A DS Christmas Wish

December 24, 2014

Get it, Santa. (via netanimations.net)

We wish you a merry Christmas, a happy belated-Hanukkah and a joyous early-Kwanzaa! If you’re celebrating today, we hope you’ve had a magical morning—filled with hot cocoa, holiday carols, bear hugs and Santa surprises.

While old Kris Kringle may be through making his rounds for this year, we’ve still got a few holiday hopes and dreams up our sleeves. So in the (dance) spirit of the season, I asked my fellow editors to share their Chrismakwanzika wishes, and this is what they all had to say:

I wish…

“…for more and more people to discover the genius of ballet choreographers like Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck…and for more and more women choreographers to experience that same level of success.” —Margaret Fuhrer, editor in chief

“…to be a guest judge on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 12…and for this movie to actually, finally get made (please, please, please??) and somehow incorporate Ryan Gosling, too.” —Jenny Dalzell, managing editor

“…that more companies make it part of their mission to bring regular dance training to under-served communities.” —Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, assistant editor

“…for a chance to see The Nutcracker with my best friend!” —Meggie Hermanson, fashion editor

As for me, I wish that by this time next year, I’ll be able to post a video of the DS editors performing an ugly-Christmas-sweater dance routine. Fingers crossed it rivals the smooth moves of these dads from the Sainsbury’s Christmas jumper commerical. (Fun fact: Apparently “jumper” is a British word for sweater.)

Start learning your choreo, guys. I call the whacking solo that starts at 0:55!