The Home Forum Competition

'Tis the season to write thank-you notes. Want to get competitive about it? (Politely, of course.) Write an imaginary thank you as if you were someone notable anytime in history for any gift - sublime or ridiculous. If Queen Victoria were not amused by a Monty Python video, how would she have said so? Send a note from a notable - under 100 words and one per entrant, please - to The Home Forum Competition, The Christian Science Monitor, One Norway St., Boston, MA 02115. Only notes received by Jan. 16 can be considered for announcement of award certificates Feb. 5. All entries become the property of the Monitor. Thank you.