All we want for Christmas is...
By Team TMX on 23rd Dec 16
Dear Santa,
Since the TMX Team have been a good bunch of eggs this year (and I've massively overspent on the editorial budget again so there's now't left to buy Toblerones or bottles of fizz for 'em all) I'm hoping you might be able to sort them out on my behalf – y'know, one fat bloke looking out for another and all that jazz.
Having asked around I've assembled a monster of a list so here goes...
Allan M would like a new bike. Preferably something with gears and brakes that goes dead fast and does big skids.
Alan B would like a huge bonfire made out of every Christmas record ever made. Stick Paul McCartney on top and that'll make him the happiest man alive. He'd also like some noise cancelling headphones too (don't ask)...
Beth reckons she's been really, really nice and has requested some warm sun – or snow. If that's too confusing then a nice warm Fox bobble hat would work – the Valence beanie perhaps?
Gavin wants a Nissan GTR. Any colour will do – he ain't fussy.
Sophie would like World Peace and a faux-fur coat.
Birthday boy Sean is aiming high with hair, liposuction and a 1969 Highland Green Metallic Ford Mustang 390 GT.
Sarah Booth claims to have been a very good girl so she would like – a day or a night with Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt or both together. She'd also love to be a size six and if you can't manage that then maybe you could arrange for her fella to have eye surgery that makes him see her as Kim Kardashian. Failing that, a nice fluffy bobble hat!
Our chief of marketing, stomping and admin-ing – that's Sarah Hodkinson – readily accepts how naughty she has been so if you can stop her going to hell that'd be ace.
Some would say she's already in there like swimwear but please do your best.
Mannix is too busy wrapped up in spreadsheets to ask for anything.
Please could you send him more spreadsheets. He loves spreadsheets. Did I mention spreadsheets? Spreadsheets!
I think David's request got lost in the post or something but if you could offer him safe passage back to his homeland for the festive period.
Martin made a very clever joke in his request. However, they're things Johnston Press don't allow us to joke about in the office so a piece of coal seems more suitable.
Our enduro editor Jason might be onto something with his wish for free pigs-in-blankets for life as well as a year's supply of Jiz Lube (it does exist) and one of those really cool Leatt Mountain t-shirts. A man of taste, obviously...
Our internet dude Hank Hill wants more hits. We assume he means to the website but because there's a little ambiguity we'll furnish him with festive slaps. We like to be thorough...
Speed-king Joanne McMeeking wants an orange flashing light for the top of her telecoms headset. She might not have actually asked for that but it would entertain me hugely and you know what they say about the editor's word being final.
I can't write what Alison asked for without blushing so she's written to you directly if that's okay. You know what they say about the quiet ones though...
And finally there's Donna. She's got a huge personality but is a little on the short side so how about giving her an extra six inches or so? That would sort her right out...
Finally, if you could give each and every TMX reader something special n'all then I'd really appreciate it!
Ps – Merry Christmas, movie house...
