Guidance for Santa’s helpers

Teens reveal what tops their most-wanted lists

By the time kids are in junior high and high school, they’re a bit too old to sit on Santa’s lap. So how is he to know what they want? Members of the Journal-World’s Angle, a teen advisory board, told us what’s on teenagers’ wish lists. Here are their picks, listed in order from reasonable ideas to more extravagant wishes:

¢ Personalized items (such as T-shirts and miniature license plates)

¢ CDs of the rock or punk variety

¢ Board games: Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture 2, Monopoly Here and Now

¢ DVDs: “Slackers,” “Finding Nemo”; box sets of “Gilmore Girls,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “24”

¢ Room decor

¢ Blue Razor scooter

¢ Concert tickets for the Granada, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

¢ iPod

¢ DVD recorder

¢ Digital camera/video camera

¢ Cell phone/Sidekick

¢ Video game consoles PlayStation 3 & Nintendo Wii, with games such as “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006” and “Guitar Hero II”

¢ Electric guitar

¢ Puppy

¢ Tablet PC

¢ Big-screen TV

¢ Car

Still not sure? Don’t worry, they’ll accept cash.