A Holiday Wish List

The holidays are a time for family, friends, and, of course, presents! But is it just us or does it seems that the gifts we get never quite live up to our dreams? Sure, we appreciate a good holiday sweater, a cool castle Lego set, or a sweet video game system. But for the most part, these gifts leave us feeling a little unsatisfied come Christmas afternoon.

Now, we don't mean to sound ungrateful. We know these are great gifts, and we're lucky to get them. But we think big! So that's why we decided to come up with a new kind of Christmas Wish List. A list that supposes money, the physical limitations of wrapping paper, and even reality are of no concern. What if we actually could get whatever we asked for? Here's what we want:

- Reversible shoes (they could be worn inside out, and on either foot!)
- A homework elf, sort of like Dobby from Harry Potter except ours would do all our work
- The privileges of adulthood (no rules!) with the benefits of youth (endless energy and no bills to pay!)
- A personal psychic
- An endless and self-replenishing supply of Doritos and Twizzlers
- The ability to learn while sleeping
- A home movie theater—complete with giant comfy seats
- Gravity-free gym—just think how much more fun the basketball would be
- A date with Robert Pattinson
- A ride on one of those giant Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons
- The ability to say whatever we want without any repercussions
- The ability to breathe underwater (preferably without having to acquire visible gills)
- The reappearance of everything we've ever lost—especially that TI-83 calculator, where did that thing go?!
- A pet unicorn!
- A super high-tech mechanism to prevent brain freezes
- A ticket on Richard Branson's new commercial spaceship (errr...on second thought, maybe not)
- Our own personal spaceship (that's more like it)
- Ice cream that stays soft but doesn't melt (what!!!)
- Hair that changes style and color on command
- A time machine. Duh.
- Our own private island
- A bottomless backpack that can be stuffed with junk and still feel like it weighs nothing
- The secret to the meaning of life (preferably in a form that can be mass produced and sold)

What gift would you ask for if reality weren't an issue?

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