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By A Jolly Old Elf

To the Town of Wrightsville Beach:

Thank you for guiding Santa’s sleigh tonight with more spectacular pole lights than ever and new, bright white lights beneath the live oaks on the island side of the drawbridge. I hear you would like to replace all of the town’s lighting with LEDs next year. Ho, ho, ho! Santa loves this idea!

Santa is so happy to see the town aglow that he has filled all of the stockings of the members of the Harbor Island Garden Club and the town’s parks and recreation department for sponsoring this year’s decorating contest. All of the contestants deserve a round of cheers, too. Ho, ho, ho!

Santa loves a good meal and I hope you saved him some leftovers from the third annual Taste of Wrightsville Beach. Just leave a to-go container filled with Brent Poteat’s sweet potato hominy grits and seared pork belly with Vidalia onion jam from 22 North — ho, ho, ho — and Sweet and Savory’s brownies for dessert. Lisa Weeks deserves a round of ho, ho, ho! Santa sees a tropical vacation on her wish list and will gladly give her a lift in his sleigh! Oh what fun!

Mayor Blair has been a good boy in his first year of office. He looked out for WB’s share of slush fund TDA money to support the maintenance of Masonboro Inlet and combed interlocal agreements and ordinances for loopholes, that when overturned, favor the town and its people. Ho, ho, ho! We know the mayor likes to ride his beach cruiser around the Loop. We’re packing a fat-tire bicycle to place beneath his proverbial Christmas tree so he can compete for King of Wrightsville Beach next November. Ho, ho, ho, Mr. Blair. You have 11 months to train!

On behalf of everyone at the North Pole, Santa has a wish for all of the townspeople and its visitors: a new municipal website, with all the bells and whistles. Ho, ho, ho, it’s about time, boys and girls!

For the central business district, Santa wants a new height restriction and a flat rooftop where he might land his sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. And it sure would be nice to see the ground break around the Salisbury Street plaza. A swanky, new mixed-use project would look just right at the site of the old Seascape Motel. It’s about time, boys and girls. Ho, ho, ho!

For Ace Cofer and the kids of WB, Santa hopes you find a place to safely skate. Ho, ho, ho!

For the moms of Coral Drive who walk their tykes to school, and the safety of the fifth graders who walk from WBS to the Baptist Church for classes, a paved sidewalk is on Santa’s wish list for you.

For Nancy Fahey and the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project volunteers, Santa hopes you see more loggerhead sea turtle nests.

For Police Chief Dan House, Fire Chief Frank Smith and Ocean Rescue Director Dave Baker, a warm, wonderful, summer.

For Historic Square neighbors — the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, the Wrightsville Beach Visitors Center and Chamber of Commerce, and the North Carolina Coastal Federation — Santa fills your stockings with care!

For Pres Davenport and Linda Brown, another over-the-top holiday flotilla. Santa wishes he could be a judge next year. (Hint, hint.)

For the Blockade Runner Baggetts, Santa wishes you another 50 years in business. Ho, ho, ho!

And last but not least, boys and girls, for Harold King, Santa wishes some attention for his vision of another evacuation route from the island to the mainland. Santa may need that one day, and so may you!

Ho, ho, ho!

Merry Christmas!

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