Before bed last night, our youngest suddenly ordered us to write a letter to the Elves. He wanted a simple-yet-ironic question asked on his behalf: is god real?

We agreed -- his mum and I -- to not send the letter. It's good handwriting practice and we'll tell him Elves only answer letters from children.

But obviously he's gonna need an answer soon. We are somewhere between atheists and agnostics on the faith spectrum -- although sometimes I wonder.

Anyway, how should the Elves respond?

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

He said Elves.

The answer is that he moves in mysterious ways.

Dear youngest ginger pubic wig,

It does seem possible that God exists, if you are part of that psychological thought process, that people can be better off believing in something than in nothing even without evidence, however untrue that something may be.

Best wishes

Head Elf

Problem is, if God exists, isn't communing with pagan spirits (elves) a sin?

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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I used to own 11 elves, and another one came along, so, now I have a twelf.

I'd go with Neil deGrasse Tyson's stance, it was for the tooth fairy but it works here too:

Children use their imaginations all of the time — for instance, when they play make-believe with toys, Tyson said. They can use their imagination for things where imagination belongs, but not [on] some hoax perpetrated by adults on children.

I just went with "don't be daft" personally.

Optimistic as ever