make shor your sleigh can fly befour cristmes. Can you do that? Thar are a little bit of days in till cristmes. I rilly want christmes speshl for kids. They are wateing for cristmas presents. You can ride on a ranedeer. Ranedeers are magick. So you can dliver presens. I hope you can dlivr presens for kids.
Love, Aubrey T
Dear Santa,
We heard that you’re slay has broken. You need to lisen. How are you going to deliver presents. Drop it down. I will ficts it. Mabey you can get us up there and I will ficts it up. You can ride a raneder. It will work. I hope you can ficts it Santa. I love you Santa.
From, Konner D
Dear Santa,
We heard your sleigh broke down. This is my idea. Maybe the wind blue and your sleigh blue down. Then put a roof and a winsheld all arawnd the sleigh. Then grab sum jets and attach them with metal srcals. Then put the presents in the back and the jets in the frunt buside you. Then you can drop the presens into the chimnes so you don’t brake down a gen when you go dawn to land. I wish to have a little brother.
Love, Grace P
Dear Santa,
We heard the sleigh broke down. Hear are some ideas to fix it. Maby you could call a mechainac that lives near by and they can probably fix it. You could call them from Greenland. Isn’t it close to the north pole? Or maby you could go to a store in Greenland if it’s close and you can by one. Or you can pray to God and ask him to help. I hope it gets fixed up.
Love, Rossi B
Dear Santa,
We heard your slay brok down. I have a idea. You can bild a slay made of ice. You can bild a big robot to bild the slay. You can bild a robot to bild a slay. You can make 2 elfs and can fix the slay. I hope you can make it.
Luve, Kinsley M
Dear Santa,
We hord your slaye broc dawn! Santa you have to lisen! If you hav a tool box you can fix it. Bild a robot and mabey it will help you fix the slaye. Santa mabey one of your elfs can stop working and help you fix the slaye? You cood bild a bote and travl. Maby you can ride roodolf arawnd the wrld to dlivr presents. Santa maby you cood take an arplane. Santa a bird cood dlivr presents for you. I hope chrismas is savd.
From, Evelyn R
Dear Santa,
We heard your sleigh brok down. You cud pray to God. He dus not wun his suns birthday to be ruen on Cristmes and he will be on owr side forever. You can ask Jesus to help. He dus not wunt his birthday ruind. He will help you on youer slay. He will help you so you can bring the presints. He will be thar for you wen you need help. He will help you with fixing your sleigh for crismes and Jesis birthday. He will bles you for doing good. He will help you to fix youer slay. He will oways be thaer for you and he is good.
Love, Curtis M
Dear Santa,
We heard Santa’s sleigh is broken and needs repair! Here are some ideas to help you. First, have the people build A BIG toy. The Grinch could help. The toy could be a dragon. Next, use your magic to make it move. Have the toy be as big as your sleigh. Get a saddle for it from a shop and do the stuff you normally do with your sleigh. You could use the quick way…your magic! I hope you can find a way that can help!
Sincerely, Henry C
Dear Santa,
How to fix your slay. Get some tools and have all the elfs to help you. If that doseot work then get one elf and have them take the jets off and then look at it and see what the problem is. So look relly good. That is what I would do, look reelly good reelly hard.
Love, Quinn M

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