One Celebrity Acknowledged My Christmas Card

I ordered too many custom Christmas cards last year.

So I used the surplus to send Christmas wishes to celebrities—a variety of celebrities ranging from pop stars to former presidents.

I received only one acknowledgment, a generic form thank you note—but super cool nonetheless!

Interestingly, it came from the only person I mailed on another continent—the recipient farthest away…

His Majesty King Charles III.

How exciting it was to receive my very own piece of Royal Mail from Buckingham Palace in my suburban American mailbox!

Public image is everything, so it’s no surprise that Buckingham Palace sends gracious thank you notes the world over.

The senior royals of the British royal family are working royals. They have demanding jobs I do not envy…travel, meetings, public appearances.

Because ideally, a king or queen is a servant-leader.

Christ, King of Kings, of course is the archetypal servant-leader, “…the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve…” (Matthew 20:28 NRSVCE)

Someone could say about my mail from Buckingham Palace, “What’s so special about it? They must mail form thank you notes in droves.”

True.

But it still has meaning.

It's a reminder to the Brits of the admirable commitment of their monarchy to service, e.g. acknowledging well-wishers.

Even well-wishers who are not powerbrokers—like American nobodies such as myself.

I am reminded of a lyric from the 1966 song, “He,” recorded by The Righteous Brothers, "He still finds the time to hear a child's first prayer…”

King Charles--i.e. Buckingham Palace--received my Christmas card.

But whereas a human king or queen has their office acknowledge messages, Christ, King of the Universe, and Mary, Queen of Heaven, personally hear every prayer.

Even from the whole world.