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What would you actually like for Christmas?

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midgey Tue 16-Dec-25 17:31:09

I keep being asked what I would like but I don’t really know! I don’t need ‘stuff’ and I don’t want tat. I wouldn’t mind some compost ready for spring though. How about anyone else?

kjmpde Wed 17-Dec-25 14:56:49

several things but mainly political such as a Trump-free world when he blames Zelensky for not wanting peace
for Israel to show compassion to starving babies
for the homeless to be in a secure home ( if that is what they want)
and people to be kind

EkwaNimitee Wed 17-Dec-25 15:02:44

A warm sunny day sitting out in our caravan awning eating Christmas lunch with DH in Spain where we spent many happy winters whilst he was alive.

Lahlah65 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:04:58

Aely

Well, a bit of company on Christmas Day would be welcome. Have you seen the TV schedules? Dire. Elder daughter offered to fetch me to her place and back but there is no way I would let her spend most of Christmas Day driving. Younger daughter lives even further away and they have a small child, so same applies.

However, as far as a present is concerned, I am in the happy situation where I have everything I need and can buy what I want (except company). It could be, and in the past has been, a lot worse. One year, a Christmas box from the Church containing a cabbage, some teabags and similar items was a blessing.

I am sorry to hear that life has been so tough for you in the past. But if money is less tight now, perhaps get a taxi/private hire car to DD's house? Perhaps just one way and DD can do the other trip?

Madgran77 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:08:34

Just something that is a nice treat that I wouldnt buy for myself which includes some pretty flowers; a nice plant for garden and unusual cooking ingredients etc!

henetha Wed 17-Dec-25 15:08:38

A permanent P.A. Every day stuff is getting hard now.

Lahlah65 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:15:45

So many posts reminding us that the most precious things can't be bought.
I generally get spoiled for presents at Xmas - DD's are thoughtful and inventive with gifts. DH wastes money and gets disappointed when gifts don't land as he hoped.
But what matters most is people making time - even if it is just bothering to send a card. I'd like to have lunch planned and cooked for me, but that's a rare event.
(One DD is a grinch.....she has made a bit of a drama of Xmas in the past, but has finally worked out how to do it her way, without feeling cross and guilty thankfully!)

Frenchgalinspain Wed 17-Dec-25 15:19:51

A trip together in March or April to warmer climate (not hot) however, pleasant to spend to time outdoors.

Pix5 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:20:27

I like my present to be a small donation to the donkey sanctuary and I always get a diary (which I ask for) from my husband.

Frenchgalinspain Wed 17-Dec-25 15:20:42

Error !

To spend time outdoors ( no to time outdoors ) ..

Primrose53 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:32:31

There is nothing material I want or need. I would like some time to myself to go for a walk, to read or crochet without being disturbed or needed. Being a carer is exhausting.

Graceless Wed 17-Dec-25 15:39:40

I so sorry to read of those who can't be with family for whatever reason, and would ĺike to be.
Like others I do not need more stuff of any description. I would .ike my health problems to
magically disappear and possibly lose 25 years.
Of course I'd like wor.d peace an end to hunger and a Comfortable home for everyone.
We do Secret Santa for adults in the family and my wishlist is a bottle of Irish whiskey!

pregpaws3 Wed 17-Dec-25 15:54:32

Instead of a ghastly surprise from DH I asked for an iron with pop-up legs for my quilting and I know it’s wrapped.
World peace
End of poverty and famine
A cure for cancer
A healthy new year free of pain
Were also on my bucket list

yogitree Wed 17-Dec-25 15:57:46

To see all humanity working together to protect and care for all life on Mother Earth.

madeleine45 Wed 17-Dec-25 16:04:45

The magic wish would be to have no pain at all, be able to dance properly again and do the Paso Doble and a viennese waltz and a polka and any other dance with a great dancing partner. Followed by a whole nights sleep , without waking once. Ha Ha.

Realistically shall have a lovely roast lamb christmas dinner, which will be more of a treat this year than anything else. Be in touch with my family, be able to enjoy a whole Bach concert, and for the weather to be quiet enough to be able to have a bit of a walk outside and then on boxing day or the day after, to be able to go up Swaledale with a great picnic, and be able to sit in my special place. Meet up with some friends and do some singing.

Retroladytyping Wed 17-Dec-25 16:10:20

I'd really love an electric hedge trimmer.

Minnieme Wed 17-Dec-25 16:14:31

Foxie48
Have you tried Aveeno moisturiser. Boots sell it

CariadAgain Wed 17-Dec-25 16:17:25

Lahlah65

Aely

Well, a bit of company on Christmas Day would be welcome. Have you seen the TV schedules? Dire. Elder daughter offered to fetch me to her place and back but there is no way I would let her spend most of Christmas Day driving. Younger daughter lives even further away and they have a small child, so same applies.

However, as far as a present is concerned, I am in the happy situation where I have everything I need and can buy what I want (except company). It could be, and in the past has been, a lot worse. One year, a Christmas box from the Church containing a cabbage, some teabags and similar items was a blessing.

I am sorry to hear that life has been so tough for you in the past. But if money is less tight now, perhaps get a taxi/private hire car to DD's house? Perhaps just one way and DD can do the other trip?

I'd agree with that. I did do a comparison the other day and the amount I require for taxi fares yearly comes to less than the cost of running a cheap car (including depreciation).

So, if someone might otherwise run a car = it's really only a touch of "guilt trip" to save money by not booking a taxi. It's just that it's there in so many of us to feel at some level that it's a luxury to do so and we get offput from doing so. Well - people don't regard it as a luxury to run a car - so why would they consider it a luxury to book the occasional taxi? That is not a logical position to take and I guess it comes at some level from thinking "Ooh ...it's the rich that have chauffeurs". Yep...precisely - the odd taxi does not equate to having chauffeurs (something that I doubt many/if any of us could afford).

Witzend Wed 17-Dec-25 16:18:09

I wouldn’t say no to what someone once told me was her best Christmas present ever. She was working full time, guests were coming to stay for Christmas and the house needed a good clean.

Her dh paid for a team to come in - they did absolutely everything. Shampooed the carpets, washed the paintwork, cleaned the oven, cleaned the windows, polished everything polishable, you name it.

Before anyone asks why her dh didn’t do it, he was working long hours, too.

Gma2 Wed 17-Dec-25 16:20:36

I agree, I received a load of compost for Mother’s Day …I asked for it. Loved it. 🥰.

Cath9 Wed 17-Dec-25 16:30:01

I am easy as anything to do with my garden I love.
It is my older son of 52 yrs is the difficult one. Having to work abroad they both have all except the lotto! Any ideas what to get him? As he makes sure he nearly always spares time to sort out anything I need I was thinking of spending around £80 downwards

hellymart Wed 17-Dec-25 16:31:59

I'd like some peace and quiet, as someone else has said! A spa day, a reading retreat, someone to blitz the whole house clean while I go out for lunch.... (I really don't need any more things)

Momac55 Wed 17-Dec-25 16:33:52

My mum, dad and sister sadly no longer with us 🥲

lixy Wed 17-Dec-25 16:42:01

I’m with you midgey, some good compost would be great, especially if someone delivered it.
(I usually strap a bag or two into the front seat of our car as I have tweaked my back a couple of times heaving it out of the boot.)

Applegran Wed 17-Dec-25 16:54:03

I am old enough to feel I already have too much stuff. I love books but how could anyone else know which book I'd like? I ask for donations to charity - refugees and homeless charities for instance.

Colls Wed 17-Dec-25 16:55:54

Ok, a frivolous answer (of course there are many impossible things I would like, not least to have my beautiful dog here again with me sad ) but, failing that, a butler who can cook, decorate, do IT, and do foot and back massages to do all those things that I worry about but don't seem to get done ever.