My Christmas List
2004-12-06 at 2:03 p.m.
Seen all over lately, but most recently on Beth'sdiary:
Step One
Make a post to your diary. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Solstice is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address.
Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your diary, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your buddy list (or your buddy's buddies, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:
If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special
My list:
2. Clay Aiken calendar. It's sold out on his website.
3. Enough money to pay off this damn tax bill so Kev!n could keep all the Santa money he's earning
4. Size 7 pajamas for J, Garfield books and size 10 husky jeans for E and Teletubbies videos for G.
5. The boys to stop fighting for two minutes
6. For American Airlines to buy my dad's idea so he and my mom can finally stop worrying about money
7. A fully sodded backyard this spring
8. These for my dining room hutch.
9. WalMart or Target gift cards
10. A dinner out, sans kinder, once in awhile
And of course... peace, harmony and all that crap.