So at camp, we have this little tradition called Gnome Homes. It's where the kids build little houses for the "gnomes" that live at camp to live in, usually out of sticks and leaves and other nature-y stuff. Then they write the gnomes a note and leave it in the house they built. The counselors go around at night and collect them, then write back as the gnomes. For some reason, all of the kids are always FANATICAL about these things. Kids walk into camp for the first time ever, having already heard about Gnome Homes and asking when we can build them. Even our oldest campers, such as my twelve year olds, still believe in the gnomes. My partner and I wrote back to the first round of letters, and they were so absolutely adorable that I had to share them. My responses to them follow. :)
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