Long gone are the days I sang for my two front teeth, that’s for sure! Of course my Christmas Wish List is much more sophisticated now., red blooded American materialistic traditionalist that I am, my list is full of Macintoshes – replete with a powerbook, an iMac and an iPod.
Nor do I write it up in crayon and mail it to Santa, any more. Now I just post it on the fridge, knowing my wife will see it. (Does she do this too? Nope. I gotta guess what she wants – or ask one of my sons…)
So? What do you want for Christmas?
Larry, my good ol’ friend, just wants the Green Bay Packers to win something this year.
Tiffany, the gal who likes to enter beauty contests, just sincerely wants world peace.
Our neighbor down the street just wants her husband to come home from Iraq – in one piece.
Other neighbors I know would like various things. A job. Rent money. Food on the table. Decent school clothes.
Some of these wishes, I know my wife and I can play Santa Claus and give a little toward their needs. Simple things, but precious to the recipients. Somehow, giving is a lot more fun than getting, isn’t it?
I would give Larry and Tiffany their requests too, and our neighbor would have her husband home – if it were in my power to do so. But I pray instead, not being the President or Bill Gates. Maney can’t buy everything, nor can political power, in this hard old world, right?
Me? As much as I would LOVE to have a mini iPod, perhaps a cure for a certain kind of cancer would be a nice Christmas present this year for me.
So I will ask again. What do you want for Christmas this year?
Don’t be shy. Step right up, and tell Santa what your heart desires, best of all.
A joyous and a merry Christmas to you all!
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