# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/41 "2004-12-07T21:12:55Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > clothes to buy pants and shirts with as mine are falling apart That should say ‘money to buy pants and shirts with’. ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/42 "2004-12-07T21:15:10Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > That should say ‘money to buy pants and shirts with’. Unless they accept trade-ins. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/43 "2004-12-07T21:17:08Z")
> [@gfloyd](#): > > A potato ricer is a giant garlic press. Very useful for making mashed potatoes. Oh. I thought it’s a guy who puts lots of aftermarket harware and plastic on your potato to make it look like it’s a real sportspotato. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/44 "2004-12-07T21:27:06Z")
I want, asked for, and have already received my gift: a coupla hundred bucks’ worth of Sirius stock. It’s doing [well](http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SIRI&t=3m), don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/45 "2004-12-07T22:14:37Z")
> [@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… A **Barbarian** who likes port? I’d drink to that! Eliphalet ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/46 "2004-12-07T23:09:02Z")
I want the Harry Potter movies. I don’t feel like a true HP nerd unless I get those. I also want Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Oh, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Secret Window. Mmmmm Johnny Depp. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/47 "2004-12-08T00:42:54Z")
I want: The _World At War_ DVD set The super-big _Far Side_ collection that came out a year or so back For George R R Martin to finish _A Feast For Crows_ already _Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within_ for PS2 _1634: The Galileo Affair_ by Eric Flint Oh, and the usual touchy-feely peace on earth crap ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/48 "2004-12-08T00:49:38Z")
Furs Jewels Pink leather boots LotR stuff The rest of the Sex and the City DVDs The Sopranos DVDs I’ve actually got a fair shot at young Santa bringing me jewels–historically, he’s good at that. ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/49 "2004-12-08T00:53:46Z")
I want to be happy. I want a divorce from my husband. I want to be with my family. I want my grandparents back. I want to feel really loved. I want a house of my own. ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/50 "2004-12-08T01:13:22Z")
A new pair of engineer boots and the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack set would be nice. But probably not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/51 "2004-12-08T06:04:53Z")
- Right-hand ring - Opium, White Diamonds, and/or Obssession cologne - Short velver blazer - As many bottles of low-carb white wine as I can get and a couple of bottles of decent champagne, although I’ll take cheap champagne as well - Louis Vuitton envelope-style wallet - New workout clothes - Several pounds of Starbucks coffee (smooth/mild type) - Any kind of designer handbag - Fur vest - Four replacement Stieff Rose cake forks (mine went in the trash by mistake at a party this past spring) - Gourmet basket with water crackers, lotsa cheese, summer sausage, etc. (Santa, you old sleigh-driving, reindeer-loving, cherry-red nosed bastard, you have been informed.) ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/52 "2004-12-08T07:30:02Z")
I want a job-- preferably the one I just interviewed for. ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/53 "2004-12-08T08:50:46Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > the seven seasons of DS9 on DVD. > > No idea what I’ll actually get, if anything, though. You and me, both. [Hijack]Amazon says it’s been discontinued; is this true? ☹ [/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/54 "2004-12-08T11:36:33Z")
[This](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008972H/qid=1102505805/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-2591044-7122420?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) link doesn’t indicate it’s been discontinued in any way that I can see and I can’t imagine it would be… it’s only been out for about a year or so now. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/55 "2004-12-08T13:03:07Z")
I get to take my kids to Disney World. What more could I ask for? 🆒 _(But if anyone’s really interested, a stocking full of really good chocolate would be nice…)_ ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/56 "2004-12-08T17:48:50Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > The super-big _Far Side_ collection that came out a year or so back Oh, oh, oh! My brother gave that to me last Christmas. It’s excellent, though extremely heavy, and I busted my toe on it (well, I store things on the floor). ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/57 "2004-12-08T18:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=Creaky] - Right-hand ring - Opium, White Diamonds, and/or Obssession cologne \ [QUOTE] I have a partial bottle of White Diamonds that I no longer need. It’s a pretty tall bottle, but it is old - from 1998. If you’re interested, my email’s in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/58 "2004-12-08T18:47:05Z")
Please pardon my crap-ass coding in my previous post! I would like some new slippers and a new robe (stupid dog!), and a clean office. A new set of gloves, hat, and scarf (I like new ones every year, and I usually lose a glove anyway, so I might as well get new stuff that matches!). Oh, and all the Buffy seasons on DVD. A Fry-Daddy and a really good vacuum-sealer (ours sucks). New cotton jersey or flannel sheets (again, stupid dog!). And Clue, Master Detective (I’ll probably end up buying it for myself, since no one I know is eBay-savvy). And [this pearl ring](http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?coe=0&oidPath=0%3a-23542%3a-30402%3a-40728%3a-40735%3a764130&mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_1611274338.1102531349_CS_&BV_EngineID=ccdfadddelmefmecfkfcfkjdgoodflg.0) from Sam’s Club (size 7 1/2, if you’re feeling generous 😃 ). ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/59 "2004-12-08T23:40:52Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > [This](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008972H/qid=1102505805/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-2591044-7122420?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) link doesn’t indicate it’s been discontinued in any way that I can see and I can’t imagine it would be… it’s only been out for about a year or so now. Ah, I see what the problem is: Amazon’s no longer selling all seven seasons as a set. Hopefully it’s not much more expensive to buy them separately. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550/60 "2004-12-08T23:51:48Z")
I want a Nintendo DS and the _Return of the King_ extended edition DVD. Kinda boring, actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas-this-year/278550.md?page=4)