"All
I Want For Christmas...."
Dear Santa,
I rarely ask
for much. This year is no exception. I don't need diamond
earrings, handy
slicer-dicers or comfy slippers. I only want one little
thing, and
I want it deeply.
I want to slap
Martha Stewart.
Now, hear me
out, Santa. I won't scar her or draw blood or anything.
Just one good
smack, right across her smug little cheek. I get all cozy
inside just
thinking about it. Don't grant this wish just for me, do it
for thousands
of women across the country.
OK, Santa,
maybe you think I'm being a little harsh. Well check out her
calendar of
"things to do":
December 1 -
Create horses from old DNA lying around in the barn to pull
home-made sleigh
to post office
December 2
- Have Mormon Tabernacle Choir record outgoing Christmas message
for answering
machine.
December 3 -
Using candlewick and hand-gilded miniature pine cones, fashion
cat-o-nine-tails.
Flog Gardener.
December 4 -
Repaint Sistine Chapel ceiling in ecru, with mocha trim.
December 5 -
Get new eyeglasses. Grind lenses myself.
December 6 -
Fax family Christmas newsletter to Pulitzer committee for
consideration.
December 7 -
Debug Windows '95.
December 10
- Align carpets to adjust for curvature of Earth.
December 11
- Lay Faberge egg.
December 12
-Take Dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble.
December 13
- Collect Dentures. They make excellent pastry cutters,
particularly
for ecorative pie crusts.
December 14
- Install plumbing in gingerbread house.
December 15
- Replace air in mini-van tires with Glade "holiday scents" in
case tires
are shot out at mall
December 17
- Child proof the Christmas tree with garland of razor wire.
December 19
-Adjust legs of chairs so each Christmas dinner guest will be
same height
when sitting at his or her assigned seat.
December 20
- Dip sheep and cows in egg whites and roll in confectioner's
sugar to add
a festive sparkle to the pasture.
December 21
- Drain city reservoir; refill with mulled cider, orange slices
and cinnamon
sticks.
December 22
-Float votive candles in toilet tank.
December 23
- Seed clouds for white Christmas.
December 24
- Do my annual good deed. Go to several stores. Be seen engaged
in last minute
Christmas shopping, thus making many people feel less
inadequate
than they really are.
December 25
- Bear son. Swaddle. Lay in color coordinated manger scented with
homemade potpourri
of frankincense and myrrh.
December 26
- Organize spice racks by genus and phylum.
December 27
- Build snowman in exact likeness of God.
December 31
- New Years Eve! Give staff their resolutions. Call a friend in
each time zone
of the world as the clock strikes midnight in that country.
But I bet I
won't get my gift this year, Santa
You probably
want to smack her yourself.
Merry
Christmas from Sadie too ....
Thank you Melanie
for the "beary" wonderful present.