Hey Santa. It’s me.

Look, we’re not fooling anyone here, we both know I’m on the naughty list.

I have written you this letter in the attempt to make it on the nice list, or at least on the OK list. I’ll even take the “little less than naughty” list.

Look, being in college is hard. I’m sure you understand. You must have went to some sort of school up there. North Pole University? So you must understand how money gets kind of tight and you have to steal food from the dining halls.

And I don’t take entire meals. I just take like five extra bananas and two Ziploc bags full of cereal. I’m just trying to stay healthy here, Nick.

The song says you “know when I’m sleeping, and you know when I’m awake,” so you have to know about all my all-nighters.

My dedication to my studies and my impressive forms of procrastination have to count for something.

I’m not trying to point fingers here, but you’re quite the procrastinator yourself. I mean, you pull one all-nighter a year, leaving the gift-giving for the last minute.

The song also says “you better not cry and you better not pout.”

I honestly have no defense for myself with that one. I don’t even know why I’m crying half the time.

But I’m getting distracted from the main points.

If this lame attempt works and after you’ve checked the list twice I somehow make the nice list, I only want one thing.

A job after graduation.

I know you know some journalists out there in need of a hard-working college student employee. I don’t know too much about connections, but I’m pretty sure if I dropped the name Santa Claus at an interview, I would later be walking away with a job.

I promise I’m not trying to tell you how to do your job, but help me out here. I’ll sing every Christmas song there is to spread Christmas cheer. I’ll go aboard the Polar Express. I’ll even watch that terrible "Polar Express" movie.

Just think about it and get back to me. You know where to reach me.

Love,

Marissa

P.S. Could you send me the Tooth Fairy’s address? I recently got my wisdom teeth out, and I’m trying to see if that counts for some compensation.