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Dear Santa,
I have been a good mom all year. I have fed, cleaned and
cuddled my children on demand. I have visited the Doctor`s
office more than my doctor, sold more candy than my dentsist
would recommend to raise money to plant a shade tree on the
school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list over
several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my
son`s red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room
between cycles and who knows when I `ll find anymore free
time in the next 10 years.
Here are my Christmas wishes:
I`d like a pair of legs that don`t ache (in any color except purple,
which I have already) and arms that don`t hurt or flap in the
breeze;but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of
the candy aisle of the supermarket (whilst threatening to tell his
mother about his behaviour when we get home (think about
it...). I`d also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the 7th
month of my last pregnancy. If you are hauling big ticket items
this year I`d like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that
plays only adult music, oh and a television that doesn`t
broadcast any programs ccontaining talking animals! I`d also
like a fridge that has a secret compartment behind the crisper
where I can hide to talk on the phone. On the practical side, I
could use a talking doll that says"Yes, mommy" to boost my
parental confidence, along with 3 kids that don`t fight and a pair
of jeans that zip all the way up without the use of a power tool. I
could also use a recording of Tibetan Monks chanting"Don`t eat
in the living room" and "take your hands of your brother/s"
because my voice seems to be out of my childrens hearing
range and can only be heard by the dogs. If it`s too late to find
any of these products, I`d settle for enough time to brush my
teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of
eating food warmer than room temperature without it being
served in a styrofoam container. If you don`t mind, I could also
use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the season. Would it
be too much trouble to declare Ketchup a vegetable?Or to
coerce my children to help around the house without
demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized
crime syndicate. Well Santa the buzzer on the dryer is ringing
and my son is demanding his crayon back. Have a safe trip and
remember leave your wet boots by the door and come and dry
yourself off so you don`t catch a cold..just remember to hang up
the wet towel. Help yourself to cookies but don`t eat too many
and don`t drop any crumbs on the carpet.
Merry Christmas
Sarah
P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all of my requests if you
can only keep my children young enought to believe in Santa
forever!

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Sarah Founder www.sarahsperfectgift.com Gift giving made easy

Neat post idea!

I`ve got a question I`ve started asking people in the past few years. "Do you believe that One Thing will solve your life`s current problems?"

I other words, if you could ask Santa for stuff---things---like Sarah`s done so nicely, a) what would you ask for, and b) do you think it would "solve everything?"

If not, then what WOULD you ask for? What if you have a magic lantern that grants you 1 single wish. What would it be?

Dear Santa,
Please make my business grow everyday.. Please send your techy elves to manage my servers, the women elves to answer my phones and Oh yes... Can you please help me by dropping off my business card at every one`s house...
Thank you

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Edgar Monroy
Web Developer / Owner / Consultant
When starting your own business the need to "know-how" is greater than money!
http://www.nuevolution.net

Dear Santa,
I just wanted you to know that I think you`re the original and ultimate home business entreprenuer.
Now. My list:
I would like names of  some of your business contacts.
I mean, who is in charge of your distribution network? This guy is a genius. I can`t take care of my eBay orders and you can schlep presents to good boys and girls all around the world. In a NIGHT. Woah.
Also. The whole marketing thing you got going on. I bet you don`t do a penny in advertising, but, guess what? You`re in every newspaper, magazine, television show, and online portal. Can you send me the name of your PR rep?
Finally, could I borrow some elves? What do you pay those guys, cookies and milk? I don`t know what governing body oversees labor in the North Pole, but, we have things called "laws" that prevent home business owners from utilizing free labor. Although, some of us are smart enough to have a couple little elves, we call, "children," to help out. (This strategy often backfires, though. Please see Sarah`s post.)
Oh, and, you know, please bring peace on earth, yada yada yada.
Say hello to Rudolph.

Startup Stella

Dear Santa,

Please give me patience and perseverance.

Eli

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
-- John Quincy Adams

as shallow as it might sound, perhaps winning the lotto might `solve` quite a few problem to some people?

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Life isn`t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I would ask for a few moments alone with my travel-too-much husband that does not involve cheerleading, accounting, emails, phone calls or settling fights between my lovely and very energetic boys.

Oh and jewelry is nice too.

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Kindra Beauprey Director Liberty Bell Spirit Squad www.libertybells.net

Wow...yeah...tough one! The lottery is a good one! I posted that letter on my blog the other day. SO fitting!

Man...if I could get something from Santa...what would it be! Sheesh! Ya` know...there are sooo many things I want...

I think if I won the lottery (a BIG one)...that would help! I could get the medical help I needed to truly help make Tylor better instead of just trying to constantly put out the fires that errupt. I could help my mom pay her bills long enough for her to find a job that doesn`t abuse her. I could pay off the bills that continually keep us in the hole so there is less tension in our house over where something is going to come from. I could get cars for me and my husband that are reliable so I don`t have to get up in the wee hours to rescue my stranded husband from the side of the road where his car has died...again. I could get the house put back together and remodeled completely so we aren`t dealing with faulty electricity, bad plumbing, and poor heating...oh yeah...and the roof that is now missing. I could really get the non-profit off the ground and start truly helping people and making a difference in other families lives instead of just hoping someday it will all come around. And I could get that vacation, the honeymoon that my husband and I have never had and have wanted and needed so badly for the last 6 years.

Besides that...ehh...all is good this year! It might sound very selfish...but I would ask for the BIG lottery winning!! Yep! That`s the one for me! Peace on earth and all that is nice too...but how do I know someone else won`t wish for that...wouldn`t want to waste my wish on something someone else is already taking care of!  

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Leah Tucker

It`s funny, though, that when they followed up on people who`d won the lottery years later, almost none of them had changed in any way. They had no money, nothing to show for it, and were often even unhappier than before they`d won. 

Yeah...I had heard that somewhere too! I would probably be without money...but hopefully a few things had changed. Hard to say what would happen though...ya` know...hard to say how I would react once I had millions! HAHAHAHAHA!! Me....with millions!!!  

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Leah Tucker