I guess your right, Santa. My list is coming along fine. Most kids have been pretty good this year, but I still have this list of kids who don't listen to their parents, misbehave in school, steal, lie, and are mean to others. But I also see that many people are trying to be better parents. Better parents means happier kids.
Happy kids do better in life.
So I hope my list of bad kids will be shorter in the future. Christmas is usually most difficult in areas where there is conflict. So I have my work cut out for me in Kosovo, central Africa, and the Middle East. I am also getting very concerned about the situation in the Russian Arctic, where your people are starting to have a real difficult time because of the collapse of the Russian economy. I am very proud of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference for their efforts to help.