What do YOU like getting for Xmas?

[Happy Dope]

I don't enjoy Xmas. I really wish it would go away. However, my husband (as some have read) is like a little kid, so "that time of the year" is his favorite time. He loves giving presents! I'm like that as well - I love giving, but I couldn't care less about receiving.

My question to you, since I'm guessing some of you are like me - what do YOU want for Xmas? What would YOU like to open that morning?

I never can tell anyone what I want because I never want anything. However, I'm told I'm not hard to buy for.

So come on - what do you want?

[krbshappy71]

I like clothes so I can try on different styles that I wouldn't normally spend the money on to buy myself. Last Christmas my sil bought me a shirt that a % of the purchase went to a dog charity. That meant a lot to me, it has a little tag that says how many "bowls of dog food" it bought, etc. Anything that gave to someone else makes me feel special, as if I contributed myself? Hard to explain but it makes me feel good when she does that.

I like things that are eco-friendly, my crafty sil also made us little shopping bags out of cute design material, I use them for everything! Particularly for bringing stuff back and forth to work.

I like money (does that sound shallow?) because so much of my own funds are difficult to spend on myself that I like the guilt-free feelings of Christmas or Birthday money.

[StartingOver]

I love gift cards! If people ask, that's what I tell them.

I usually am given gift cards to the movies, wal-mart, the mall, local restuarants, hair salon.

I love them! I can get treated all year long!

[frugalwarrior2]

I like honey cream perfume made by a local lady.
I like baked goods or candy someone made
I personal effort gifts
-an old photo someone took long ago they reframed
-I like cash and G.C. I can use w/ the person like a class or restaurant
-I like romantic and funny gestures. One time I got DH a red stapler at a garage sale and a copy of the "office" movie"
-Things from childhood. Rockem Sockem robots was fun 1 year (the kids were puzzled)
-I bought tickets to Spiderman" and the kids shrunk in their seats as we sang the Spiderman theme song _loud enough a few joined us
I has to mean something.

[AnW819]

I love money, because I love to get my hair done, my nails done, a pedicure, pick out my own clothes (because I am a bigger girl no one ever gets me the right size, lol).

I also love gift cards!

And animals of any kind

[YankeeMom]

I like useful things usually....a new food processor, replacements of things that have broken in the last year, etc. I don't do jewelry usually but I did ask dh for a necklace this year. I'd also like the KnitPicks interchangeable needles set

Would REALLY like an eReader, but I think that will wait until after Christmas

[forHISglory]

I like things from garage sales and thrift shops! I enjoy scrapbooking materials, books, and bubble bath. And all of those can be found at the sales and shops mentioned above. To me, the gift is even better when it has been obtained CHEAP!

[Momto5RN]

slippers-- those soft warm slipper socks- perfume - candles - certain types of bath and body works stuff or GC ( as i take alot of hot baths in the winter due to my fibro )

i collect willow tree angels also .

this year i really just want to get my engagement ring fixed- / reset if need be .
one of the prongs broke to the part that goes over the stone and holds it on doesnt do that i havent been wearing it for fear it will fall out .

[Momto5RN]

oh for mothers day my oldest ds and dd bought me some pandora charm bracelet apparently they are the " in thing " with moms - news to me but maybe a few charms to go with it as i only have 2 right now an angel and their birthstone

[ladykemma2]

i like yankee candles rose
colonial candles red apple and balsam fir

any candles fruity or floral or piney.

jigsaw puzzles
kitcheny stuff
sewing notions
barnes and noble gift cards

[Maine Girl]

For me i love getting

books
homemade cards
ornaments
new pajamas
socks

[craftypam]

My now dil made me a picture of my 3 ds and grandson like a scrspbook page last year. One of my favorite gifts ever. I also like to receive things that I won't spend the money on myself.

Just like happy dope and dh; my favorite is buying everyone gifts and getting them something that they really want.

[TigerGirl1226]

Nice cologne, Gift Cards (to give myself treats throughout the year), useful things like kitchen items and the such.

I often ask for something I already have, but ask for the upgraded model. If my vacuum is really old, then I ask for a new one. My idea is to head off the "OMG, I need a vacuum!" panic.

[Lady_V]

I want 'actions' more than gifts... I have THINGS.

For Mothers Day I always get the same thing, and it's exactly what I want... pancakes made by Old Man and Diva...

Pretty much the same thing for Yule... I want a de-cluttered living room so I can take cute holiday pictures, a cleared off dining table so we can have a yummy dinner.

The only 'materialistic' thing I look forward to is whatever Diva has made me and Old Man fills my stocking with odds and ends (things I wouldn't buy for myself)

[sunshine]

yarn

REAL English tea

yarn

mystery books

yarn

kitchen gadgets - this year's wish list is a pizza stone and peel

yarn

anything solar/hand powered or preparedness oriented

yarn

jigsaw puzzles

yarn

a massage

yarn


Oh, and did I mention that I'd love some yarn?