Santa, Please Send Help! (Blog #7)

Dear Santa Claus, 

I hope all is well with you in the North Pole. Back in the good old days, (2014) all I wanted for Christmas was a hamster. That was the year you gifted me with the next best thing; a ZhuZhu pet. Surely you know what a ZhuZhu pet is, you are Santa! If you forgot, I will give you a brief reminder. A ZhuZhu pet is a plush robotic hamster that comes with accessories for designing a customized hamster habitat. ZhuZhu pets have two play modes: “adventure mode,”  in which they respond to stimuli and explore their habitat and a“nurturing mode,” in which they purr and make whatever noise a hamster makes. However, in 2016 the brand faced an overwhelming amount of criticism for an abundance of a toxic metalloid called antimony in Mr. Squiggles. Thus lead the tragic manufacturing discontinuation. 

I am writing to you to update you on the status of PipSqueak, Num Nums, Mr. Squiggles, Caption Zhou and my personal favorite, Scoodles. Every night at exactly 4:18 a.m., I hear robotic hamsters squealing in my room. For years I have searched every corner and crevice far and wide with no luck. I am now convinced the ZhuZhu pets are hidden within my walls. This year for Christmas, I would appreciate it greatly if you were to send an exterminator elf to my house to get rid of these pesky pillagers. In fact, If I were you, I would send more than one elf. Considering an average female will give birth to twenty hamsters in a litter with a gestation period of three months, there is most likely a vast empire of hamsters within my walls as they have procreated. I am unable to sleep at night because the nightmares never end. This is a finale call for help before I LOSE MY MARBLES! 

Warmest Regards, 

Mary M.