What would you like for Christmas?

A nice new husband, who actually took notice of me in the same way as he does when a young woman is talking to him, however unattractive she usually flipping well is!!!! 😲

I always like a nice perfume.

My AC tend to buy us things like a cinema trip, days out and once, afternoon tea somewhere posh! All appreciated. I too am trying to get rid of stuff, not collect more!

Oreo I think not. It’s a very old leather bag. I’ m a bit of a William Morris person., so as it is not your run of the mill sort of bag, a tapestry strap would not be aesthetically pleasing or correct .

Madmeg

Sadly the last wish on my post has failed again. Maybe 2025 will be better?

Oh Madmeg I'm sorry, so heart wrenching. My son and d-i-l went through this heartbreak, they were lucky their very last try resulted in a successful pregnancy. It's a brutal regime and I so hope your daughter gets the same luck.

DD refers to toiletries and candles as presents from people who don't really know you (unless they're a fragrance you adore). Though a friend gave me shower gel for my birthday with the words 'This is my absolute favourite'.
DS asked me about a Christmas present as 'You're really difficult to buy for'. I directed him to a coffee table book I've had my eye on for years. I wonder if he's got it sorted!

To not have to worry about the cost of heating our home. It snowed on Monday night and it's really cold.

Me too kittylester. Don’t have room for any more…. Well maybe just one?

Sadly the last wish on my post has failed again. Maybe 2025 will be better?

Peace in the family and extended family. Wish the grown up children realized life is too short for arguments and bad feeling. An end to tragedy and war and children starving there is enough for everyone in this world. Hope all animals are cared for and looked after then this is all I want for a peaceful Christmas time.

Happiness, peace, happy grandchildren and adult children. Weather that allows a walk too!

I like the idea of four gifts for everybody.

Something you want
Something you need
Something to wear
Something to read.

JamesandJon33

heavenlyhealth It hasn’t got a strap. As an old leather bag, one must be made for it to match the old leather. A shoe repairer is just that. A cobbler or saddler could have done it, but most don’t do that sort of work these days .

Why not buy a tapestry look strap for it?

Oh RakshaMK, I do so hope that you may be able to have your wish come true.

I love trips days out or evenings out so a voucher I guess

Absolutely no gifts for me, I have enough stuff. What I would really like for Christmas is going to sound so very corny & glib but it is heartfelt.
I wish for nothing more but peace on earth for all. No more terrible wars, no more famine & for all children and animals to be protected and cherished in our world. 🤔





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As I haven't made the traditional sloe gin this year. My list this year includes a bottle of sloe gin, also my favourite perfume and a replacement for my Kindle which is getting unreliable.

I would love to get a wish list from everyone that we buy presents for. I am happy to shop and I really enjoy wrapping but at the moment I am fed up with thinking. For myself, I'm more than happy to have gift vouchers that |I can use to treat myself throughout the year.

We've too much - are actively downsizing. I'd prefer no gifts.

I often ask family members to donate through the web sites of aid organisations. I've had chickens and goats donated to African villages as well as a collection of items for a teacher in primary school. In lieu of presents to me, I also suggest donations to MS research - my DGD and one of my DiLs suffer from this condition; and to Motor Neuron Disease Research - we lost my dear sister to this dreadful disease five years ago.

Having more than enough 'things' I have asked my family for vouchers for a local beauty salon. I can spend them on massages or beauty treatments - both things that I never seem to get around to, as I rarely spend money on myself (but happily spend money on my family ).

I’ve asked for donations towards an iPad, just whatever they would have spent normally and I’ll make up any short fall. I know DH will do me a stocking with the usual bits and bobs (all useful), DGD will give me my annual bath bomb (and I’ll have my annual bath!) and DS will give me something very welcome or funny (previous years have included a bug hotel and a wind up granny and granddad). I’ll enjoy it all.

I was given a second hand Andy Capp cartoon book from the in-laws. I had asked for a pair of warm gloves.
In-laws asked what my DD, their Granddaughter, would like for Christmas. I told them that she would like a particular toy, priced around £8, so not expensive. They gave their son a bag of presents which he placed around the tree. As usual, nothing for me, several for him and a tiny gift for their GD. It was a tiny tin with 6 crayons in it from the pound shop. Boxing Day we went to s in l, who asked what her parents had given my DD. When I told her, she didn't believe me and showed the several gifts her son had received from them, including the toy I had said my DD would like. I have been happily divorced from their son for some time now.

My children are pretty good at getting me what I want. DH used to be awful. I would tell him something I really wanted and he would refuse to buy it because "It wouldn't be a surprise"! Instead I would be given things that might have been quite expensive but weren't things that I really liked. In the end I started telling DD what I would like, and she would tell him that she'd seen something she thought I'd really like. It worked very well,