Subtle Coolness

Mr. Santa Claus
North Pole
Canada

Dear Mr. Claus,

I hope you receive this letter. You’re not the type of guy that’s easy to get in touch with. I’m still not sure if you fall in the jurisdiction of Canada, but I’m sure the postal service there will oblige me by delivering this letter.

It has come to my attention that, due to the increasing world population, you haven’t been able to keep track of the naughty/nice status of several people in my area. Just in case I am one of them, I wanted to make sure you got all the details.

I should begin my pointing out how good I have been recently in eating my vegetables. I’ve got a bag of brocolli in the freezer that I have been working on, and I always get lettuce on my hamburgers at Wendy’s. Mom would be proud of me. I hope you are, too.

This year was incredible when it comes to not beating up on my siblings. That’s got to count for something. I even said some nice things to them on their birthdays, if I remembered them.

I always paid my phone bill on time, and I was never behind on my rent. That’s pretty good for a poor college student, don’t you think? I even attended most of my lectures, especially the 8:00am ones. I’m not going to lie to you: that was tough. I think I deserve some bonus points for that.

If my current nice levels don’t quite cover the lists I sent you in February, May and November, would you consider an advance on all the good things I’m going to do next year?

Hoping you bring a little snow with you this time,
William

par·a·noi·a: wearing a belt and suspenders simultaneously.

I have some cool suspenders that I will be wearing to church today. I used to only wear them under my shirts to keep too-big pants from falling off me. Then I performed in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. Suspenders and a bow tie were part of my costume.

I decided the suspenders could be incorporated into my civilian wardrobe. I’m still not sure about wearing a bow tie to church, even though I have seen other people do it. Well, I’ve seen one other person do it.

I had originally planned to go to the Trail of Lights with my ward tonight, but Michael Perrone called and offered me a ticket to John Longhurst’s holiday organ concert. I decided that if I had seen the Trail of Lights once I had seen it a million times, and I could very well get some friends together and walk around in the cold and the dark for forty-five minutes any other day this month. So I went to the concert, with Michael and Theresa Jordan and Mariah Campbell.

John Longhurst is a cool guy. He basically owns the organ in the Tabernacle at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Yeah, he’s really good. My favorite part was when he played Angels We Have Heard on High and everyone in the hall (except the people sitting next to us) sang along. We also sang Silent Night with a harp and some percussion later in the concert.