Little kids and teenage hopefuls are not the only ones writing Christmas lists this year.  Santa’s mailbox is overflowing with Air Academy teachers’ wishes.  I asked around and complied a significantly varying list of answers to my question: “What do you want for Christmas this year?”

Mr. Anderson- “Kids to stop talking so much.”

Mrs. Armstrong- “To have all my family together.”

Mrs. Baack- “I want America’s children to be less hungry.”

Dr. Beers- “I want Broncos playoff tickets or a day skiing.”

Mr. Born- “I want two things: I want a falconry telemetry unit which helps track your bird if it flies away… and a book called Accipiter Behavior II.” (an accipiter is a type of raptor, for those of you less ornithologically inclined.)

Mrs. Brent- “I want someone to grade all of my manuals and projects for my classes.”

Mr. Brotherton- “Every child in the world to get together and hold hands and sing about world peace.”

Mr. Catron- “I want beard oil or beard balm and two weeks of no schoolwork.”

Mr. Clark- “I want a day skiing with my family and a coke.”

Mr. Gorr- “Screw world peace, I want an Xbox One or a PS4.”

Mr. Hilstrom- “A man who wants nothing has it all.”

Mr. Hoit- “For the bathroom that I’m retiling to be finished.”

Mr. Hoover- “UFC tickets”

Srta. Leavitt- “Yo quiero los pantalones ejercicio de Lulu Lemon (I want Lulu Lemon exercise pants!)”

Mr. Mayhew- “I want an elk head on my wall and elk meat in my freezer.”

Mr. Montoya- “I’d like gas to stay below three dollars a gallon.”

Mr. Nestor- “A new car.”

Johnny O- *In Dr. Evil voice* “I want snow I want two feet of snow that’s what I want for Christmas and I want to go sledding”

Mrs. Olsen- “A new jacket… preferably white.”

Mr. Olson- “The first two Rainbow albums.”

Mrs. Parnell- “All my students to do all their homework.”

Mrs. Powell- “I want to be together with family and everyone to be healthy.”

Mrs. Robson- “A Wii U.”

Mrs. Schone- “Freedom and time away from certain students not to mention any names (Maddy Flicker).”

Mrs. Shuck- “I want my boys to get along and not argue about stupid stuff even at the ages of 20 and 16.”

Mrs. Sim- “A new house.”

Mr. Stach- “Golf clubs.”

Mrs. Sorenson- “Bling, bling is always good.”

Mrs. Steinke- “Diamonds.”

Mrs. Westfall- “A Michael Kors bag.”

Mrs. and Mr. Whitson- “We just got a membership to the YMCA so we’re all set.”

Mr. Winget- “I want no snow. I’m an L.A. kid.”

Sorry teachers, I don’t have the money, power, or will to personally give you these gifts, but hopefully Santa is generous this year! Merry Christmas!