December 23rd

Dear Haley,

Hey Hales! Florida's nice and warm, but not as good as it could be. It's missing you. My new house is huge! Way bigger than my apartment, but not as big as yours. I have my own bedroom and everything. No more sharing with a seven-year-old, thank God.

School's okay. I have to wear a uniform, which sucks. I haven't made any real friends. But there are a couple of girls I talk with sometimes, and they let me sit with them at lunch. Kind of like how we sat with the artsy girls at lunch, but kept to ourselves. Do you still sit with them?

My Christmas break started on the 22nd. When does yours begin? It's kind of sad that we don't even have a chance of a white Christmas this year. It looks like New York has some snow they could lend us, though. Another thing that sucks is none of our family lives down here, so we're not going to any Christmas parties. I can't wait to visit home in February. The only bummer is that the big tree will be taken down by then, so we're going to have to skate without it. That's our tradition. I guess everything has to change now. Can you send me a pic of you by the tree next? Thanks.

Merry Christmas. Send me a letter soon! I miss you so much.

Sincerely,
Taylor
Your B.F.F

P.S.
here's the picture you wanted. That's my school uniform if you were wondering.