RN: That's quite the jaunty Santa cap you're wearing, Claude. I didn't realize that Paul Smith had a red-and-white holiday line.
CP: Oh, yes. And with the matching boxers, they make the perfect gift set. I hope this isn't you angling for another pair of those pricey designer socks from me under the tree. No, you would never.
RN: My etiquette and deportment teacher at Burnsville Country Day would have been appalled at the prospect of such behavior. But as long as you're asking.
CP: What I want to know is how things are breaking down for you on the naughty-vs.-nice continuum? I, for one, am praying for an end to the Vikings stadium debate. Choose it, site it, finance it, lose it, move it -- I don't care, so long as we can switch to any other topic.
RN: Such as the GOP leadership scandal in the Minnesota Senate? Which has me wondering if the DFL is beginning to believe in good old-fashioned Christmas miracles.
CP: Year-end political stocking stuffers don't get much better than this. The miracle I'm still waiting for should arrive any day now, on the yoga mat: levitation.
RN: I'll be happy just to get to yoga. Namaste.
CP: Lacking that, I may get the hang of a nice upright warrior pose, minus the tip-over. Another wish? That the big, new NBC series "Smash" doesn't turn Marilyn Monroe into Celine Dion, as the sneak peek appears to foretell.
