Students in Heather Connor's second grade class at McIntyre Elementary have been writing letters to Santa, explaining why they would make a good elf. 

A few of the students kindly shared their letters with Patch.

We are featuring one student's video essay in each of the 12 days leading up to Christmas. 

Editor's note: they are really cute!

You can see the rest of our pictures from our visit to McIntyre elementary on our Facebook page.

To see the other video essays, click on our school news topic page. 

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