Christmas Wish List - for the slightly off center

Dear Santa,

It's that time of year that all the good little boys and girls send you a note, just to make sure you don't blow it when you drop that gift down the chimney on Dec 25.  And for those naughty little children, well, for them ...

So, those have been the rules ever since I could understand the concept of a "rule" - also, coincidentally, my parents informed me of this rule when they found me test driving my dad's new hatchet ... against our back door.  (it was a good hatchet!)... (but i was a bad girl)... No gifts from Santa for me.

(turns out my parents lied anyway because I got a gift from Santa after all - he just accidentally left it at my grandma's house)

That was the year that I learned about the 'shades of grey' (not the book - you just made the naughty list!)

Think French Revolution

There was naughty and there was NAUGHTY.  From that point forward, I have endeavored to stay in the middle of the naughty scale.  Neither a Polly Anna nor a Maximilien Robespierre, I have been able to fly below Santa's NAUGHTY radar all my life.  But i NEVER sent him a letter...until now.  I used to think that if you were a little naughty, it would run to no good if you drew Santa's close attention.  I mean, what if he was running a deficit one year and needed to cut costs?  So, I patiently and silently waited for Xmas - safe in the knowledge that I might not get exactly what I wanted, but I would certainly get something of the non-coal variety.

Now I am older (just a little) and wiser (a lot.)  I figure that Santa is, after all is said and done, still a man.  And while naughty little girls are on shaky ground with the big man in red, I have absolute confidence that naughty big girls are on solid footing with the robust man in the fur-lined jacket.

So here goes, Santa.  This is my Christmas Wish List - listed in order of preference.

1)  BMW i8  -- Electric Car for the non-granola crowd.
2)  Clive Owen -- or any protagonist from the Highlander series of books by Hannah Howell (so what!  I like a little romantic escapism - deal with it!)
3)  Slippers and a cuddle blanket -- it's getting cold outside.
4)  World peace - (okay, maybe this should be first, but i did say that I fit firmly in the 'naughty' category AND I really love that car!)

Anyway, here's to being naughty from time to time and still getting a little something from Santa anyway.  Everybody loves a rouge!