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Santa, Please Leave Me a Lexus
Nov 02 2007 by Courtney Messenbaugh
11/2/2007
Please Put This Under the Tree for Me
Bear with me, but I'd like to use this space to indulge my fantasies — fantasies that only we busy mothers of the world can appreciate. They consist of days accomplishing everything we need to do with more style and grace than has ever been seen before, days of excitement and adventure, winning Mother/Daughter/Wife/Friend of the Year awards — aaahhh, to dream...
To help augment my fantasy life, every year about this time I receive "The Christmas Book" from Neiman Marcus. I eagerly anticipate its arrival, though I am sad to say I have never purchased anything from its pages. I'm not even sure how I got on the mailing list for this baby, but I sure am glad I did, because it provides me with hours of dreamy fun.
If you've never seen this book, it is the glossiest of glossy catalogs, with thick, luxurious pages and beautiful imagery. It's almost a piece of art itself. Knowing a bit about how much paper costs myself (remember your wedding invites?), I'm guessing this has to cost good old NM a lot to publish and mail.
The best part of this book is the famed Fantasy Gifts section. As the folks at Neimans readily tell you, these gifts are over-the-top; the stuff that dreams are made of. Some of the offerings: a portrait of you and your honey made out of chocolate syrup for $110K (I wonder if you can eat this; it's bound to be delectable chocolate at that price!); a private holiday concert for you and 499 of your friends (I might have 49 friends, and that's probably stretching it. Who has 499?) by the Kirov Orchestra for $1.6 million; oh, and don't forget your very own rocket-racing franchise team for a cool $2 million (who even knew there was a rocket-racing league?).
That all sounds great, but the best thing for indulging my fantasies is the 2008 Lexus IS-F sedan that's nestled among the pages of the Fantasy Gifts section. At a price of just $68K, this baby seems like a bargain compared to the other Fantasy Gifts! It's got 400 horsepower from a 5.0-liter V-8 engine, and it goes from zero to sixty in 4.9 seconds. This beauty also has a direct-sport shift feature, which as far as I can tell is fancy car talk for a kick-ass driving experience, whether you're driving in a school zone or hitting the open road. The Lexus IS-F in my catalog is Obsidian Black, and from the looks of it this is a black as glossy and luxurious as the pages of "The Christmas Book." Since I have always owned black cars, this one is clearly for me.
No word on how many car seat Latches it includes, but it's a four-door sedan — and it's the law — so it must have some. I'm thinking this could be the perfect mom-mobile. If you order it from Nieman, included in the price is a half-day of pro-driver training from the Skip Barber Racing School. Perfect! I've already hired a baby sitter for that day. Nieman is only selling 50 of these cars, but don't worry your pretty little heads, I have already informed Santa, aka my hubby, about this car. I mean, seriously, I've been so good this year! I want — no, I need — this car!
According to Melinda Lee, who is head of media and public relations for Neiman Marcus Direct, "The Christmas Book" cars sell out very quickly every year. Act fast, Santa, because if this car isn't under my tree, I'm going to be forced to ask for the 305-carat diamond necklace that starts at $1 million. The choice is yours. After all, Santa knows a happy wife makes a happy home.
User Comments
I’m pretty sure he can be reached at or maybe it’s - ha, ha.
Hey Courtney,
Do you happen to have Santa’s email address?