During December 26 Arthur wrote a letter to Belinda. Fortunately he was able to get her address from the main computer.

Dear Belinda,
Since we didn't have much time to get to know each other I decided to write to you and tell you a few things.

First of all, my real name is Arthur Christmas. Also the elf that was with me was Bryony, who helped me a lot a couple years ago when I had to deliver a forgotten present. I'm not sure what went wrong...anyway one present got knocked out of the assembly line so Bryony and I, with Grandsanta (my dad's father) helping too, took a trip to deliver it. It was a bit of a hassle though, especially since it was my first time flying (I have this thing about heights...). Fortunately everything worked out for the best, and everyone ended up happy which is the most important thing.

I'm glad to have met an adult who also has a lot of Christmas Spirit (and not just because you saved me and Bryony either) and I definitely want to see you again. But I really only can in January, starting February I'll be too busy to visit often. However I might be able to sneak some time off now and then to see you. My parents as well as Steve and Grandsanta already know about you and they like the sound of you. They're also grateful to you for saving me and Bryony from the police. See you in January.
Arthur Christmas

Belinda got the letter after a few days, and wrote back.

Dear Arthur,
I'm glad you wrote, I wasn't sure whether to send a letter or not because I know the postmen don't believe in Santa (like most other adults). However since your letter got through I guess this means my letters will too.

My last name is Kermit oddly enough (at least you have a festive last name). But no matter, sometimes that's one of the good things about being female: you can easily change your last name by marrying a good guy with a better last name. I hope I find a great guy with at least a simple last name like Smith if nothing else. But I'm not rushing, I don't know a lot of good guys around here so I'm waiting for the right guy to come along.

I'm an only child and an inheritor of a wealthy family. You probably wouldn't have guessed that due to the way I live, but I don't care about wealth. Unfortunately my parents do and have been pressuring me to marry a wealthy businessman. Oh well. Pogo is really my only friend, some of my previous friends found out that I still believe in Santa Claus and thought me weird for it. I've been kinda keeping it a secret ever since, pretty much the only people I tell nowadays are the kids I meet at my job. I'm a clerk in a toy store at the mall near my house. I love kids and have been wanting one of my own, but my luck with men has gotten to the point where I've been considering adopting.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you care so much about kids too, though considering your job it's not surprising. Also don't feel ashamed about your fear of heights, that's actually a common phobia. I can see where it can be a problem for Santa Claus, but you do have family as well as elves helping you so I don't think you have anything to worry about.

I really want to see you again too, so far you've been the most decent guy I've ever known. I also understand that you won't be able to visit me that often, it's okay. I prefer that you don't neglect your work, it's too important. We can always write through letters anyway. Also tell your family that it was my honor to save you, I had always dreamed of meeting Santa Claus but I never imagined that I'd end up saving him from anything. I hope I can meet them sometime, but I understand if they don't want to make the trip down here.
Belinda

Dear Belinda,
Don't worry about the letters, we have a special delivery system for those. A few selected elves work in the dead letter offices year round to make sure that letters to Santa get delivered.

Well, I've heard weirder last names so don't worry, yours doesn't sound that odd to me. You see I've been working in the mail room, where I respond to all the letters, ever since I was a child. Meaning I've gotten letters from kids with the oddest names, first last or both. And I hope you do find the right guy, anyone who loves kids a lot deserves to have a family.

I was a bit surprised to learn that you come from a wealthy family, but I'm also grateful that you never let it affect you. You know I found some of your old letters and I'm now amazed by the selfless requests you had. After all you never mentioned in any of those previous letters that you were wealthy. Anyway, don't worry about your parents. Since you're a legal adult they can't force you to do anything you don't want to.

I'm also sorry to hear about your friends, but then again a true friend is someone who sticks by you no matter what. And you can always find a true friend in me. Say, I was wondering how you came up with the name of your dog. I really like it.

Thanks for the 'decent' compliment. 'chuckle' Also I don't think my family would be able to make a trip down there but maybe I can convince them into letting you visit. My parents and Grandsanta should be easy enough, but Steve is another matter. He's very protective.
Arthur

And that's how it went. They continued writing letters to each other and Arthur was actually able to visit quite a bit during January. Grandsanta had built a smaller sleigh that could be pulled by one reindeer in case a member of the family wanted to take a small trip somewhere, and Arthur now used it to visit Belinda. It was tricky to work out at first, but fortunately Belinda had a really tall fence around her backyard so they decided that Arthur could park the sleigh there. He couldn't outside of Green River because there was a wolf pack roaming the area. Oh, and Belinda explained that she named her dog Pogo because one of her favorite toys when she was a kid was her pogo stick.

Each time Arthur visited he and Belinda had fun. They went ice skating or played in the park. Arthur was used to ice thanks to living at the North Pole so he got the hang of ice skating quickly. Belinda had already skated many times before, so it wasn't long until they were skating together instead of separately (Belinda originally kept her distance so that Arthur wouldn't knock her down if he fell). As for playing at the park, mostly they built snow sculptures or had a snowball fight, but sometimes they made snow angels. The kids and their parents already knew Belinda from the toy store she worked at, and so already knew about her childlike personality. Arthur was a stranger to them, but they were glad that Belinda had found someone to hang out with besides children.

During hot weather Arthur and Belinda went to see movies or just hung out at her place. Arthur was fascinated by the recent movies, at least the animated ones. Most of the live-action ones weren't exactly kid friendly and so not really Belinda's thing...which was okay because they probably wouldn't have been Arthur's thing either. As for her place she had movies that had come out not so recently and Arthur enjoyed pretty much all of them, especially the holiday ones. When they weren't watching movies they were eating and chatting and laughing and...basically just having a really good time.