This holiday season Macy’s has partnered with the Make a Wish Foundation to bring holiday cheer to children with life-threatening medical conditions.  For every letter to Santa that Macy’s recieves, the department store will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundtion with the goal of raising $1 million.  And while they ask for letters from children explaining why they believe in Santa Claus, I’m sure they would accept notes from grown-up kids as well. And you can even become a virtual Santa with this nifty feature.

Take it from these folks:

And here’s the story behind “Yes, Virginia”.

takepart by writing a letter on Santa’s stationary to bring to Macy’s and support The Make-A-Wish Foundation through a variety of other ways.

Mike Leigh may not have a history of being a “happy go-lucky” director, but he is one of my favorite directors. His films, like Vera Drake, All or Nothing and Naked, usually take a look at a more dour side of life. Imagine my (and the film community at large’s) surprise when Mike Leigh showed up at the Berlin Film Festival this year with a film called Happy Go-Lucky.

The story of Leigh’s film revolves around Poppy, a primary schoolteacher with a positive outlook on life and

While it is a comedy, the film had a serious intent and expressed something “very important”, he (Leigh) said. “At the beginning of the 21st century, when we’re in a world that’s heading towards disaster, it’s important to reject the growing fashion to be miserabilist, the growing fashion to be pessimistic and gloomy because the world is in a bad way. Everywhere there are people on the ground getting on with it and being positive.”

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