Treetopia's Billboards take Ohio by Storm

Here at the North Pole we elves may be busy making the finest Christmas trees and toys but on Saturday afternoons you can't tear us away from our satellite TV. Santa didn't let us go to college (I guess most college professors don't believe he exists, which understandably peeves the big boss off) but over the years we've developed some intense rivalries among us and our chosen teams.

Which brings us to the center of Ohio: a bunch of us are seriously missing Jim.

OK, so he looked the other way. Trust us, there's no need to check the list twice: we already know he's getting a seriously huge lump of coal in his stocking this year (though working for the Colts is arguably punishment enough). But, we're a forgiving bunch here - it's not like we had to vacate our commemorative Sugar Bowl t-shirts or all the fun we had partying in New Orleans...everyone knows we won the game.

Anyway, apparently, we're not the only ones missing Jim. What's the number one requested gift on Santa's list this year from Ohioans? A red sweater vest. And #2? A job. Followed by #3, a gray sweater vest. That's either some serious lamenting, or really bad fashion sense.

So, while we've been busy knitting all those vests, we thought we'd commiserate with you. Frankly, we're pretty worried about November 26. We lose, and a group of us have to wear blue and maize for the next 3 months and sing "hail to the victors" daily at lunch with our elf trousers down at our ankles.

That's just too painful to discuss further...here's hoping that it's not a Blue Christmas!!!

PS: Santa said "no tattoos" - apparently one New Year's Eve he threw back a few too many glasses of his special eggnog and he agreed to get a "ho ho ho" tat. However, it was misspelled with an extra "e" and Mrs. Claus still hasn't gotten over it. So, the tree exchange for tattoos is off for now until we can convince Santa otherwise...