Letter to Santa
My daughter is counting down the days to Christmas. 'Has Santa got my letter yet?' she asks impatiently.
‘He gets them all in the end,’ I tell her. ‘But he doesn’t always have everything children ask for.’
This is an important point as requests to the man in red come big and small. When she was four her letter began: ‘Dear Father Christmas. Can I please have a laptop and an orange?'
Sadly laptops were out of stock down at Santa’s Grotto. I think that there may be a similar problem with one of this year’s choices: a Nintendo DS!
I’m sure Father Christmas can provide another orange. But I suspect that fruit won't quite make up for the missing DS. It may be true that all you need is love but kids expect a bit more from the big guy when he comes down the chimney.
And what about your letter to Santa? Is there something that you would love as a present from the North Pole? Remember that Santa is on a tight budget. Ferraris are definitely out of stock!
I think my Beatles titles were a bit too hard last week – so well done to Anita, who got nearly all of them and to Adek and Adriana. The titles were Julia, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, In My Life and The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last one doesn’t sound like a Beatles’ song though, does it?
I also forgot to put my name on the end of the post. Doh! Thank you to James and Leila for rectifying this error in the comments.
I’ve only included one Beatles song this week –and it’s a tricky one. Don’t waste too much time looking for it, especially if you’ve still got Christmas shopping to do!
All best to you all
Kieran
Impatiently – reluctantly, when you want something to happen quickly
Out of Stock – when an item is no longer available
Grotto – where Santa’s elves live and work. Please don’t try checking on Google Maps!
Nintendo DS – hand-held games consol loved by kids of all ages!
Make up for compensate
Chimney – children are told that Father Christmas delivers presents by coming down the chimney into the fireplace. In many modern homes he must make other arrangements!
Doh! – Expression of annoyance made famous by 蜜芽传媒r Simpson
Tricky – difficult, not obvious
Comments
Dear Kieran! I was looking for three song titles by the Beatles in your previous entry as I did not notice two words: 鈥漚t least鈥. Doh! Once I spotted the three titles I was happy and did not look for another. Ha, ha.. Silly me! To be honest, I would not have found the song: In my life. Looking forward to your next blog. Best wishes,
Hi Kieran, It鈥檚 lovely to hear from you. My son (7) brings a list of his wishing Christmas presents to me. It seems he has copied all of the pages of Star Wars and toy cars from AGOS, including order numbers and prices. First of all, I was really impressed by his nice and neat hand writing because he always scrawl when does his homework so I can鈥檛 make head or tail of it from time to time. Secondly, I am shocked by some of the Lego prices that are from 35 鈥99.99 pound. I say to my wee son that Santa can鈥檛 provide all the present he is asking for. Do you know how my son responds? Mummy, Santa doesn鈥檛 need to buy the presents. Elves make them!, and he trots off with the list in order to adding another Lego to it. All the best to you and your family
Hi Kieran! "All you need is love". This time the brainteaser was much easier. :) And yes, what I need is simple: family, love, health, peace...less stressful days... things that we cannot buy. Take care!
Hello Kieran, it's good to hear from you again. I had made out from your first post that it was as you had mentioned about your post in August. I remember being child, I too used to have really big wishes and it's lovely to read about your daughter's wishes. But I wonder why she wishes for an orange along with her hifi wishes. Best wishes. Naheed
Kieran, all you need is love for Christmas :)
Hi Kieran! Great to hear from you. I have not written my letter yet. I know, I should hurry up. As always, my folks say that they do not want anything, but in the end they get offended if they do not receive any present. So, I will think about something during this week. Even for me! LOL On a different topic, the highly anticipated new album of Massive Attack will come out next month. I cannot wait to listen to it. Plus, I heard they will work with Tricky very soon. Cool! Have a good week!
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