Dear Santa,
I don’t need much this year. The bike still rides, the cow still milks, and the chickens are laying.

But I need a few favors.

1. Help us to make Mama happy in “protective living.”

2.  Tell Derek Obama that Mama voted for him so he could stop the war.

3. Send that CD of Mike Jagger and the Stones to Mama at her new living quarters.

Thanks. Oh, and don’t change reindeer in the middle of the road.

Love,

Edna Sue Perwinkledink

(real essays online Dec. 3rd. Guess ya’ll figured out we’is a posting on the odds, eh?)