TO ALL MY FRIENDS;        
I'M WRITING YOU THIS LETTER BECAUSE I FEEL YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME AND THE CHRISTMAS SHOW THAT I HOLD SO DEAR TO MY HEART...         
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW LIKE  I USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO MY GRANDPARENTS HOME TO WAIT FOR SANTA CLAUS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY WITH MY SISTER LOUISE...       IT WAS MORE THAN SANTA CLAUS AND SNOW...IT WAS A TEMPORARY ESCAPE FROM THE VIOLENCE AND ANGER THAT EXISTED IN MY HOME FROM A STEP FATHER WHO WAS OUT OF CONTROL...AND COMING TO SYRACUSE FOR THE ANNUAL SHOW IS THAT SAME FEELING OF JOY THAT I FELT BACK THEN...       
RECENTLY MY HEALTH HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON ME AND I FEEL THE CLOCK TICKING WITH REGARD TO MY PERFORMING LIVE AND FRANKLY IT SCARES THE HELL OUTTA ME...YOU KNOW ME...YOU KNOW I'LL SING TIL THEY PULL THE MIKE FROM MY HAND...
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT THIS PALACE SHOW AND THE EAT AND GREET...FOR REASONS I DON'T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE AND TRYING TO TAINT THE EVENT... THIS SHOW IS BEING PRODUCED BY ME AND PEOPLE I ASKED TO HELP... I NO LONGER WANT TO HOPE THINGS GO WELL, I WANT TO KNOW THEY WILL, FOR YOU AND ME. 
IT HURTS ME TO THINK THAT MY FANS WOULD PUT UP WITH THIS KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE THIS IS'NT 'MY' CHRISTMAS SHOW...THIS IS 'OUR' CHRISTMAS SHOW..
I'M ASKING YOU TO TURN OUT IN NUMBERS TO BOTH AN EVENING TOGETHER FOR DINNER AND LAUGHTER...AND TO A SHOW UNLIKE I'VE EVER DONE....THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS (AND STORIES YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD, TRUST ME).....JOIN ME, WON'T YOU, FOR A NIGHT WE'LL NEVER FORGET..CLOSE TO HOME AT THE PALACE THEATER.
LOVE,
BENNY MARDONES