# What do you REALLY want for Xmas?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 21, 1999, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-for-xmas/8348 "1999-09-21T12:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 1999, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-for-xmas/8348/41 "1999-09-24T23:29:00Z")

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My choice of gifts–a copy of ‘Weird Tales’ from the 1920’s.

Kellibelli–I’ve got a Lava Lamp & a plasma sphere (you know, the little glass globe that has the lightning bolts shooting through it).  
My fantasy gift , Kelli, would be you & me cuddling up in front of the fire, watching the lava lamp , the plasma sphere &, well, doing whatever else comes to mind…

Make my dreams come true???\<font face=“Wingdings”\>k\</font\>

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We have met the enemy, and He is Us.–Walt Kelly

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**Post date:** [September 25, 1999, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-for-xmas/8348/42 "1999-09-25T00:41:00Z")

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I would like eveyone to be my friend.

Well, okay, then.

A pool cue. I’m not very good (my son beats me regularly), but a new stick would change that.

Yeah, right.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 1999, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-for-xmas/8348/43 "1999-09-25T04:01:00Z")

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> (my son beats me regularly), but a new stick would change that.

Well, that was kind of fun to take out of context… anyway…

Dear Santa, please bring me  
A new computer (I’m on a 120MHz Pentium with 30megs left on my 1.2gig HD. I’m sure someone else has it worse, but I still want a new computer)  
A digital camera  
A bunch of new CDs

Oh, and if you’re into fantasy fulfillment, I’ll take a signed first edition printing of Sara Teasdale’s _Sonnets to Duse_ to round out my collection.

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“I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”

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