What would you not like to get for Christmas?

 

"Apparently there will be no Christmas this year," defacto special correspondent from Lapland stated, after observing the situation around Santa Claus's mansion during the past days.

Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but suddenly four of his elves got sick, and the trainee elves could not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her mom was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth, and two had jumped the fence and were out. Their location is still unknown.

To make things better, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum, only to discover that the elves had hidden the liquor, and so there was nothing to drink. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces that scattered all over the kitchen floor. Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged to the door. It was a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you.  Where would you like me to stick it?" Thus the little angel prolonged his ancestors' tradition to be on top of the Christmas tree.

"In order not to end up on top of Christmas presents," Santa said, "people should stop sending me numerous demands. [...] Moreover, despondency hasn't only hit me, but the economical situation in Lapland in general, therefore all I can do is give people undesirable presents."

After receiving the breaking news, we decided to find out what AUBG students and professors don't want for Christmas. Have a seat before reading the answers!

Alexandru Panici:

"As long as all the right people are by me, I don't care about the gifts. Their presence is more than enough. Santa, you're fired!"

Rafayel Khachatryan:

"I don't want to receive wallets, belts and clothes. I want to receive something custom made, something unique. I don't care about the value of the present."

Georgi Petrov:

"I don't want Santa to bring me something I already have."

Robert Phillips:

"I am afraid of receiving a sack full of coal. It's what Santa brings to naughty children. And to make matters worse, it contributes to greenhouse emissions."

Nikita Bukreyev:

"I don't want to get a cute little baby. I just don't like them at this point of my life."

Anna Alexeeva:

"I don't want to get a knitted scarf, or a huge and awkward sweater. Definitely, no candles, well, unless they are really cool and expensive. No Christmas decorations and crap like that. Also, [I] hate [it] when people give away the leftovers of cosmetics like Avon and Oriflame, so no!"

Adelina Pavlova:

"Right now, I am so over-occupied with the musical's organization that my only wish is for the Hairspray national tour to become a great success. And I only wish [for] health for me and the people I love. This is what I always wish for Christmas, everything else, a person can achieve by himself."

Diego Lucci:

"I will never want to get an Inter football shirt, because I hate this football team, neither would I like to receive an expensive pen."

Maria Droganova:

"In Russian and in English, there is the same proverb ‘don't look [a] gift horse in the mouth.' If [a][...] person prepared something [...] [for me] for Christmas, it means that the person has spent some of his or her time for me. And I should be already very thankful for that."

Eva Pillossof:

"Undesirable presents for me would be everything I cannot put to use - a fire truck, a ball (for any sport), equipment for doing sports, apples, a book about programming, a pair of shoes size 45, etc. But after this semester the number one on my list would be a phone. I dream of the moment the two that I own already would stop ringing."

Marina Ceprazova:

"I'm not interested in receiving another giraffe. I really don't have where to keep them anymore."

Todor Mitov:

"I don't want Santa to bring me a Barbie Doll!"

Kiryl Faminou:

"Basically I don't want money, nothing and hairspray ;-)" (He is one of the leading characters of the Hairspray musical)

Pau Sempere Sánchez

"I don't want to get lies, boring people and more projects to do."

Phelps Hawkins

"If I [...] get another ugly tie I will commit [...] suicide."

Steve Sullivan

"I don't want another dog."