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This is the illusionist, in which I, Helen Zoltzman, deliver a present down languages

chimney. As if that's not creepy. Coming up in today's show is a heartwarming festive story.

On with the show.

To be honest, these letters have been coming in as long as I've lived in that Chelsea apartment.

And even before that, the gentleman that lived before us had been getting the letters, only

about four or five. And then they had told me that the guys before them had been getting the letters.

This is Jim Glaub. He and his husband Dylan Parker were living in an apartment on West 22nd Street in Manhattan.

And every year, these letters would arrive there, addressed to Santa. And not by accident, the letters

were clearly intended to be delivered to their apartment.

It's this particular address, even the apartment number, you know, apartment number seven. So it's like very, very specific, which is strange.

But it didn't register as strange for the first few years.

If you were only getting four or five letters to Santa, you'd be like, I'm not thinking about this either.

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