AUBURN, Wash. (AP) - A 5-year-old Auburn girl's letter to Santa attached to two pink balloons didn't make it to the North Pole, but her Christmas list is getting answered all the same.
KOMO-TV reports a Northern California ranching family found the note sent Dec. 2 and say they've bought the girl gifts and are sending them her way.
Helen Cardenas wrote the note in Spanish, asking for a doll and some clothes.
Her mother, Rosa Cardenas de Beyes, helped send it. She says cash has been tight because she is out of work.
The note ended up nearly 700 miles away, in Laytonville, Calif.
Frank Sanderson says his son recognized it as a letter to Santa and the Sandersons had it translated. They drove to the nearest shopping mall to find gifts for the little girl.
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