However, the way a woman in Reading (United Kingdom, not Pennsylvania) has chosen to initiate the conversation is not one we would recommend. She, or someone she knows, made her Christmas wishes clear by posting a banner along the highway near her home town. The sheet, with colorful black and red letters reads, "For Xmas Dan, Jude wants a divorce."

No one is really certain who put up the sign. Some neighbors who were interviewed by reporters about it say they aren't even sure who Dan and Jude are, but there's little question that Dan will not be able to claim that he would never have known what she wants this year. Thousands of motorists are believed to have spotted the notice and it's made it onto the Internet for the world to see.

While it's never safe to assume anything, we feel confident in saying that with the level of directness that's been shown in this instance, Dan might want to seriously consider taking a pragmatic view of things and conclude that the ideal gift for Jude this year is an affordable, uncontested divorce.  (And let's hope that if he did see his way clear to get Jude other Christmas gifts that he saved his receipts and that they are returnable.) Source: The Daily Mail, "'For Xmas Dan, Jude wants a divorce': Disgruntled wife's festive message... printed on banner by M4," Lucy Buckland, Dec. 12, 2011

However, the way a woman in Reading (United Kingdom, not Pennsylvania) has chosen to initiate the conversation is not one we would recommend. She, or someone she knows, made her Christmas wishes clear by posting a banner along the highway near her home town. The sheet, with colorful black and red letters reads, "For Xmas Dan, Jude wants a divorce."

No one is really certain who put up the sign. Some neighbors who were interviewed by reporters about it say they aren't even sure who Dan and Jude are, but there's little question that Dan will not be able to claim that he would never have known what she wants this year. Thousands of motorists are believed to have spotted the notice and it's made it onto the Internet for the world to see.

While it's never safe to assume anything, we feel confident in saying that with the level of directness that's been shown in this instance, Dan might want to seriously consider taking a pragmatic view of things and conclude that the ideal gift for Jude this year is an affordable, uncontested divorce.  (And let's hope that if he did see his way clear to get Jude other Christmas gifts that he saved his receipts and that they are returnable.) Source: The Daily Mail, "'For Xmas Dan, Jude wants a divorce': Disgruntled wife's festive message... printed on banner by M4," Lucy Buckland, Dec. 12, 2011