Arvada girl, 11, pens letter to Santa filled with heartache: 'Can you please stop my sadness?' An 11-year-old girl penned a letter to Santa filed with heartache, asking him to stop her âsadnessâ after losing her father and grandmother in a house fire over the summer. and last updated 2020-12-14 14:23:35-05 ARVADA, Colo. â An 11-year-old girl penned a letter to Santa filled with heartache, asking him to stop her âsadnessâ after losing her father and grandmother in a house fire over the summer. Brooklynn Alexander, 11, wrote her Christmas wish and dropped off her letter...