Day 12 – Santa Baby …
There’s one little thing …
Unfortunately, the things we would currently need the most are hard to find at Tesco, Walmart or even Amazon.
If anyone knows where to find the aisle for global sanity, please point us there. We’ll buy the whole lot.
Perhaps one of the few good things that came of 2020, is that most got reminded of the things that truly matter (no we don’t mean toilet paper!). Friendship and Family were a lifeline for many during otherwise isolated and bizarre times. Finding inner peace became important in times when we couldn’t distract our busy minds with an even busier work or social life.
Maybe some of you got to spend more time on things you love, like music or another hobby. We definitely listened to a lot of music to bring as much life and colour as possible into our 4 walls. Here is a song we had recorded last year, as part of our CHRISTMAS album.
You can download it below if you haven’t done so yet (members that have been with us for more than 3 months have access to our entire music library for download here)
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We had already changed the “Tiffany wishlist” to something more suitable for us but this year we’d probably chose completely non-material things.
We hate that 2020 had brought so much heartache and hardship to so many people’s lives. We can’t think of anyone who hasn’t been impacted negatively in one form or another. So if we were to wish for something, it would be for a way out of all this mess without making things worse in the progress.
Santa, you hear us?
We want unbiased information, we want harmony that’s achieved through collaboration and healthy discussion. We want wellbeing and freedom and truth, the opportunity for every person on this planet to live their life how they choose to, while making it as meaningful and engaging, safe but adventurous, enriching but fair, creative and fun and interesting and loving as possible for everyone involved!
Oh, but that trombone … we still want that trombone.
So, Santa could you wave your magic wand and pack that under the Christmas tree this year, please?
For today’s calendar task, we would love to hear some of the items on YOUR wish list this year. Sure, it can be that new pair of shoes or expensive cologne, but if you were to dream the impossible dream, what would you really put on there?
DAY 12 – YOUR WISHLIST
Task of the Day:
Let us know what goes on your wishlist 2020! (You’re allowed to dream!)
Achievable Points:
5 + 5 extra points for more elaborate wishlists
We’re already looking forward to your thoughts on this. We’ve been so impressed and proud of all you guys’ creativity and thoughtfulness when it comes to these daily challenges. It is so much fun and also really inspiring to read through your comments at the end of each day. We hope we’ll get a few free minutes today to get back to some more of them!
See you tomorrow ♥
Mona & Lisa
Only 10 months late, but have just joined the Club. Discovered MLT in 2020 – watching YouTube during lockdown. Then found the 2020 advent calendar today. Realise one of my 2020 wishes came true in discovering MLT and slowly exploring their wide range of talents of which making memorable music is just one aspect. Hope other members had at least some of their wishes come true.
I bought something awesome for me this year, the MLT collection and membership!
When asked what I want from my family, I always ask for a hand made card, that took more than five minutes to make. I have quite a collection of cards.
I took a lot for granted before my heart attack and realized so much of what I thought was important doesn’t mean a thing.
Reading other comments below, I wish I could make everyone of “your” wishes be fulfilled.
Such a fine song you did. Right from the beginning. Very you know!
Sorry, but this expresses my Christmas list better than I could say:
https://youtu.be/opktLUqP2Ek
We’re quick to believe things that fit our view of the world, some of us more than others. I wish we could slow down, consider the source, engage in some critical thinking, and do a much better job of figuring out what is true and what is nonsense and who is really on our side and who is exploiting us for profit by feeding us misinformation to keep our blood simmering and our eyeballs on their advertisers. I think this is fundamental to dealing with so many other things and yet, so very far beyond our current reach.
Wow!! A Wish list you say. Well Santa, it’s the same wish I’ve had for years and years although I will admit that 2020 has made it more difficult for most of us to make it come true. I wish people would look for the truth of what’s really happening in the world and not the world depicted on TV, in movies and on social media. Visit your neighbors. Get in contact with friends and relatives you’ve neglected over the years. Establish new lines of communications that are more reality based. I wish people talked more on the phone by voice and not by text. Hearing the words can mean a whole lot more than reading them and avoid not being misinterpreted at times. The media wants you to think the world is falling apart and no one cares for their fellow man anymore but that’s not what I see when I’m out and about in the real world. I see people being decent, polite, friendly and caring. I see a lot of kindness being shown to others and most everyone making the best of a bad situation.
I wish people would look for the good in others first and not judge them for how different they are from ourselves. It takes all kinds to make up a world and true tolerance and empathy are essential for getting along better. Life is difficult enough when things are going smoothly so don’t add more grief being judgmental towards others. I wish people could be more civil towards each other and learn to disagree without having to be disagreeable. It’s really not that hard to do. Being mean is easy. Being kind takes thoughtfulness and effort. We work best when we work together.
I wish personal responsibility would make a comeback in people’s lives and when we make a mistake, fess up, take the blame and move forward and get over it. We don’t have the luxury of playing the Blame Game especially with this virus. It’s a killer and it only takes a small amount of self-sacrifice and being respectful of others needs to make this crisis a little bit easier to endure. I wish that for every person that has been ill, there has been compassion and loving care shown to them. For those that have been hurt financially due to the lockdowns and restrictions, I pray others with the resources will come forward to help support them. I’m not talking so much about the government as I am individuals who have the time and the money to give a hand up and help to ease the anxiety many are facing.
So Santa, I’m wishing that the Golden Rule is polished up and sent to everyone this year for Christmas. It’s such a great gift and certainly one that everybody can enjoy.
Rich in Sunny Florida
First and foremost for the chance to spend Christmas with my parents – something that’s impossible, but it’s a lovely dream. On a more consumerist basis – I’d love the perfect hi-fi set up, including those beautiful B&W speakers. But to be honest, some records and chocolate would be fine.
So right as I was getting ready to type my son sent a video of him and my grandson Jackson snowboarding yesterday. Brought tears to my eyes because it’s always been my dream. So maybe I can’t ski like I would like to through the moguls, but I will put on some skis and ski gently just to be with them. I’ve only skied with one of my sons about 37 years ago. It was memorable because we made a wrong turn and ended up at the top of a very steep set of moguls. I just grinned and put him on my shoulders and blasted through. I still hear his voice saying “Let’s Boogie through the Bumps dad.” Having that cute little boy on my shoulders and having fun together was wonderful. I haven’t attempted to ski since 1992 where I skied two hours and crawled for four days afterward.
So, it seems a little self centered, but I want to have even one day where I can ski with my older boys and that my two younger ones would be healthy enough to come along.
Yes, I want peace on earth and all the best for everybody and we do make some good efforts in that realm. I want my brother’s last Christmas to be wonderful. I want family and friends to be healthy and happy. I want to see a happier world than many have experienced in 2020.
I guess a couple years ago when MLT music brought me joy in connecting a little bit to my past it stirred something in me. I’d like to at least once again connect to a past where I spent possibly thousands of hours mostly having fun (when I wasn’t being hauled off the hill in a stretcher by the ski patrol).
My wish is very simple. For 2021 to be better than 2020. We all had to face the pandemic, plus in the US we had a bunch of other issues. But mine were more personal. In March my mother-in-law passed away after a long illness. Also in March, nursing homes stopped allowing visitors so I could not visit my father. I was only able to see him twice, outside, all summer. He died in October, alone in the nursing home. In November, my 94 year old father-in-law came down with Covid-19. He seems to be recovering but it is too soon to know. So my only wish this Christmas is for good health to all.
I would like my wife to be cured of her sickness most of all. Then I would love to have a 1969 COPO Camaro, a new 2020 COPO Camaro. Then I would love to sit down for a nice dinner with Mona & Lisa.
Rather then wishing I’d like to say what I am thankful for, one thing is being alive. Two years ago I almost died, I had a five way by pass that saved my life. I am so thankful to God for healing me and for the wonderful believing heart Doctors that worked on me. I am doing wonderfully this past September I turned 70 and looking forward to at least 90 maybe more. I am so thankful for all of my friends that they stay heathy and safe. I am so thankful for music, it has been so good to me all these years. And I am thankful for all the great people I have met through music. And I am thankful for this group I am meeting some nice people starting with you two wonderful ladies, you truly are the best, God bless you and your wonderful family.
I’d like some good health under the tree this year. It’s been a very tough 2 1/2 years for me. I also hope that everyone gets that Corona vaccine so we can get rid of this scourge of a virus finally. I think we’ve all had more than enough of this.
I’d like to see Mona & Lisa out there gigging again too! Even if I don’t get the chance to see them live in person.
Everyone currently will certainly wants the world to return to normal.. but we must thanks the gift that has already been give us.. the gift is … to value the simple things in the life.
So for the world I wish peace, health fraternity and that this difficult time teaches us to build a better world.
For Mona , Lisa and their lovely family my wishes are the same that I ask for my family.
For me I have some request for Santa.
buy my flat on the beach ( I love the sea) to know a snowy Christmas ( I intended to do it this year but the pandemic didn’t let)
Watch a live performance of The MLT and, if possible, meet them and ther adorable parents in person.
I wish you all of this lovely MLTClub peace and health and that God bless you all.
Merry Christmas
As with most people, I would first wish for a timely and complete end to this covid situation, and the return to “normalcy” that would come with it. I would further wish for my Dad’s struggle with dimentia to lessen. Also for my Mom’s blindness and migraines to miraculously disappear. Both deeply enjoyed attending basketball and volleyball games at our local community college, so if we could get ahead of this cursed virus, they could once again fellowship with fellow HCC Cougar fans and go out to eat at our favorite family restaurant. They’ve both let me know how much they miss these things. I didn’t intend this to become so melancholy, but that’s what I’d wish for.
On a more selfish note, I’d wish for something just as miraculous: I wish all the local drivers would learn how to use four-way stops, their turn signals, roundabouts, yield signs, etc. etc. In other words, be more courteous, considerate drivers, please!
Oh, and of course, tolerance, peace, love and no more hunger worldwide!
First off, I want to say that being a part of this Club and having the privilege to partake of the wisdom, humor and goodwill of its very special members is a wish come true to me.
My list for Christmas is pretty short. I wish that everyone on earth possess:
And very selfishly, I wish for the chance someday to meet Mona and Lisa in person to express how much I appreciate, admire and love them.
I know I already posted my wish list, but wanted to include this but could not muster up the guts to do this , but I wish for my daughter Adrienne ( Maddie’s mom ) to get better in 2021. She has fallen on hard times and has made a couple of bad choices and 2020 has shown us that she is trying to get it together and she loves Maddie to pieces and again trying is the word here. So again my wish is for her to get better and move forward with her life and get back to where we were at one time. She is truly a beautiful person and loves her family. Just got to get her pointed in the right direction and we feel she will do that in 2021. Sorry to dump this but I wanted to post this originally but could not find the strength to put this into words and making sure I have a box of tissues handy.
Hey Bill, my sincere hope that your wish for your family comes true. I can’t help but feel it will given the strength of your love for them.
Number one on my wish list a girl friend as I’ve been single now for 12 years,I know it’s a stupid but am I’m lonely at Christmas it’s sad iknow
I read all the messages up until now and I would wish much the same as most everyone else. I wish the pandemic and the suffering is brings with it to end, whether its a vaccine or cure. Many are either afflicted with some serious illness as I am, or someone very close to them is, so I wish for healing all around… physically, mentally and emotionally. I wish for the world to be a more peaceful place for my children and grandchildren to live in for the future. On my selfish wishlist, some how… some way I wish to have the opportunity to see Mona and Lisa perform live someday, sooner than later hopefully. The idea of traveling right now scares me for sure… the thoughts of never ever getting to see MLT play a live venue in my lifetime terrifies me. So Santa…. a little magic please???
I asked Santa for some vinyl’s to add to my collection. I have been listening to a lot of the ventures recently but struggle to find there vinyl’s in second hand shops so hopefully Santa has more luck.
Dreaming the impossible dream, I would love for Santa to pay my parents mortgage off so they can retire well. Maybe top of my savings so I can finally buy my own home by the sea, or a drum set as I really want to learn the drums next!
The simple answer is that I’d like the insanity that has been 2020 to be gone. I’d like both of my kids to have their income back at pre-COVID levels. On a personal, material level, a couple new cameras would be nice along with a new color printer. And a Gibson 12 string SG would be nice.
Despite all altruistic tendencies and natural compulsions to compliance in the face of all the selfless and imaginative wishes heretofore set forth by so many wonderful well-wishers, I find I’m going to buck the trend and wish for a few things for myself.
My first wish is that I could be entirely divested of my natural human tendencies toward laziness, and that Christmas morning and every morning thereafter I should wake with an unquenchable desire and ambition to do as much good in the world as possible.
My second wish is for a new pair of eyes. A pair of eyes that would see every person they encounter, not for the person they are today and the person they have become so far, but to see instead the person they have the potential to become and the person that they could one day be with the right encouragement, mentorship, and the belief of others.
My third wish, as though Father Christmas were a djin in a bottle, is for the same thing the Grinch got. That I could have a heart four times its current size (figuratively speaking, of course) and the ability to love more effusively and more unconditionally than ever before.
As a pediatrician I empathize and pray for all those who suffer with any illness and especially for those whose children suffer. I understand how Mona and Lisa’s music and joy of life give happiness and hope, as their music and personalities do for all of us.
My wish would be that we could all reset from the misery of the virus and the politics and start following the Golden Rule and treating others the way we want to be treated. I firmly believe that most of us agree on 90% of things and I wish we could respect others’ different opinions and live and let live.
You may say I’m a dreamer…
I am inspired by the introduction to this challenge, particularly by the desire for freedom. Allowing for the obvious exceptions inherent in any human endeavor, we all should be able to make the decisions regarding our own lives, taking credit for the successes and responsibility for the failures. Under such conditions, with governments and institutions not only supporting but advocating for them, the rich help the poor, the strong protect the weak, and differences can be settled or acknowledged with words and genuine good faith. Medical advances, music, technology, athletics, virtually any human pursuit is enhanced when there are several billion unique attempts. So, my wish is for maximum universal freedom, probably over simply defined as “you in charge of your own life”, with no restrictions other than the respect for others exercising their freedom, and the limits of your own talent, dedication, and determination. My best to you all this holiday!
Wishing Good Health ,a better new year (than this one was for so many) to all, Love for those looking for a partner ,and continued dedication in love for those who do. Peace & Love to all here
Attending movies and concerts are two of my biggest pleasures.I think I’m in mourning for cinemas that may not come back. There are 6 six cancelled or postponed concert tickets stuck to my board. So on my wishlist is that all these cultural endeavours come racing back
i just wish the cancel culture that seems to be taking over everyday life ends. i used to truly enjoy talking to others who do not agree with me. it made life more interesting and you had the opportunity to learn new things. and to realize that people have issues in their lives that are just important as yours . but i fear in todays world that may be a tiffany wish
Santa Baby, just Gimme Some Truth, real true
It’s been an awful bad year
Santa Baby, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Santa Baby, ’64 was a good year, for youth
But now we live in fear
Santa Baby, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Think of all the politicians that have lied,
Think of all the people that have died
Next year could be really good
If you check off my Christmas list
Santa Baby, it’s hard to watch, really make it stop
It’s been an awful bad year
Santa Baby, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Santa Honey, send down a truth beam, indeed
To persuade our minds
Santa Baby, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Santa Cutie, so every time they talk, we can check
If it’s true or a lie
Santa Cutie, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
Hang the liars in disgrace and infamy
I really do believe in you
Let’s see if we can do this you and me
Santa Baby, forgot to mention one little thing, some string
Better make it a very long rope
Santa Baby, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Santa Honey, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
Santa Cutie, so hurry down the rabbit hole tonight
So we fell
d
o
w
n
the hOle,
bumped our heads
and bruised our souls
Ha! yes, bumped and bruised, and the hOle keeps going…
Wow, These wishes I’m reading are so heartfelt and many just plain tear jerking. And I wish for better things for all of you in this wonderful club that we are privileged to be a part of. That’s my wish , that every dream I’m reading about, every cry for healing of loved ones, every plan and purpose you all have will come to pass in amazing measures this coming year. And at this time next year we can all gather electronically thru this club with stories of victory and songs of joy. We are as friends bonded together thru the mutual love of two amazing sisters. Ok. Stop preaching. I’ll just end this in the words of Tiny Tim (not the singer!)….God Bless Us Every One. This is my wish.
♥♥♥♥
Each time I’m asked about my wishlist I chuckle because I immediately recall the old anecdote: “Santa, can you bring me the list of those girls behaved so badly this year that they don’t deserve your gifts? With phone numbers, please” 🙂
But, if being serious, perhaps, this one is the hardest challenge for me so far. I’m of that kind of people who always ask for other’s wishlists but never write their own. I was always touched by that melting story about the boy, who didn’t ask anything from Santa, but asked Santa instead what Santa wants from him as a Christmas gift…
Globally, I join all the bright wishes in other comments about the cure for covid. Stopping wars, starvation and global warming. Any forms of violence in this world. Any forms of crime at all.
And also health for my parents. And for anyone’s parents.
Personally for myself, I wish to attend MonaLisaTwins live performance one day.
Thank you for mentioning your trombone, that reminded me, that I still want a saxophone (The last instrument I still don’t have in my collection among those I ever wanted. I abstain from buying for myself instruments I don’t really play, but I constantly get them from friends as gifts. That way I’ve got a violin, a drums set and a bass guitar. The latter two I give rare tries, but I’m afraid a sax would rather join the violin. Yet in Moscow I was kidding, that if they would come to arrest me one day, I will play the violin to make them the breaking of my door not that easy).
And this is still the dream of mine to gather a rock-band here in London…
And concerning Sasha, she knows very well what she wants from Santa. She wrote to him about a LOL-doll. And I’m quite confident he will bring it.
Firstly Seasons Greetings to everyone as promised, I remembered Lisa!
My main wish is for a world free of bigotry. No sexism, homophobia, racism, hatred for any reason etc etc. I was brought up to respect everybody the same. If someone is different from you don’t mock or abuse them, celebrate the difference, learn from it, investigate it, enjoy it and talk to, understand and appreciate them. Am I perfect in this….NO, but I question myself whenever a situation arises.
Also I wish for every child to grow up without fear and poverty. I’ve been to India several times and witnessed things that until you have been to such places and seen the slums you cannot imagine.
MLT wise my wish is to see more of Mona playing the drums. We have the delight of seeing them play all their instruments but there is a shortage of drumming. A new drum solo would be marvellous. I appreciate that you don’t want to upset the neighbours!
On a selfish level I have two wishes for me.
My mother has Alzheimer’s and is in a care home as we found that we (her 3 sons and families) did not have the skills to keep her safe and properly cared for. Due to the lockdowns and care home restrictions due to Covid I have seen just her once since March. It hurts and I wish with all my heart that I will be able to see her soon, I love and owe her so much. One brother and his wife, who live near the home, are her nominated visitors and do so whenever allowed so she isn’t totally alone. The rest of us are losing her as her mind deteriorates. I know how Mona, Lisa and family must have felt about their Grandmother.
Also the reason that I cannot join in with Seasons Greetings etc until 12th December is that my father died on 11th December 1966 when I was 6. At that age you can’t deal with such things and despite therapy and other help the build up to the day is always raw and emotional sometimes for a few months. This year has been shorter and different (helped by this challenge) but briefly severe and I just wish for the change to continue and for each year to become easier, he would not have wanted me to be sad or upset. Like many in this sort of situation I force myself to appear as normal as possible. This digging deep means that I can sometimes do silly or unusual things, if I have done any here I am sorry. This year it is now onwards and upwards for me!
Of course this leads me to a final wish for anyone here going through a similar situation at present. This is that they can achieve peace of mind asap. My thoughts, prayers and love are with them and I would like to help if I can.
Hi Philip. With my father at 93 in a long term care facility, what you said about your mom rings close to my heart too. Over the months every time my cell phone rings or I get a text from my sister, my heart stops wondering if it’s some bad news from the care facility. So far so good, and I’ve been wishing and praying my dad will get through these times unscathed, and I wish the same for your mother too!
When I see people mask up in public and follow science and health guidelines, and put the safety of others in front of their own rights and liberties, I feel so much gratitude. It’s a matter of respect and social responsibility to our front line health care workers and loved ones at risk these days.
Hello Jung. I read your wish list and others and realised just how many of us here have similar problems no doubt as we are of a similar age. It feels wrong, almost that we have failed her, having my mother live in a home but we just couldn’t deal with her changing condition. Everyone we talk to about it says that we have done the right thing but….the feeling is still there. Physically my mother is very well so, thankfully, we have no concerns there.
Here in the UK the majority of people try to do the right thing and wear masks, socially distance etc but there are increasing numbers who have just become bored with it all and want to live life as they used to. Their imaginations are so thin or are they just selfish? Hopefully they don’t get Covid but part of me says that they deserve to, not a thought that I am proud of.
First, I would like for Utah to get its soccer team back. I’d like to see my family for Xmas
A vaccine for Covid would help as well.
Have to chim in with a vaccine for the Covid and to wish good health and happiness to all. I know it sounds cheesy but I long for life like it was before Covid. Good health for my family and my little Maddie who is the light of our life. But thru this all, I Do wish to see the Mona Lisa Twins live some day and to sit behind my drums to play For What’s it Worth with them and to jam out, Well it is ok to dream right??
First, I want all the negative to become a positive. In the states we are dealing with the pandemic, and even in that there is no unity. Some believe it is a hoax and refuse to wear masks, etc. We are dealing with politics, which have completely divided our nation and caused so many problems that will not be easily or quickly solved. Hope is all we have to hang on to.
for myself 2020 became much better when I discovered Mona and Lisa! Great music performed with joy and energy and love. Perfect. On my wish list would be to reignite the fire that once was within me, writing and playing music. I have lost that. For so many years it was a necessity for me. I did not do it because I was good, I had to do it. There was music inside me and it had to come out. So my selfish wish for myself is to begin to play again. My calluses on my fingers are long gone, so it will be a little painful at first, but I need the inspiration to find again the joy, the pleasure, of creating and playing music.
Mona and Lisa are great inspirations, I love your music. I wish you all well in the coming years to prosper and grow and be who you want to be. And I wish the world well, that hope that we would all learn to love each other and realize we are all the same.
And we’re so glad that you found our music and that you want to start playing yourself again. With everything going on right now, we found that music will always make sense, will always have a purpose and will always bring you joy if you let it. We hope you’ll ignite that fire again ♥
Really enjoyed your take on Santa Baby. So fun!
What a profound, important topic you have picked for Day 12! Thank you for doing so. Some of the comments have almost moved me to tears.
I’m in the medical profession, so 2020 has been a very rough year, personally and professionally. Our hospital is about to go back on limited care (again) for other patients in order to deal with the surge of COVID victims. We are the only academic medical center in the poorest state in the USA – we see the worst of the worst, not just COVID but trauma, cancer, heart disease, mental illness, etc. The amount of suffering that I have seen over 30 years is almost beyond imagination. I am not on the front lines of COVID like the ICU and ER people, but I do hands-on patient care, and it is sometimes hard to look a patient in the eye knowing what kind of pain and anguish many of them must be going thru, physically and mentally. I’m not so naïve to think we can do away with all badness in life; not everything is “always coming up roses”. But so much of it is unnecessary. We drive too fast, eat and drink too much, sit on the couch too much, and some of us think it is too much of a sacrifice to wear a mask. To top it off, we are too focused on having, and spending our money on, cheap plastic stuff from China and not enough on family, friends, charity, and meaningful music and art.
So, my Christmas wish is for us to come together to increase the joy and decrease the suffering in the world; that “bag full of miracles under the tree” is what we need. In the grand scheme of the universe, the cosmos might not care about us (we will probably never know the answer to that one), but we can care about each other.
My best wishes to and for all.
Just one thing ! That is goddamn virus would fade away !
Dear Santa,
Due to all the limitations of 2020, I am feeling a bit selfish this year.
You see, I have found this fantastic music duo that writes and sings
amazing songs that I can’t get out of my head. They actually just
released a live album which has all of their fans craving a concert.
There is nothing like a live performance to re-energize my spirit and
forget about the world for a few hours.
So my Christmas wish is to empty my stocking and find two tickets to a
MonaLisa Twins show. Oh, and if the show is a distance away from here,
transportation and accommodations would be an added bonus.
Now while I realize this is not possible in the near future, I do plan on keeping up with this being a good boy business to guarantee my chances for front row seats. Perhaps you could mark this as an open Christmas wish to be fulfilled at a later day?
As you stop by each MLT Club members’ chimney,
drop off a boatload of Peace & Harmony please.
JP
p.s. My youngest is currently deployed over seas, so just drop
his gifts off here and he will collect them in the spring. We
are planning a Welcome Home/Birthday/Christmas party for him.
Merry Christmas
My wish is for lots of snow this winter, since I’m retired now and have plenty of time to work on snow sculptures (go ahead and groan). This picture is from 9 years ago. I don’t have the skill and patience to make really good sculptures, but I have fun.
For those with more serious wish lists, I wish life will get better and that there will be times of laughter and joy amidst the pain and sorrow.
Why would anyone want to groan. You enjoy doing it and no doubt bring a smile to people who see your masterpieces. Be proud of yourself!
It’s the “lots of snow” that might make people grown. You are quite right that my neighbors love to see my creations.
My youngest daughter has a condition that causes too much fluid to build up around her brain. She has to have spinal taps periodically to lower the pressure. She’s been having them for years, and she absolutely hates it. She will let the pressure get to dangerous levels before having the procedure. The last time was critical and she had to go to the ER and the procedure did not go well. She developed a condition called Intrathecal Hematoma after having a blood patch due to the procedure. The blood patch is common, but Intrathecal Hematoma only happens to about one percent of patients with her condition. She was in the hospital six weeks flat on her back, unable to sit up and worrying if she would be permanently paralyzed. Thankfully, she’s not. After several months of PT she has progressed to being able to walk from her bed to the bathroom with a walker and someone to help her. My wish, if I might dream really big, is for her to eventually gain complete mobility. When our children suffer, we suffer.
In my old age, even though I enjoy collecting MLT memorabilia, and I enjoy spending on other stuff; that’s really all it is… stuff. In the grand scheme of things my Santa’s list, or Christkind list if you’re from Austria :-), and whoever came to my house was magical; I would wish for worldwide peace, health and prosperity. But, who wouldn’t right?
But, if I’m being impractical, selfish and materialistic, I’d go for a Taylor 414ce V-Class Sinker Redwood Grand Auditorium Acoustic–Electric guitar. And, maybe a private Island where I could “get away from it all.” 😉
Best wishes to you and your daughter Jerry! May your deepest wishes for her come true.
I am sorry to hear that your daughter is suffering. That is so hard for a parent to endure. I pray that your wish comes true.
At the moment the only thing I find myself wishing for is the ability to express myself as eloquently as everyone who has posted on this topic so far. I really can’t improve materially or stylistically on what has already been said.
It’s easy to convince oneself that the majority of people in the world are selfish and heartless, based on all the noise and headlines that such people generate. But what I’m seeing here suggests that is far from the case. And even if I’m wrong, that just means that Mona and Lisa are the pied pipers of empathy and compassion.
Either way, I’m so glad I joined this club where we can all uplift each other’s spirits, especially in these trying times.
You express yourself very eloquently so use the wish on something else, no need to waste it. In any case it is the meaning and content of any post that really matters.
We are so moved by all the comments and the way everyone is putting their thoughts into words so eloquently. We normally get to talk and sing and express ourselves for our audience but to read and hear back from everyone about such heartfelt topics in such beautiful ways has been incredible. Thank you!
First of all, I think your wish “We want unbiased information, we want harmony … and loving as possible for everyone involved!” was super. It’s a lot to wish for, but we can dream, and without it, many of my wishes will not be possible.
Like everyone I’m sure, I want Covid to go away. It appears that things will at least get better on that front. I of course wish the best for my family and friends, but I worry about the long term problems that are waiting for us around the corner. I hope that we can do a better job of coming together as a world people to meet the challenges of the future. Some of the choices will be difficult and some of the answers will not be what we want them to be. We have become good at making decisions that sound good and patting ourselves on the back, but that is not the answer. Real solutions to problems need real answers. I hope that the next set of leaders will try harder to be the leaders we need them to be.
Judging from our recent election, my country has a long, long way to go towards coming together as a nation. My generation has not done a very good job at running things. Your generation, Twins, will have the reins at some point in the future. I hope by then we will have taken some big steps towards coming together as a world.
My wish list (not necessarily in this order)
1: I wish everyone would shut up about stealing elections.
2: I wish my family and friends could be healthy and happy.
3: I wish I could meet the family Wagner in person.(But I’m content to interact with them in the club)
4: I wish you all could see the snow falling outside my window right now.
5: I wish I had a 10 year old child here to show me how to post pictures on my computer.
6: I wish I had a trombone for the twins.
7: I wish everyone a blessed and merry Christmas!
Thank you and to you too.
Of course, I want the same things you want (except maybe the trombone) (And I want a Mona Lisa calendar too 😉 )
Global sanity? I wish
My situation over the last couple of decades has progressivley gotton worse (not going into too many details here)
But things (for me) have actually gotten better the last couple of years.
I’m in a new used house that isn’t falling apart, I’m warm even though there’s snow on the ground, we even did a little outside Christmas decoration for the first time ever!
This has been our biggest wish for 30+ years, and we got it (not without a lot of tears and effort)
Still, I lost 2 friends of 40+ years this year, and a sister in law.
I wish I could have known my sister in law better (spose that’s a wish)
I have another friend of 50+ years.
His 2 month old great grandaughter has been in the hospital for 3 weeks.
It seems she’s getting better, I wish she does, and has a good life
Music is one of the things that has helped me through (especially Mona and Lisa)
More music? Is that a wish?
The music has actually been one of the best things this year (for me)
I don’t think I want anything for me.
How about people listen to some old music, and get the damn message. (there, that’s a wish)
Give peace a chance– love your brother.
Nobody’s right when everybodys wrong.
(this list could go on for pages)
Sigh… 🙁
I believe in music, I believe in love
So happy that things are better for you now. Hopefully they continue to improve.
The most appreciated good on this year’s Christmas list would be health for my family, especially in times of crisis this is the most important gift a person can have or get.
I wish for sanity and solidarity of everybody, as this is what will get us through the current pandemic, until a vaccine is available for everyone, It’s not that hard wearing a mask and keeping distance if we can keep others and ourselves healthy.
I wish that I can meet my parents and my brother safely this Christmas without harming anyone of us.
I wish for the people on the Greek island of Lesbos – and for refugees in general – that the so called “fortress Europe” will be replaced by a culture of welcomeness, human kindness and integration, that noone has to drown at the sea anymore.
I wish for a greater sanity and activeness in preventing climate change and restoring a healthy fauna and flora on our planet again, which in the long term does not only show responsibility, but will save humanity from destroying its basic living conditions.
I wish for the end of homelessness, that everyone has a roof over his / her head and does not have to fear to end on the streets, that nobody has to suffer from hunger, as there is enough food and money on this planet to care for every single human being.
I wish that after getting a safe life again / especially after getting vaccinated next year I can put my Master’s degree in use for getting an interesting and serving the public good job, from which I can live and travel.
I wish the UK will be jolining the Eujropean Union again, as we are one Europe which should not be split by nationalist ambitions, which never serve the interests of all people.
I wish that the whole world gets through the current pandemic by having learnt lessons and not keeping doing the same stuff which originally might have brought us into this worldwide crisis.
Love, sanity and solidarity instead of hate, conspiracy theories and selfishness not only represent some of the core values of Christmas, but are important values on how to act – so as the holiday season is – or at least should be – a time of rest, harmony and reflection, it should remind us on why we celebrate Christmas at all and what we should learn from it
Due to the pandemic and like many of you this Christmas I will not be reunited with my family.
My greatest wish is the health of my mother.
And since we are in this, I also wish that the confinement to which in one way or another we are all over will soon end and that this makes us better people so that everything bad that happens in the world is a thing of the past.
I share a fragment of a song
Wish my friend
that soon in his life
find the way
I wish my brothers
God don’t let go
never from his hand
I wish people
always a good present and the butterflies
than thousands of roses
meet head-on
I wish that child
never erase
her happy smile
I wish my parents
may they achieve glory
without fear and without haste
I’d wish for everybody getting wishes and using them wisely.
I think I will have two different sections of a wish list, one for the world and one more personal. For the world I would ask for all people to believe and accept that we are all one race, human beings, regardless of skin color or sex or religion or belief systems or whatever. We are all in this together, this thing called life, and it would be much better to live and behave according to the best, highest examples of humanity in which we say we believe. Perfection as human beings is not attainable, but significant improvement in how we conduct ourselves is possible, one person at a time, if each would dedicate him/herself to it.
My personal wish list includes the best possible health and fitness I can achieve at this point in my life, strengthened faith and desire to give willingly and charitably, and to help make the world a better place in my own small, limited way. I would love the chance to visit Finland, from which my father’s ancestors came, and Israel, the Holy Land. From a purely materialistic view, I would wish for a log or wooden cabin/cottage nestled near a lake, surrounded by forest, to which I could retreat to think and pray and write and walk the trails surrounding it, or to which I could invite friends and family for a peaceful visit.
Hmm, I already posted one list as a poem! I don’t suppose I can just post that again, it’d double dipping, right?
So here, more seriously.
This is brilliant, Rich!
By the way, that is my favourite version of Santa Baby!
Yes, great job on “Santa Baby”!
There are so many big wishes expressed here already and I resonate with all of them. I guess my number one wish would be that every child in the world have everything that they need. I mean much more than food, shelter, and clothing – I mean deeply experienced unconditional love. If each child had the kind of love that sees and values and respects them for the unique, unrepeatable person they are, they would be filled with so much love and self-esteem that they would reach their full potential. It requires a great deal of time and attention from parents and other adults but what a difference it make s to children, and ultimately, to the world. In my opinion, it is the only way to erase prejudice and discrimination, crime, addictions, world conflict, and deep unhappiness. As a teacher, my heart is continually broken by the sadness and longing for love I see in too many children. If we valued children more than material wealth, the world would be a healthier place. If all children could be nurtured the way Mona and Lisa appear to have been, just think about the creative, compassionate, generous society we could live in!
My second wish comes from my teacher self again. I wish that Santa could give the gift of good education to everyone in the world. I wish that he could give the kind of education that encourages the development of individual gifts, that promotes the ability to think rationally and critically, and that encourages the development of the whole child – intellectually, creatively, emotionally, and physically. With good education, I believe it will become easier for people to respect differences, engage in respectful debate, to share ideas, and to collaborate rather than compete.
My third wish from Santa is that we would learn to value the health of our planet and the wellbeing of ALL living creatures above our wealth and material comfort. Our environment and our living creatures (animals, birds, fish, etc.) are suffering by our hands.
My fourth wish from Santa would be that my daughter, who has ASD, OCD, and ADHD would find success, happy relationships, and ever-increasing ways to cope with her challenges. I’ve been a very involved mom but I know that I won’t live forever and I want her to continue to flourish and live her life to the fullest.
Lastly, I wish that Santa would give the gift of more time! That sounds odd coming during the lockdowns involved in our current pandemic but for someone providing care for elderly parents, a developmentally disabled brother and sister-in-law and my daughter – well, there never seems to be enough time to pursue the creative endeavours my heart longs for – writing, playing my piano and violin, tap dancing, etc.
I guess that I really do have Christmas wishes!!! Every year, people ask me for what I want, and I can’t ever give an answer. I guess the problem was that my wishes aren’t for material gifts! Oh, I nearly forgot! I REALLY wish that some day I could meet Mona and Lisa and hear them perform live. Now, that would be a dream come true!
Your wish list and mine are very similar for the most part. I am a qualified nursey nurse, although I gave it up 9 years ago as I was too old to keep up with 20 3 year olds. The world can only improve if children learn the good things in life free from fear etc but also that want and need are not the same thing.
I also do not want material things. Like you when asked what I would like for Christmas my list is empty as I have what I need.
I now have an extra wish, for your daughter to be successful.
Thank you so much! It has been truly encouraging to hear that there are others who share the same heartfelt wishes. If only we could harness the power and use it to change the world!
I don’t think I could keep up with 20 3 year olds any longer either but that preschool age is my very favourite.
Hi Jeannette. It’s the little ones that need all our TLC in this world. I share the same wish for them all. Wishing you all the best for your daughter and family this holiday season, and may all your wishes come true for them. 🙂
Thanks Jung!
I wish that our 7 month old labrador pup can just start enjoying a normal puppy life. She was diagnosed with OCD in her left hock about 4 weeks ago and had an arthroscopic op on that last week to remove some floating cartilage. She also has sub luxating hips and needs to build up the joints by swimming 2 or 3 times a week, in the hope that she will not need operations on that in the future and, hopefully, avoid arthritis. Between Xmas and New Year she will be going to have some bone marrow removed to culture (stem cell therapy) and inject back into her hock to further assist recovery. As well as swimming she will also be having massages on her back end. She came from parents who were all fully tested. Please Santa can you assist with this wish? X
There are so many things that I wish for ( dreamlike and in reality) for 2020… First up being, that Covid will hopefully rear its ugly head for to vammoose into oblivion in2021-22, so that some remnants of our ” former normalcy” can return, though never to be as it exactly was but have some familiar remnants present …
Next up… For all affected to be healed, etc,
Then… Positivity Healing Vibes to eminate,
Followed by… Ongoing efforts of having Peace and Harmony Globally with each other, Embracing and Learning to Intertwine and take the best all can offer and from that utilize towards making a better world, by being united and respectful….
For all to be Healthy and Happy, have the Love and Blessings of Family/Friends
To have more Smiles and Laughter going on in the world
To Believe in Yourselves, Being the Best You Can Be, Have Faith ( whatever that defines for you)
RainbowSpiritSoulHeart… Let Yours Postively Radiate For All To Inspire From
Okaydokay onto the Dreamwishing now… winning the lottery , enough to build me my Dream Purple-lized Home,( custom built completely all Purple Themed from inside/out), to be financially set for life, to afford having all my fave music people ( MLT, Glass Tiger, etc )for a virtual concert that I’d host…taking over ownership of existing Purple Stores or creating my own Purple Store …having a nutfree Bakery to call my own, Creative Studio to call my own ( for all things I love being creative at, music, pietry, drawing, etc), maybe even having a Tea Cafe… ah, how I can certainly dream….lol
But on a more serious note/ ambition goal for 2021…Because of this pandemic, I’ve seriously have considered now may be the perfect time to embark upon one of my Lifelong Goals… publishing a poetry book ( perhaps self publish and maybe have it available also in E-book form for Kobo/Kindle type formats) ….so many people/family/friends over the years have encouraged me in that regard, even from a well known author/tv writer ( now passed on) whom I had been in touch over the last few yrs .
I have more than enough poems for a book… lol… but , I want to pursue this goal… The hard work will be in deciding which poems to choose and write new ones for the book, then getting an editor ( I already have some local friends in that dept that can help me out with this whole process), and etc and away I go on this Goal Odyssey Journey for 2021…
And there you have it, my 2020 Xmas Wish List and Sneak Peek into 2021 !!
One thing 2020 has made me appreciate the most are just the everyday things we took for granted. I know it sounds like a cliché, but just to be able to walk into an extremely busy Starbucks on a Friday night for a Caramel Machiatto with my journal and phone and sit in a crowded room freely would be just awesome, or to be able to go see a popular movie at a packed theater would be great. I’ve never been a fan of big crowds, but I miss the freedom and liberty of everyday life pre-covid.
1..So my first big item on the wish list would be that we can all get vaccinated quickly and Covid-19 can be behind us, and we can return to our normal lives, wiser and better. I miss being able to see my dad at his long term care facility, seeing my brothers and sisters. I have 2 brothers who live cross border in the US, and am starting to miss them a lot. The US-Canadian border has been closed since March.
2..From a global humanity perspective, if I could just have one wish, it would be for the medical community to finally find a cure for Dementia and all the different forms of it like ALS, Alzheimers, Parkinsons etc which cuts close to my heart. I always hear of so many potential treatments being worked on that are still years away. With all the research that’s been done on the brain, they seem to be so close but not quite there yet. Just need a brilliant mind to figure out the puzzle for a break through. So much heart ache and suffering could be prevented.
On a lighter note, a few more on the wish list would be:
3..Go on a long cruise, somewhere warm and peaceful. Maybe a 1 month cruise from Vancouver down the Pacific west coast to Central America, through the Panama Canal, through the Caribbean and then up the Atlantic east coast to Boston and then around Newfoundland and PEI, through the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal. And then take a train back from Montreal through eastern Canada across the great Prairies, through the Canadian Rockies and back home to Coquitlam BC. You can probably tell what my mind was thinking during the slow idle times this year.
A long term bucket list
4..Learn the piano well enough to play some Beethoven and Bach proficiently as well as some Beatles and MLT. Then one day, I would love to play something beautiful from my own hands for MLT, given how much beautiful music they’ve given me over the years.
…..to be continued….
….and here is my Santa wish list if I can dream big!
5..Montblance Albert Einstein fountain pen. Love the gravitational bending effect on space-time on the cap, and on the barrel you can actually see mathematical formulas engraved on it.
6..The new 740 horsepower 2021 Mustang Shelby GT-500, in MLT orange!
7..Steinway and Sons Limited Edition John Lennon upright piano. I don’t have enough room in my studio for the full length grand piano so will have to settle on the upright. I’m drawn to ivory white pianos.
This very much still valid today (Thanks, John!):
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace, you
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
I don’t know what has broken my heart more this year. The riots, the politics, or the virus. I would hope that we can get back to something resembling “Normal”, and that people have learned how precious life is, how valuable our friends and family are, and will be nicer to others, especially those who don’t really deserve it, in hopes that maybe they will learn the one universal truth that “All you Need is Love”. And for something that is less of a dream, or is it, a worldwide tour of the MonaLisa Twins? (and a new word hitting the mainstream…MonaLisaMania! Groovy, right?)
It’s been a manic year for sure and we can only agree with you. We hope that in some aspects what has and is happening has brought people closer together ♥
I’ve always believed that what you give out, often comes back to you (Instant Karma) so always aware of what we should wish for. So top of my Christmas Wishlist would be things that others would benefit from in a long-lasting way.
Well, I get to be first????
I would wish for my daughter no more issues, and to be free from all the things she constantly struggles with. Also to be free from the pain and inconvenience Chrons Disease comes with. Not just because she is my daughter but, she tries so hard to get through life with all that she has on her plate. One more thing Santa, for my daughter to find that job she really wants.
I get so much joy in bringing happiness and joy to others by just paying it forward. Sometimes it’s just being nice, or doing something to brighten their day, sometimes I find an item they have been looking for, or giving them something that they really would like to have.
You see it doesn’t have to come in a physical form to make someone’s day. Sometimes its just being there that makes all the difference.
As for me, I would love one day to meet the MonaLisa Twins. Everything they do, and I’m not just talking about their music, what they stand for, how much they care about everything, and the the unending kindness that they show towards everyone.
I do wish for everyone all the specialness and joy that comes with the Christmas Season. The perpetual hope for goodness and that special something that we all have in the back of our minds, peace, joy, and a better tomorrow for all.
Bless your daughter Rick, hoping her health & life improves very soon.
I’m with you there Rick. Good health and happiness for those dearest to us! All the best wishes for you daughter.
Aw Rick, I hear you, one of my 30s something year old cousin has had to deal with Chrohn’s Disease most of her life too, so I understand where you’re coming from in that.
Rick, I completely understand. I am so sorry your daughter is having to deal with Crohns disease. My youngest daughter has a condition that causes too much fluid to build up around her brain. She has to have spinal taps periodically to lower the pressure. She’s been having them for years, and she absolutely hates it. She will let the pressure get to dangerous levels before having the procedure. The last time was critical and she had to go to the ER and the procedure did not go well. She developed a condition called Intrathecal Hematoma after having a blood patch due to the procedure. The blood patch is common, but Intrathecal Hematoma only happens to about one percent of patients with her condition. She was in the hospital six weeks flat on her back, unable to sit up and worrying if she would be permanently paralyzed. Thankfully, she’s not. After several months of PT she has progressed to being able to walk from her bed to the bathroom with a walker and someone to help her. My wish, if I might dream really big, is for her to eventually gain complete mobility. When our children suffer, we suffer.
That is a beautiful wishlist! We are so sorry that your daughter has all that on her plate but we’re also glad that she isn’t dealing with this on her own but has a father that cares for her wellbeing and health ♥
In these pandemic times, it seems selfish to wish anything other than a return to normal sometime next year.
But for my-selfish, I’d wish for Independence for Scotland and a return to the EU one day. I voted Yes in 2014 and we all voted 62% to 38% to stay in the EU in 2016.
At a more personal level i’d wish my arthritic fingers could still hold down a few guitar chords (I’m reduced to barre chords on open tuning) or re-learn to play better piano.
For Christmas, as we all have too much stuff anyway, my wife organises a secret Santa among our immediate family members, so we only buy one present each for someone in on the secret. I drew one of my daughters this year, but I’ve no idea who drew me ….