Aha! There you are, Santa, pull up a chair please, let me take those boots off, won't you? The hints are difficult, aren't they??

OK, to genuinely try and help - what I REALLY want for xmas is a minidisc recorder with a good external mic, please. :-)

But what I REALLY REALLY want is a small token from a friend somewhere that I can tell a story about? "so-and-so from thereabouts gave me this, and they said..." ANYTHING from the heart will be treasured (well maybe not the left ventricle), and thanks for asking...