All I want for Christmas

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I remember when I was growing up, there was a song we used to listen to around Christmastime, called “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.”  This year I have had a lot of difficulty, somehow, in figuring out exactly the thing or things I’d really like to have for Christmas. Sounds weird, I know.  Usually I have a boatload of ideas for stuff I’d really like to have, but not this year.  In our family we’ve used Amazon’s wish list functionality for years and that’s how we’ve communicated with each other about what we want for Christmas, birthdays, and other special occasions.  This year I have heavily used a new feature that Amazon created, the Universal Wish List bookmarklet, which allows me to visit any site I want, from any company, and add something to my Amazon wish list from there.  It’s pretty cool.

I’d be curious to know what YOU would really like for Christmas. Add a comment to this post and let me know.

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Ashley, that's a great idea!

  • http://www.twentysixcats.com Ashley

    I had a hard time, too, coming up with ideas for Christmas this year. We have such a small apartment and NO extra room, and also our families have very small budgets for gifts this year due to both getting hit with the rough economy. I finally came up with a really good idea. I asked for cans of cat food that I could donate to a local shelter where I volunteer every week. It would bring me a lot of joy to be able to donate some items to them, and it would still give me something to open on Christmas Day. (Let's face it… I know a lot of people decide mutually to “not do gifts”, but I could never do that. I think that since gifts is my love language, even opening up something small would be important to me.)

  • http://www.familymanlibrarian.com FamManLib

    Ashley, that's a great idea!

  • http://www.twentysixcats.com Ashley

    I had a hard time, too, coming up with ideas for Christmas this year. We have such a small apartment and NO extra room, and also our families have very small budgets for gifts this year due to both getting hit with the rough economy. I finally came up with a really good idea. I asked for cans of cat food that I could donate to a local shelter where I volunteer every week. It would bring me a lot of joy to be able to donate some items to them, and it would still give me something to open on Christmas Day. (Let's face it… I know a lot of people decide mutually to “not do gifts”, but I could never do that. I think that since gifts is my love language, even opening up something small would be important to me.)