Dear Santa...

Dear Santa

Well another year has passed and Christmas has come around again!  This year has found me, Sean, in such happiness. If we flash back to last season, job woes had me down. But now love, life, family, and work is truly going well... knock on wood of course!  Please make note of my new address since I have moved in with Stefan. I believe I gave it to you last year so you could throw some gifts his way.  If you still need it just give me a jingle!  (tee hee) 

Stefan and I have selected a white Xmas tree this year to emphasize our mid-century obsessions and because it would look cool next to the purple-tone paint in the main room of our home!  So please ensure the presents have a wrapping paper, bow, and/or bag that shows off this new addition!  (cue raised right eyebrow) We don't want anything clashing now do we? New ornaments that look great on a white background would be fun too!

As I do every year, I am writing you an overly sweet and greedy letter asking for presents in a vague attempt to avoid actually directly asking/telling family what I would seriously enjoy for Xmas!  Being that Stefan and I started a blog this year, I thought what appropriate way to broadcast then through it!  And Santa, after all, I know you keep up with the latest technologies up at the North Pole. So here goes... (smirk)

...items are highlighted in blue so it will be easier to find through my prattle...

Ok, so I won't be AS greedy as I am usually this year.  Now don't shake your head now, Santa! I saw you!  I really mean it this year.  Stefan and I made some financial goals that I really want to stick to and so the only true thing I would want is for those to stay on track this year.  Yes, this is pretty much a prayer that nothing screw up our path toward a home and embracing a child to our hearts over the course of the next year and half.  Living together has been a wonderful, albeit crowded, time - but space is space and these legs gotta stretch!  So please grant me strength as the new work contract gets processed so money is secure with our household. And may we both stay healthy so God can truly bless us with our true desire, to love a child someone cared most about to entrust them to someone else. Xmas won't be Xmas I think until Stefan and I have that little hand to write Santa letters with in the future. 

Ok, so security to buy a new home, health, and a child of our very own... check!

Now for the avarice! 

What does this "boy" want on Xmas morning? Well I know that a High-def TV with 1080p resolution might be too big for the sleigh along with the accompanying Bose sound system and Toshiba HD DVD player... so best leave that for our first day in the new house's souped up media room (said with a dwindling mumble).  But Papa (the name I chose in leiu of Dad for when we get our bundle of joy) still collects the DVDs so bring them on! 

Here are the Top Ten DVDs (a good site to look for them on) on my goodie list (in no particular order):

1. Band of Brothers

2. Aliens - Collector's Edition 2 disc set

3. The Complete Thin Man Collection

4. The Lady Vanishes (Criterion Collection)

5. Once & Again: The Complete First Season

6. Seinfeld - Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and/or 9

7. The Tarzan Collection

8. Walt Disney Legacy Collection (Worlds of Wonder, Creatures of the Wild, & Nature's Mysteries [I already have Lands of Exploration])

9. Walt Disney Treasures Disney Rarities Celebrated Shorts 1920s - 1960s and/or Walt Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies Volume 2

10. 2007 World Series Collection

I had to pare it down since you know how gluttoniness I can be about DVDs!  But someone has to have a hobby!  If you could squeeze in the new release of Flash Gordon (1980) that would be welcome too. I saw the film at my 10th birthday party and have loved the camp ever since!  I know Dad is proud that he took me to that. (hee hee) 

Now music wise, instead of compact discs (CDs) this year - an iTunes gift card is more than welcome! What a great way to find music - one song at a time!  I use my iPod almost every day on the MARC train to work and lord knows I need walking and room entrance music in my own head! Some Bose over the ear head phones would be nice...but not expected... Even an inventive medley on a self-made cd would be fun! A copy of Paul Robson in Showboat would be a fun twist though.

This Thanksgiving, Stefan and I did a lot of cooking as our part of a huge event with his family. It would be nice to have a small and large food processor so we could make it faster next year. A few Calphalon pots would be a nice addition as well. But otherwise, our kitchen is full so waiting until the new house kitchen or some other special event requiring gifts of kitchen items is probably a great idea!

Reading is fundemental as you know Santa, but sometimes I don't have a lot of time for it. It helps that Stefan is a librarian, but sometimes you just want to own a book. The Russell Quant gay detective mysteries would be fun to kick around in paperback. I already have Amuse Bouche (which I love to say as "Bushea" not "Boosh" as the French do because it makes me sound pretentious), so that leaves Flight of Aquavit, Tapas on The Ramblas, Stain of the Berry, and Sundowner Ubuntu.  Other ideas would be the books on Spanish Colonial design. A Bartlett's Quotations would be great since I love quoting things all the time... just ask my friends!

Lately, I have become obessesed with Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart pop up books and Marvel Comics Civil War series. Any of those would be nice additions to my ecclectic collection!  Books on the history of Fenway Park would be nice too.

Clothes as usual are always nice. Never bring me pants though! Santa, I know you don't have a return policy, but in this house noone asks someone's pants size!  However, extra large turtleneck sweaters, long sleeve henleys, light jackets, socks, and amusing underwear is always welcome. Please keep in mind that a Mike Lowell (Number 25) Boston Red Sox Replica jersey would be even more welcome!

In the end I already have my Xmas gift in Stefan of course. But a few more trinkets never hurt anyone right?

Thanks Santa!

And have a Merry Xmas!!!

Your pal,

Sean