![]() ![]() He wears glasses on his head and a blue button-up collared shirt. Video: Morris talks to the camera in a kitchen. I think I’m just going to put, warm best wishes.And that’s it. It’s just that each of us have our own message for Santa, and that’s where we would put it. And, you also sign off with a little reference to your relationship with them. Now when you send a letter you do need to put the name of the person who is getting the letter, so there’s no misunderstandings.You’ll see that it’s on the left-hand side, just a little bit below where the address and date is. Then there is what you write in the letter. Now I’m not suggesting you send Santa a whole series of lines. So, it’s not a bad idea to put the date on. Now you see, I’ve put it up in the top righthand corner, that’s a traditional place to put one’s own address. Morris then writes ‘Dear Santa’, draws lines on the paper and writes ‘warm best wishes, Morris.’ Morris Gleitzman:Īudio: It’s traditional, at the top of the letter, if you hope the person will reply to you, and they don’t already have your address, to write your address. Morris writes ‘27B Needabike Crescent Peddleton WA 1234 7 April 2020’ on the top right-hand corner the piece of paper. Video: The camera shows the bench that has a stack of papers on it and a cup of tea. Morris Gleitzman:Īudio: Because some of you may not of had a lot of experience writing letters, I thought I’d just take you through a bit of a basic how it’s done. ![]() Video: Red Australia Post branded header slide with white text reading: How to write and post a letter with Morris Gleitzman. Video: The video fades into a white background that shows the red Australia Post logo. A piece of paper that will last for maybe hundreds of years if it’s tucked into a dry drawer, that means that the person who receives that letter has got something very special, just from you to them, you will have made a connection that can’t quite be made in any other way. Morris Gleitzman: Audio: When we write a letter to somebody else that we really want to connect with and we do it using our own unique handwriting on a piece of paper. ![]() Video: The camera zooms into Morris talking to the camera in a living room. There is something really special about knowing that a piece of paper that you’re holding in your hand only a few days or a couple of weeks ago had been in the hands of somebody who had something that they really wanted to tell you. ![]() But the ones I really like best are the handwritten ones on paper. Many of them these days come through email and social media. Video: Morris holds up handwritten letters he’s received.Īudio: As an author, I get sent a lot of letters. There are plenty of those around at the moment and how much would those people working long hard hours in our hospitals and medical centres enjoy having a letter perhaps from someone they only met very briefly or perhaps never at all. Morris Gleitzman:Īudio: You could write to your heroes if you like. And there’s all sorts of good reasons why this is a great thing for young people to do. Morris Gleitzman:Īudio: I would like to encourage everybody stuck at home these daysĪudio: wondering perhaps what to do, to have a go at writing some letters. Video: The camera pans over a table full of handwritten letters. I’ve been doing it for over 30 years and so you won’t be surprised to hear that I love words. Morris Gleitzman:Īudio: Hello, I’m Morris Gleitzman and my job is writing stories for young people. He wears glasses and a blue button-up collared shirt. Video: Morris talks to the camera in a living room. Video: Red AP branded header slide with white text reading: Morris Gleitzman talks letter writing. ![]()
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