My Dear Susie Clemens

A Homespinner messaged me and asked Hey Tommy– why don’t you tell us a Christmas story – maybe one we haven’t heard … Well here goes

There are classic Christmas stories like “Twas the Night Before Christmas” written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and “Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens in December 1843.

Perhaps lesser known is a letter that Mark Twain wrote in 1875 in response to his daughter Susie, who at 3 years old, had written her first letter to Santa Claus. And being a writer, Twain couldn't stand for his young daughter to feel that her letter went unheard, so he penned the letter recorded in this podcast entitled My Dear Susie Clemens.