When nine-year-old Sophia Mengel wrote a letter to Santa Claus, she could have never imagined it would end up in the hands of a man from a completely different country. But much like Santa Claus, this man gave her all she had asked for in the letter.
A Christmas Wish
Sophia Mengel, a nine-year-old Austrian girl, wrote a letter to Santa Claus and attached it to a balloon. The balloon flew far, far away until it inexplicably landed on a farm in Karachay-Cherkessia, a Russian ethnic republic. The man did not understand the letter because it was in German, so he sought help online to translate it.
Then, he figured out what it said: she wanted a princess dress and a hoverboard, among other things. The man started a fundraiser and contacted Sophia's parents to make her Christmas wish come true. Sophia got her presents and the story went viral.
