{"id":3848,"date":"2018-07-05T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/?page_id=3848"},"modified":"2018-08-02T21:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:33:37","slug":"the-wrong-sack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/christmas-morning-letters\/the-wrong-sack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wrong Sack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>What&#8217;s this letter about?<\/strong> <\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3892\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/illustration-of-the-litterbug-from-santa-letter.jpg\" alt=\"Father Christmas's drawing of the litterbug in this Letter\" width=\"252\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/illustration-of-the-litterbug-from-santa-letter.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/illustration-of-the-litterbug-from-santa-letter-151x300.jpg 151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Christmas&#8217;s drawing of the litterbug in this letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Quick Rundown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oops! Father Christmas was in such a rush to leave the North Pole that he picked up the wrong sack.<\/p>\n<p>In this letter, he tells your child how he was speeding through the air on his sleigh, when he heard a rustling sound.\u00a0 He rummaged inside his sack and discovered that instead of presents, a fat green creature was inside. It was a litterbug, a magical animal that usually lives in the Christmas House rubbish sacks. A hurried return home is in order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Detail:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tone of this &#8220;The Wrong Sack&#8221; is gentle, amusing and easy-going, and while it can be enjoyed by people of all ages, it has has proved particularly popular with younger children.\u00a0 The illustrations in the margins include a picture of the sleigh and reindeer, and within the letter, Santa tells the reader he has heard from his elves &#8220;that you have been very good.&#8221;\u00a0 To make sure this letter sounds authentic wherever you are, Santa doesn&#8217;t refer to any special country but writes, &#8220;&#8221;My reindeer tell me we are getting very close to your part of the world,&#8221; so it doesn&#8217;t matter which country you are living in.\u00a0 In a nutshell, this letter is a great all-rounder &#8211; it&#8217;s a bit of extra magic to read on Christmas Morning that we hope will make any child smile.<\/p>\n<div id='Ad_Under_Printables' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><!-- ERROR NO TURBO SIDEBAR FOUND WITH ID Ad Under Printables--><\/ul><\/div><!-- widgets_on_page -->\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Get this letter<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><a title=\"Free Father Christmas Letter: \u201cFather Christmas and the Pirates\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/christmas-morning-letters\/free-father-christmas-letter-the-wrong-sack\/\">Click here<\/a> or on the picture<\/strong> below to print your copy of The Wrong Sack letter &#8211; it&#8217;s completely free but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">we&#8217;d be really grateful if you&#8217;d share a link\/like us on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rooftoppost.printables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">or<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rooftoppost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">or in the real world, just tell a friend<\/span>. Thank you &#8211; without visitors our little site can&#8217;t survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3893\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/christmas-morning-letters\/free-father-christmas-letter-the-wrong-sack\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Father-Christmas-letter-about-him-accidentally-leaving-the-presents-behind.jpg\" alt=\"Father Christmas Letter About How He Accidentally Left the Presents Behind\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Father-Christmas-letter-about-him-accidentally-leaving-the-presents-behind.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Father-Christmas-letter-about-him-accidentally-leaving-the-presents-behind-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wrong Sack &#8211; A letter to Leave with the Presents on Christmas Eve!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Need a Back?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, you can get that extra authentic look by <a title=\"Letter Backs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/letter-backs\/\">printing a matching decorative design<\/a> on the reverse of your Father Christmas letter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Letter Backs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/letter-backs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4574 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/printable-letter-from-father-christmas-folded-to-show-back-designed-by-leone-betts.jpg\" alt=\"Printable Letter from Father Christmas Folded to Show Decorative Back\" width=\"291\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>You might also enjoy these:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/certificates\/\">Father Christmas Certificates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/short-notes\/\">Father Christmas Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/magical-creatures-and-magical-people\/pirates\/pirate-certificates\/\">Pirate Certificates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/colouring\/\">Christmas Colouring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/tooth-fairy\/tooth-fairy-notes\/\">Tooth Fairy Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s this letter about? Quick Rundown: Oops! Father Christmas was in such a rush to leave the North Pole that he picked up the wrong sack. In this letter, he tells your child how he was speeding through the air on his sleigh, when he heard a rustling sound.\u00a0 He rummaged inside his sack and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/christmas-morning-letters\/the-wrong-sack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Wrong Sack<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":3257,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3848","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4081,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3848\/revisions\/4081"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}