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Dear Santa,
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It has just been one week of school holidays and already I have come up with my wish for you this Christmas.
Sure, there is lots of cool stuff I could ask for this Christmas. There are plenty of eye-catching gadgets out there which would be pretty awesome underneath the Christmas tree on Monday morning.
Santa, I could ask for a Google Home, that looks like it would be a pretty cool addition to the O’Brien household. You know Google Home, don’t you Santa? The funky smart speaker developed by Google as a virtual home assistant.
If you Google “Ask Google Home questions”, Santa, you find articles about all the funny things you can ask it, Santa. Did you know, Santa, you can ask your Google Home all kinds of funny things and it will answer? Like Siri on your iPhone.
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Apparently, Santa, if you ask Google Home “Okay Google, what is the meaning of life?" it will respond “I have a factory warranty, so I don't worry about things like that”. Pretty funny huh? Google Home has some pretty funny responses, Santa. If you ask it “Okay Google, what are you afraid of?” it replies “Four words: Rail replacement bus service”. Of if you ask it if it farted, it replies “I don't believe I did fart, no, but blame it on me if you want. Although they do say whoever smelled it dealt it”.
But alas, Santa, my wish is not for a Google Home or an Apple Watch, a new smart television or even a new car. No, Santa, my Christmas wish is a lot simpler than all of those.
Dear Santa, given we are just one week into school holidays, my sole Christmas wish is ………………….. Can you take the kids back to school again? Please?
To all our Illawarra Mercury readers, may you have a merry Christmas and survive the school holidays as best you can. Ho, ho, ho.