Mmmmm, Christmas Wishes (My Top 10 Christmas Wishlist)

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Product:	My Top 10 Christmas Wishlist
Date:	13/11/01 (23 review reads)
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My top ten Christmas wish list. Now that’s a tough one. Do I go for personal gain or wishes that will benefit society? Half and half maybe. I mean, it’ll be stupid to not include a few things for myself in there, wouldn’t it?

Dear santa,

I’ve been a very good boy this year so please find below my Christmas list 2001.

1) A new car. I know it’s a lot to ask, but my current car is a wreck and I’d like a bit of comfort for a while. PLEASE. Nothing fancy, just a nice Mercedes will do.

2) A safer airline industry or a personal flying sleigh. I’m not the most comfortable of flyers as it is and the recent troubles in the airline industry have done nothing to make me want to fly more. The trouble is there’s so many places in the world that I’d still like to visit and I only get 20 days holiday a year so travelling overland or sailing is out of the question for most places. A sleigh would be ideal, but failing that safe sky’s would be the next best thing. (Oh, and cheaper fares if you could manage it!)

3) A realisation by mortgage lenders and house builders that it’s not a good idea in the long run to constantly force house prices up until most people are forced out of the market or spiral into negative equity and repossession when the bubble bursts. Please try and deliver some sense to these people and those that think it’s a good idea to borrow 3 or 4 times their salary to buy the biggest house they can’t afford.

4) A good Welsh Rugby Team. I’ve supported Wales since I was a little boy. Unfortunately for me, that coincided with their start downwards to the depths of despair where they currently languish. I think I’ve suffered enough, don’t you? I’m not asking you to let us win the world cup (that’s probably beyond even you!) but just allow us to compete without embarrassing ourselves.

5) Security for my
family. Financial and social if possible. It would be lovely to know that money was not a problem. I don’t want to be a millionaire, just to have enough to know that I can go on a nice holiday each year (see point 2) and live comfortably. Also, to be able to park my car (see point 1) safe in the knowledge that when I come back it will still be there would be nice. To be able to walk down the street without the possibility of being harassed but yobs would also be nice. I don’t think that’s much to ask, is it?

6) A personal handheld PC. I’m not sure why, but I just want one!

7) Defined seasons for the UK. I can’t the merging of our seasons in a damp drizzly blur of rain and wind. A warm sunny summer, lasting a bit longer than mid July to the end of August (mid may to mid September for example), followed by a mild autumn and then a crisp, cold winter. No more rain. Just snow in the winter please.

8) Better public transport and an improved road infrastructure in the UK. Please rescue me from traffic jams on motorways and gridlocked city centres. I’d even consider giving up my new car, if it meant a quicker, cleaner, healthier, easier transport system.

9) A system of government, both local and national, where more importance is placed upon social need (i.e. a better equipped and functioning health service and educational system) than the trappings of power (i.e. who’s got the biggest office or the most chauffeurs, or the best opportunities for feathering his own nest). In other words, give me politicians that actually care about improving society rather than what they can get out of it. This may mean getting rid of all the current parties and creating a new one instead.

10) A merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Free from arguments, disappointment and tragedy. Just a peaceful, relaxing Christmas. Oh, and a bit of snow if you could manage it!

Thanks Santa.

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