# So what does everyone want for Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940 "2005-11-20T16:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/61 "2005-11-22T00:38:37Z")
A gym membership (I think this will be my gift to myself). A car stereo with an auxiliary input for my iPod. A trip to Toronto. A new fake Christmas tree (pre-lit, please). Paul McCartney’s new album. And… > [@Aesiron](#): > > The _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ DVD gift set that has all seven seasons and an extra disc of specials. Ditto! > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Serenity. The movie, not inner peace. It should be out in time; I’m kinda surprised nobody’s mentioned it yet here. According to Amazon, it releases on 12/20. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/62 "2005-11-22T00:52:16Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > A trip to Toronto. [On a private jet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345899)😃 ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/63 "2005-11-22T01:00:54Z")
A [diamond ring](http://www.scheinerdiamonds.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-329P-EA-EN.html?E+scstore#.), a trip overseas, an outfit from Benzer, and having my student loans paid off. Hey, this was supposed to be without limitations, right? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/64 "2005-11-22T01:17:51Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Leather driving gloves (lined, black, size L) > Memory-foam slippers (size 9) > Maternity Tops (size L, short sleeved, please) > CDs: Fiona Apple “Extraordinary Machine” > Jack Johnson “Brushfire Fairytales” > John Mayer “Room for Squares” > Dave Matthews Band “Live at Red Rocks” or “Weekend on the Rocks” or “Remember Two Things” > Boyd Tinsley “True Reflections” > Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection 40 DVD set, seasons 1 – 7 I have “Brushfire Fairytales,” played only a couple of times. Want it? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/65 "2005-11-22T03:46:15Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [On a private jet?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345899)😃 Ha! As long as all of the landing gear comes down _eventually_ I don’t much care how I get there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/66 "2005-11-22T05:11:39Z")
My husband to get into graduate school. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/67 "2005-11-22T05:55:58Z")
The money they promised me to help buy a car. Im waiting for it, as I have been for a month. . . . . And a BN gift card! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/68 "2005-11-22T06:21:15Z")
A 7" folding portable DVD player (second hand is fine) DVD’s - “Brutal Planet” and “Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper” both Alice, of course. The rest of the AC CD’s that I don’t have yet, starting with “Welcome To My Nightmare” and “Goes To Hell”. Oh yeah, and the “Life and Crimes” box set. (Not that I don’t already have everything on tape or vinyl… 😉 ) The bike that got swiped last week… ☹ Better saddlebags for the bike I still have. Also, a good headlight with a radio - not one of the dorky looking kid’s ones. I’ll settle for any one of these. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/69 "2005-11-22T06:31:11Z")
The cheapest solid-state MP3 player that will hold a few hours of songs and not fall apart when I run with it. My iPod’s hard drive has been getting really bitchy lately when I take it running, and I’d rather not (literally) run the thing into the ground when it still works perfectly for all other applications. Also, the continuing love and patience of my girlfriend would be nice. And it’d let me fit in with the theme of the thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/70 "2005-11-22T06:33:48Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > The rest of the AC CD’s that I don’t have yet, starting with “Welcome To My Nightmare” and “Goes To Hell”. Oh yeah, and the “Life and Crimes” box set. As long as you have “Zipper Catches Skin” you have all you need from Alice… ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/71 "2005-11-22T07:01:24Z")
ELMO SHOUT! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/72 "2005-11-22T07:30:27Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > As long as you have “Zipper Catches Skin” you have all you need from Alice… I stand firmly behind my belief that “Zipper” is nothing more than a thinly disguised comedy album. Hehhehheh. 😃 (Well, _really!_ “Dead Pet?!” 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/73 "2005-11-22T09:07:00Z")
I will settle for good health. Since Santa is magic, I’m hoping he will deliver… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/74 "2005-11-22T09:29:01Z")
A Coverstitch machine. But since no one in my family has any idea what it is, I don’t like my chances. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/75 "2005-11-22T11:51:39Z")
I’ve decided I’m a grown up now, at 36. So I actually want a couple of kitchen accessories. A vacuum sealer first and foremost. If someone would have given me domestic type household items 5 years ago I would have been miffed, but now thats the only type of gifts I want. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/76 "2005-11-22T12:03:46Z")
I think I would also be very happy with some really good music and all of Jim Weiss’ story cd’s ( they are awesome condensings/condensations? of classic stories.) ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/77 "2005-11-22T13:12:37Z")
Strangely enough, I don’t want anything. I never got this whole gift-giving business. Doesn’t anyone else want nothing for Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/78 "2005-11-22T13:35:37Z")
An in-his-field, career-type job for my unemployed husband (not delivering pizzas, although it’s going to come to that pretty soon). To have the time, energy, money and opportunity to do a lot of celebratory things w/my family, particularly my toddlers. I’d like to create some handmade gifts for relatives, if I can get my kids to cooperate. To give myself good health & longevity by becoming fit and eating right. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/79 "2005-11-22T16:47:57Z")
Money. The hell with presents, I need something practical and money is it. ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940/80 "2005-11-23T07:27:38Z")
To get engaged. Sigh. It’s not all that practical at the time, but I can dream, can’t I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-everyone-want-for-christmas/331940.md?page=5)