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All I Want for Christmas This Christmas my letter to Santa is going to be better than ever before.  You see, usually my list includes a slew of material items that I don’t actually need, a scattering of experience-centric gifts like concert tickets or exotic trips, and finally I throw in an animal or two (what girl doesn’t want a potbelly pig?) for good measure.  Needless to say, good old Saint Nic doesn’t always deliver on all of my demands, but that never seems to deter the gusto of my behests. But like I said, this year everything is different.  This time I’m asking Santa for something really simple – a happy holiday.  Granted, I’ll only be happy if I wake up Christmas morning to find Brad standing under a piece of mistletoe, holding a hot toddy, but I still get credit for having such a selfless Christmas wish… right?  Considering Christmas is known for being such a magical time of year, frankly I wouldn’t be surprised to run downstairs and find all of the Jolie-Pitts in matching red plaid jammies singing carols and eyeing a delightful breakfast spread.  I’m imagining eggs Benedict and some sort of Nutella-filled crepe.  (Life is in the details, people!) Movies – be they good or bad – always have an element of magic to them, so understandably Christmas-themed flicks are the perfect marriage of whimsy and the sense that anything is possible.  Babes in Toyland, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - the list goes on and on.  A couple more that might not be on your radar – The Christmas Pirates, The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas andA Christmas Too Many.  With a list like that the Jolie-Pitts and I will be far too busy catching up on festive films to even unwrap our presents!  But then again, being Jolie-Pitt is gift enough. L.T.

All I Want for Christmas

This Christmas my letter to Santa is going to be better than ever before.  You see, usually my list includes a slew of material items that I don’t actually need, a scattering of experience-centric gifts like concert tickets or exotic trips, and finally I throw in an animal or two (what girl doesn’t want a potbelly pig?) for good measure.  Needless to say, good old Saint Nic doesn’t always deliver on all of my demands, but that never seems to deter the gusto of my behests.

But like I said, this year everything is different.  This time I’m asking Santa for something really simple – a happy holiday.  Granted, I’ll only be happy if I wake up Christmas morning to find Brad standing under a piece of mistletoe, holding a hot toddy, but I still get credit for having such a selfless Christmas wish… right?  Considering Christmas is known for being such a magical time of year, frankly I wouldn’t be surprised to run downstairs and find all of the Jolie-Pitts in matching red plaid jammies singing carols and eyeing a delightful breakfast spread.  I’m imagining eggs Benedict and some sort of Nutella-filled crepe.  (Life is in the details, people!)

Movies – be they good or bad – always have an element of magic to them, so understandably Christmas-themed flicks are the perfect marriage of whimsy and the sense that anything is possible.  Babes in Toyland, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - the list goes on and on.  A couple more that might not be on your radar – The Christmas Pirates, The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas andA Christmas Too Many.  With a list like that the Jolie-Pitts and I will be far too busy catching up on festive films to even unwrap our presents!  But then again, being Jolie-Pitt is gift enough.

L.T.