# The Nth Annual "What do you want for Christmas?" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268 "2012-11-27T15:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/1 "2012-11-27T15:29:40Z")
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, whichever holiday(s) you “do,” whaddya want? Or to put it another way, tell me what _you_ want so I can get ideas for stuff that _I_ want, or stuff to get others on my list. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/2 "2012-11-27T16:09:22Z")
Not sure that what I want will help you. I want gift certificates to my school’s bookstore, to help with textbooks for next semester. I’d love gas cards but the gas station I use doesn’t have them (small, independently owned, full serve, lowest cost in town). I also want a very inexpensive netbook with a keyboard that actually works every time (unlike my current one). ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/3 "2012-11-27T20:42:34Z")
I think I want at least one of everything at [http://www.sciplus.com/index.cfm](http://www.sciplus.com/index.cfm) Problem is what I REALLY want is a house to put it all in 🙂 Right now I’ll settle for a job that will pay off bills so we can get stable again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/4 "2012-11-27T21:01:56Z")
A new roof. And a weather vane to go on it. StG ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/5 "2012-11-27T21:30:43Z")
I think I’d like a playpen or crate so I can take my indoor cats out in the yard. I won’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/6 "2012-11-27T22:03:02Z")
A laptop; a reader (probably Kindle Fire); a [Volcano](http://www.volcanovaporizer.com/); an epic, hand-blown [bong](http://bongin.com/dictionary/hand-blown-glass-pipes.html); and a surprise goody bag from a dispensary in Colorado (a few grams of this, a few grams of that, a little of this edible, a little of that edible, etc. Surprise me.). ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/7 "2012-11-27T22:06:31Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > A new roof. > > And a weather vane to go on it. > > StG I have something you don’t have!!! I have a weathervane!!! I have an old TV antenna too. I do need a new roof though. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/8 "2012-11-27T22:38:29Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > I have something you don’t have!!! I have a weathervane!!! I have an old TV antenna too. I do need a new roof though. True, but I still have horses in my front yard (well, in the field behind the farm, most of the time). I removed the TV antenna when I painted the house last month. And I will buy a weather vane. StG ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/9 "2012-11-27T22:42:03Z")
Horses in the front yard totally beat out the weathervane, especially since mine is so old it stops working regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/10 "2012-11-27T23:38:46Z")
I’m not big on Christmas, so I don’t really have a list. I, my mom, and my sister all buy for each other, and that’s it. I’ll be getting an Avenue gift card and the [comforter set](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nanshing-Tobey-7-Piece-Comforter-Set/14895682) I wanted from Walmart (we’re not big on surprises). And my mom might toss me some money for my car, but probably not. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/11 "2012-11-27T23:40:49Z")
I want a Reason pendant from [Surlyramics.](http://www.etsy.com/shop/surly?ref=shop_sugg) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/12 "2012-11-28T00:27:39Z")
Season 10 of Smallville. A new karate gi. Assurance that, a year from now, things will be better. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/13 "2012-11-28T04:29:07Z")
All the used paperbacks that I have on my Amazon Wish List. A deep fat fryer. A blender. Some flavored vodka to pour in the blender so frying up some dip dogs at 3a.m. will seem like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/14 "2012-11-28T04:48:06Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > All the used paperbacks that I have on my Amazon Wish List. > A deep fat fryer. > A blender. > Some flavored vodka to pour in the blender so frying up some dip dogs at 3a.m. will seem like a good idea. While reading, right? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/15 "2012-11-28T07:44:02Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > I have something you don’t have!!! I have a weathervane!!! I have an old TV antenna too. I do need a new roof though. Bah, weathervanes!!! Anyone can have a weathervane. You don’t _really_ have a weathervane unless you have a [Synchro-Selsyn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selsyn) to go with it! That should be the next item on your Xmas list! ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/16 "2012-11-28T11:27:11Z")
Clothes. I lost a bunch of weight, and I look redonkulous. I want to donate these elephant sized threads to the charity-based second-hand place, because I know someone will love them, but can’t afford a new wardrobe on my own, dammit. Does this mean I’m an adult now? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/17 "2012-11-28T13:45:22Z")
Peace on Earth and goodwill toward man. Unfortunately nobody can give me the Peace part, the goodwill part is all me. Phooey. Guess I’ll ask for a Kindle Fire. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/18 "2012-11-28T14:34:59Z")
A golden retriever puppy. But my cats would eat it so that’s probably not a good idea. Forty pound of kitty against one puppy would not make for a happy puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/19 "2012-11-28T15:46:01Z")
I’m buying woodworking tools for myself: planes, chisels, squares, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268/20 "2012-11-28T15:49:53Z")
This is on my wish list: [http://ardrone2.parrot.com/](http://ardrone2.parrot.com/) ETA: the AR.Drone 2.0 quad-copter, with built in 720p camera. You control it with your tablet/phone. It has on on-board flight-recorder to prove you’ve accomplished the community’s challenges. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nth-annual-what-do-you-want-for-christmas-thread/642268.md?page=2)