To get in the mood for the now-upon-us Christmas season, we thought we would bring you something a bit fun from some of our favourite chick lit authors. We asked lots of authors what THEY want for Christmas and here’s what they said… welcome to our third and final part!

Ali McNamara -

What Would I Like for Christmas?

Dear Santa,

This year I have been a very good girl (well apart from the incident with my children’s Easter Eggs… but they didn’t miss them, too much chocolate is bad for their teeth anyway. Oh and my husband didn’t need to know the exact price of that handbag now did he? He doesn’t have high blood pressure, but he may have developed it if I’d told him the real price…)

Anyway this year I would like…

(Yes I know these things are the same as in previous years.)

*Smaller thighs

* Not to gain pounds from simply looking at a bar of chocolate

*The scales to remain under that weight for more than a day.

New request

To find out From Notting Hill with Love Actually is going to be made into a big budget Hollywood Movie. You must squeeze down some film producer’s chimneys on your travels; couldn’t you just pop one of my books in their stockings? Pretty please…

Adele Parks -

“All I’d like for Christmas is a surprise. I’m a control freak and like most women organise every aspect of Christmas from paper chains to turkey buying! I can tell you exactly how the entire Christmas period is going to pan out from pantomime visits to party poppers. I’m even asked by my family to buy my own gifts (they give me the cash). I know this has come about because I have definite views on how things should be done and because I obsess about being an A* Christmas Fairy but somewhere I have to admit this sort of defeats the point of it all. Christmas should be about relaxing, treats and surprises! If one person surprises me I’ll be thrilled. If they don’t, then I suppose I can only blame years of control-freakishness!”

Clodagh Murphy -

“Let’s face it, Christmas gift-giving has become a bit dreary. We ask each other what we want. We give each other wish lists and hints. It’s not unusual for women to buy their own presents for retail-challenged partners to present them with on Christmas morning. Yes, it makes Christmas shopping a lot easier, and I’m sure it’s very practical and sensible. But I can’t help feeling it’s all gone a bit far and is sucking all the magic out of Christmas.

So what I would really like for Christmas is a surprise. Surprises, of course, can go either way. I’m not talking about the kind of surprise that bloke in The Godfather gets when he finds a horse’s head in his bed – the kind of gift where you have to give an Oscar-worthy performance when you unwrap it and pretend those are tears of joy as you blub over a novelty hat or a truly heinous jumper.

I’m thinking more of the kind of surprise you’d get if George Clooney turned up at your door with a bunch of roses and a bottle of champagne, and told you he had a plane standing by to waft you off to… hang on, where was I?

Yes, I’m talking about a wonderful, delightful surprise – a gift so ‘you’ that it couldn’t be relabelled and given to your great-aunt Nora in a present emergency. Even better if it’s something completely frivolous or luxurious that I wouldn’t have bought for myself – a beautiful piece of art; a state-of-the-art laptop; a pair of really cool but very expensive boots; a trip to New York … there’s plenty of scope.

And okay, I know I’ve hinted about the George Clooney thing, but if someone wants to arrange that, it’ll be fine by me. I’ll even pretend to be surprised.”

Nina Bell -

“I always hand OH the Brora catalogue with the right cashmere cardie marked + Hotel Chocolat chocs, Diptyque Cedar candle + books + plants”

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