This holiday season, the always family-friendly Fox network will help ease the burden on Santa Claus by answering some of the overworked Christmas icon's mail—on camera, of course. From the AP:

Thanks to the Fox network, some letters to Santa Claus are sure to be answered this year.

"Dear Santa," a special where some of the wishes expressed in letters to Santa Claus are granted for a television audience, will air Dec. 9, Fox and the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday.

Compelling letters received by the postal service from children and families asking for Santa's help will be selected for the special.

Unsurprisingly, the network has a very specific definition of what comprises a "compelling" missive. Children troubled enough to ask Santa to participate in a beauty pageant after they receive radical plastic surgery will probably find themselves whisked to the top of the "Nice List" and learn that Christmas wishes really can come true.

• Fox Special to Answer Letters to Santa [AP]

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