A six-year-old Finnish girl, Helga Hiltonen, wrote a letter to God to give her 100 marks before Christmas. In Finland, letters with the wrong address can only be opened by the President of the Republic. Thus, the letter addressed to “the Lord God” was read by Urho Kalev Keckonen, who successfully ruled the country from 1958 to 1982. Keckonen decided to comply with the girl's request, but thought that 50 marks would be enough for such a small child. He ordered her to bring her money and a letter “from God” on his car. Soon a letter from Helga came back to the office. She wrote that the president’s car, which had stopped near her house, was covered by the whole street. The girl asked God not to give any more money through the president because he stole half of the money.