Homer Mellen

Homer Mellen: This Christmas note written by London, ON native Homer Mellen in 1915 has become a huge hit online, thanks to its very simple requests:, according to Huffington Post. In it, he asks for a box of paints, a nine-cent reader and a schoolbag to put them in. Adorably, he also notes that if Santa has any nuts or toys or candy "to spare," he would appreciate those too and When you go through the family archives, it's easy to pass over the small pieces of paper that made up daily life for your ancestors. But one Nova Scotia family's crumpled note written in cursive is driving home the message of Christmas in a big way this year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.