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The letter is unaddressed and unsigned.

But it contains her list of questions, neatly recopied.

Is there only one of you?
There is but one Father Christmas for all of Narnia, and all the world around it, and all the other worlds around that.

Where did you come from?
Like many creatures, I don't remember how I began, only how I have gone on from there.

How do you give presents to everyone in Narnia in one day?
I visit every creature exactly once, and there doesn't happen to be any trouble about it if some of those visits occur at what you would call the same time.

What do you do the rest of the year?
It's often Christmas somewhere.

Why don't you go to Earth?
Earth is a place of very little magic, all of it hidden, and I am not welcome there.

Do you go anywhere else?
Yes.

How do you make the presents? Can I learn to make magic things too?
Not all presents are made. Some are built or repaired or collected or written. If there was such a thing as a way for anyone to learn how to make the kinds of magical presents I have given you, it would be a very good present for you, better than almost anything else, and I would surely have given it to you by now.

Where do you go when it's not Christmas?
Home, occasionally.

How do you know what to get people?
I know a great many things, some of them by magic, some by listening. Some by reading messages that are written to me but never sent.