The holiday season typically agrees with a general feeling of jolly and joy, togetherness, and family. Still, one thing that sticks out about this particular holiday season is that we disagree with Mariah Carey – We do not want you. All we want for Christmas is Taylor. Taylor Swift.

Imagine this: little reddish-looking elves swiftly lurch towards your favorite city to christen the homes of holiday houses and bring joy to all. The workshop is gleaming with gifts on everyone’s lists that ring consistently with the newest technology, gadgets, and toys for kids who know the holiday all too well. This holiday season should be one with bells wringing and whistles blowing, but instead, all screens show an error bar from Ticket Master, and with it, no hope for a happy holiday. “Everyone and their mother got an early-access code,” said junior Savannah Ivie. “I cried for hours after I didn’t receive one.” 

From woodwork to hot wheels to American Girl Dolls galore, we want the one thing Santa cannot make in the jolly ol’ north pole. To swifties, November 14 was equivalent to the fateful night of Christmas Eve, and for most, waking up with no early-access code was a sad lump of coal. Those that did get a code eagerly logged into Ticketmaster in droves, awaiting the floodgates to open at 10 am. Unfortunately, few and far between were equipped with the skills or luck to reach these fabled tickets before they were out of reach. “I waited an entire day just to receive an error code – it is despicable,” said junior Lizzie Hart.

With empty carts and sad eyes, Swifties braced to brave the great war that would be general sale or, so they thought. Headlines ran Thursday afternoon that there would be no general sale after all the fans had endured. TicketMaster failed to get the rabid fan ticket availability ratio down pat. Now, like us, many are left to beg Santa to deliver them their sanity in the form of a Taylor Swift floor seat. Dubs are devastated by this announcement, especially one senior, Liza Fagin. “My last hope, gone in an instant,” she said. “Even though I don’t celebrate Christmas, I wish Santa would bring me tickets.”

A new era of fighting for tickets causes fans to riot against the enemy – that is – TicketMaster. Good luck next time, Warriors, and please don’t stay up until midnight in search of tickets; we have school tomorrow.