An 11-year-old girl was filled with grief after losing her father and grandmother in a house fire. Credit: AP This image released by IFC Films shows a scene from the documentary "Dear Santa." (IFC Films via AP) Author: CNN Newsource Updated: 2:14 PM CST December 11, 2020 ARVADA, Colo. — A little girl in Colorado won't have her father or her grandmother to celebrate with this holiday season. They died in a tragic house fire over the summer, but 11-year-old Brooklynn Alexander survived. After a tough year, she wrote Santa a touching letter to Santa, asking him to ease her pain. "Every night, I send the letters off to Santa," said Amber Klein, one of Santa's helpers in Arvada, Colorado.