# What do you want for Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953 "2013-11-27T21:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/1 "2013-11-27T21:30:25Z")
Completely reasonable stuff I mean. Obviously we’d all like a winning lottery ticket or a new car (or in my case, all new teeth). What would you really like to have that is actually something you have a chance of getting? I want: A new stethoscope. Specifically I want a Littmann Master Classic II, hunter green, with my initials engraved on it. I’m still in school but I do have to have a working stethoscope for lab and clinical and the one I have now has seen better days. An eye exam. Gift certificate to Zenni Respiratory Notes: Respiratory Therapist’s Pocket Guide A new bread machine - the Breadman bakery pro (it makes two horizontal loves!). My bread machine works (it’s working right now actually) but I hate vertical loves! I think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/2 "2013-11-27T21:50:42Z")
I was going to ask for a PS4 or Xbox One but a thread I started here convinced me to hold off till any bugs are worked out. So I think I’ll ask for a nice humidor. I don’t often smoke cigars but when I’m in the mood its good to have a few around. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/3 "2013-11-28T01:35:05Z")
Litterboxes. And I know that I will get at least 10. Next year, I will be asking for more litterboxes again. And more cream sherry. ---
**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, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/4 "2013-11-28T01:51:41Z")
A few surprises in my stocking that I didn’t put in there myself. I have apprised my husband of my wishes. It would be nice to not be deathly ill with the flu. In the last few years, I’m batting .500 with that wish. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/5 "2013-11-28T02:07:23Z")
A bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/6 "2013-11-28T02:10:15Z")
Miranda Kerr wearing nothing but a smile and a ribbon in her hair. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/7 "2013-11-28T02:16:09Z")
Amazon gift card - keeps me in entertainment all year long. Money - because I need it, still being poor. My piano moved to the “middle room” of the house and set up for me to use it. The rest of the “middle room” set up as a home workshop for me. The exhaust system of my car fixed so I will have two working vehicles and not just one. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/8 "2013-11-28T02:16:20Z")
A set of really good cooking knives. My set is old and won’t hold an edge worth doo-doo. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/9 "2013-11-28T02:16:33Z")
Elizabeth of York by Alison Weir ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/10 "2013-11-28T02:18:18Z")
Good topic but theres also [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=708735) one. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/11 "2013-11-28T02:23:28Z")
I want a [3Doodle.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvx_-rhOYdw) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/12 "2013-11-28T02:36:03Z")
I have an Amazon wish list that I send to my mom every year. Some things have been there for a few years! I freshen it up with a few new items every year, like new release books. This year a 10" skillet and a 4qt pot made the list along with leg warmers, arm warmers, and a selection of teas in a gift box. I prefer replacement items or consumables these days, rather than just “stuff” that adds clutter. I kind of wish we could just forgo the gift giving. I could use my little Christmas bonus to buy stuff I need/want, rather than put it on a wish list because I have to buy other people stuff with that money. I would have had some extra this year, but that went to vet bills instead. ---
**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 28, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/13 "2013-11-28T02:44:54Z")
A tool chest. And a router. Ooh and an angle grinder. No idea what I’d do with it, but I’ve always wanted one. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/14 "2013-11-28T02:58:08Z")
Is a trip to New Zealand too much to ask for? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/15 "2013-11-28T03:46:30Z")
-A new laptop – this one’s on its last legs. -Socks. I really want new socks. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/16 "2013-11-28T10:47:30Z")
The love of a good woman. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/17 "2013-11-28T12:21:43Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > Completely reasonable stuff I mean. Obviously we’d all like a winning lottery ticket or a new car (or in my case, all new teeth). What would you really like to have that is actually something you have a chance of getting? Well, since you limited it that way: nothing My other list had (in no particular order): [ul] [li]World Peace[/li][li]A quick, easy, but not necessarily quite death.[/li][li]God Like Powers.[/li][li]The Cosmic Power Scepter[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/18 "2013-11-28T12:31:26Z")
A cast iron skillet and some decent socks. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/19 "2013-11-28T13:33:01Z")
For my grandmother to be out of the hospital and with us on Christmas. I want nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953/20 "2013-11-28T14:08:55Z")
I want the whole family to be together. We’ll actually be doing this for the first time in ten years! Oh, and a new lens for my camera. That one ain’t gonna happen 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953.md?page=2)