wii want it all

there was a quote in the paper today from a woman shopping for a wii. she said she didn't want any game consoles in her house, but the kids had asked santa to bring a wii. what can you do? -- she said. um... gee lady. don't get your kids everything they ask for?

when we were kids, we'd go through the sears wishbook & cut out pictures & paste them on letters to santa. we never got everything we asked for, but we got plenty. one year -- i must have been about 8 -- i asked for & received a lite brite. it was total confirmation of santa's reality for one more year.

maybe that lady shopping for the wii is trying to prolong her kids' belief in santa, but i am fairly certain any kid old enough to play wii games already knows too much.

Lite-Brite started off as two thick plastic panels with an identical series of holes in each. Meyer sandwiched black paper in between the panels to block out the light, which was generated from a household light bulb. When translucent-colored pegs were plugged into the holes, they perforated the paper blocking the light and appeared to magically “turn on.”

that describes the lite brite i had. is it different now?