# What do YOU want for Christmas this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550 "2004-12-07T15:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/1 "2004-12-07T15:03:01Z")
**Tell us! Tell us!** Personally, I won’t be happy unless I have [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006A9FKA/qid=1102431697/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/002-0151699-0569669?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) under my tree. How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/2 "2004-12-07T15:11:33Z")
**What I want:** a pair of gorgeous black Edwardian-style boots with ribbon laces I’ve spotted, and a pink I-Pod. **What I’ll get:** a DVD, as we’re on a budget due to having just moved house. However, at least I’ll get to play on it on the new big TV we bought to go in it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/3 "2004-12-07T15:15:21Z")
Maybe a flat computer monitor. Maybe a copier/fax/printer/scanner to replace the one that took a dump. Maybe some fabulous jewelry. I want turquoise this year. Maybe new dishes. Maybe surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/4 "2004-12-07T15:16:49Z")
I want a loving caring female to be there with me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/5 "2004-12-07T15:17:48Z")
A plane ticket home. And the seven seasons of DS9 on DVD. No idea what I’ll actually get, if anything, though. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/6 "2004-12-07T15:18:15Z")
Peace on Earth, and good will towards men. And women too. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/7 "2004-12-07T15:25:09Z")
I want a mortising machine. (I want Norm Abram’s workshop). I’ll start with the mortising machine. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/8 "2004-12-07T15:31:16Z")
I’d like a smallish scroll saw! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/9 "2004-12-07T15:54:19Z")
Someone who’ll drink a bottle of port with me. I’ve got a couple bottles of it, see, and my wife’s pregnant, and no one around here drinks the stuff, and even though I’m “drinking for three” I can’t go through that much port on my lonesome… ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/10 "2004-12-07T16:23:32Z")
Dead Like Me season one on DVD…If I don’t get that, heads will roll. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/11 "2004-12-07T16:25:58Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > Someone who’ll drink a bottle of port with me. I’ve got a couple bottles of it, see, and my wife’s pregnant, and no one around here drinks the stuff, and even though I’m “drinking for three” I can’t go through that much port on my lonesome… Well, it depends on where you are. I love port. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/12 "2004-12-07T16:33:31Z")
I want a cordlss mouse and a new keyboard. Also, season 2-7 of Buffy. Rugs for the living/dining room. A two and a half hour massage. A whole day during which I take care of no one’s needs but my own. Hell, since I’m already dreaming, let’s make it two days. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/13 "2004-12-07T16:36:32Z")
I’d love to see [this comforter set](http://www.rods.com/details.pnt/5936) under the tree this year, Santa. ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/14 "2004-12-07T16:41:44Z")
ROTK:EE It’s the only actual item on my wish list, and if the last three years are any indication, no one in my family will get the hint. I’ll be good, though, and wait until January to buy it ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/15 "2004-12-07T16:45:53Z")
I want: DeHusband, who is off the week before Christmas, to clean the house. Really clean. We’re talking \*carpets \* here, people. I’ll get: An external hard drive to organize MP3s. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/16 "2004-12-07T16:49:35Z")
Ski boots please or a digital camera or an ipod (god I am so mainstream…) I’d also like to read Tom Wolfe’s new book though I’ve loads of books lined up and it’s getting a bit out of hand. Books are a bit of a problem with me I’m coming to realise. I want to read EVERYTHING and can’t walk into a bookshop without coming out with at least one book and stopping myself from buying any more. Also a luxury make-up set that I’d never buy for myself due to the sheer frivolity of it… ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/17 "2004-12-07T17:04:19Z")
I want my own copy of City of Heroes. I just bought myself a new computer, which is actually fast enough for CoH so now I can play with my fiancee. I get my new computer next week so it’ll be perfect timing. I’m getting it too. The wonderful Mr. Congo let it slip last night! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/18 "2004-12-07T17:04:40Z")
I want **Shaun of the Dead** and **Return of the King: EE,** but I’ll probably have to buy those for myself. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/19 "2004-12-07T17:09:36Z")
I want the two volumes of remastered Warner Bros cartoons on DVD, and/or the box set of George Harrison’s albums, and/or the SCTV DVD box set. I’m sure I’ll get at least one of them! I’d also like a tube preamp to play my Stratocaster through, but it won’t be happening for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/20 "2004-12-07T17:22:20Z")
[What I want](http://www.gibson.com/products/oai/mandolins/f9.html) [What I’ll get](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009XFQR/ref=pd_ys_ir_m_1/102-9123979-0496942?v=glance&s=music) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550.md?page=2)