# If You Could Have Anything You Really Want for Christmas... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603 "2010-12-02T00:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/1 "2010-12-02T00:34:44Z")
…what would it be? Your ideal Christmas present that would make your life so much better? I would want: a good female friend, living nearby, maybe next door, but not intrusive. The kind of friend who is always optimistic and good natured, close as a sister, energetic and interesting, with a fun messy family she would give me updates on. We would always be there for each other in bad times, guaranteed! She would insist on doing all the driving (I would pay gladly for gas) when we went on road trips, would pick me up at 4 a.m. if my car broke down, and of course we would be the same size so we could borrow each other’s clothes! … I have a few friends, and each has one or two of these characteristics, but not one person with all of them, darn it! If I couldn’t have this good female friend, I would love to have a reliable chauffeur available 24/7 to drive me, friends, or family anywhere, at any time. Up to the 7-11 at midnight for ice cream? Done! Trip to Florida, California, Canada - we’re on the way! And carry in my groceries, keep gas in the car, take the thing in to the garage every time it needs work done, get it inspected, oil-changed, washed…what a luxury! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/2 "2010-12-02T00:54:05Z")
Financial security. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/3 "2010-12-02T00:56:34Z")
A bazillion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/4 "2010-12-02T01:26:37Z")
I wish I could know what I wanted out of life. I wish I knew how I felt about myself, my future, a certain female friend of mine, everything. For as long as I can remember I’ve been so confused about life…I really wish I could just figure it all out. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/5 "2010-12-02T02:27:23Z")
How to halt aging, and reverse mine. Financial security would come of itself, given a limitless lifespan and a 401k. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/6 "2010-12-02T02:56:33Z")
If someone bought my house, as-is, for enough to cover my mortgage, I’d be delighted. I would pack my car with a few things and move to California. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/7 "2010-12-02T04:55:05Z")
A nice house near San Francisco, paid off and with the deed in my name. We used to have a nice house near SF, but when the economy went bad, my husband lost his job and after a year and a half of unemployment, the bank got pissy and we wound up moving here. Failing that, a new iMac would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/8 "2010-12-02T05:04:44Z")
True _Peace_ on Earth and 896.2 Billion dollars in a Swiss bank account. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/9 "2010-12-02T05:08:38Z")
Someone takes this really stressful responsibility I currently have off my hands. My boyfriend gets a job and a place up here. My brain stops sabotaging me with irrational worries. Also, a new lens for my Nikon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/10 "2010-12-02T06:06:47Z")
A soul mate, and I want the lens that I preordered in Sept to show up. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/11 "2010-12-02T06:16:48Z")
A rich soul mate with no family who loves to cook, clean, and surprise me with extravagant gifts but still gives me space. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/12 "2010-12-02T06:42:54Z")
The royalties from my first best seller, or to have found The One. Hard choice, that. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/13 "2010-12-02T07:04:44Z")
I want telecommuting jobs for myself and my husband that would let us live wherever in the world we want, and $500 000 - so we could pay off the farm, rent it out to our roomie and her mother, and move to Arizona so I could go to school on the side and get my doctorate in archeology. [the money is to pay the last remaining 5 years on the farm, and buy a new house in Tucson, pay for shipping all our crap and my university costs.] or for truly unrealistic, $100 000 000 =) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/14 "2010-12-02T07:14:58Z")
I’d like to get my screenplay read by a professional Agent, and shown to a Producer. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/15 "2010-12-02T07:18:50Z")
Health: physical, mental, emotional, financial; for myself and my husband. ---
**Author:** ![winterwinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@winterwinter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winterwinter)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/16 "2010-12-02T07:40:16Z")
wealth and my bf! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/17 "2010-12-02T07:53:14Z")
All of my family, blood and chosen, to be living in the same area. Happily. In a place _I_ enjoy living, too. I’ve spent over 40 years choosing between 'Friends, family, steady income or a place you like living: choose two". I want all four. At the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/18 "2010-12-02T08:35:27Z")
A job for Husband. Reverse my body’s aging by 15 years. That’s pretty much it. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/19 "2010-12-02T10:35:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > True _Peace_ on Earth and 896.2 Billion dollars in a Swiss bank account. An arsenal of weaponry and a plan. And being Gatopescado’s neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603/20 "2010-12-02T10:46:29Z")
A new Pacemaker that didn’t come with another $10,000 in medical bills after insurance. New knees now instead of 18 months from now when medicare kicks in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-anything-you-really-want-for-christmas/562603.md?page=2)