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Holidays 2013 - What's on Your Wishlist This Year?

I have a few paperbacks on my wishlist and I could do with a good sieve. I'm tempted to buy a webcam so that I can skype with my friends all over the globe.

Donated my Christmas gratification to the Miles For Miracles programme of the Boston Children's Hospital as I think it unfair that little children should suffer under the economic crisis.
And I donated a week of work to the Hero Rat Project as an interpretor and translator. I think it's a very worthy cause. There's hardly anything more terrible than landmines. Wouldn't want innocent people step on them. Particularly not children. It's a shame that landmines are still not globally outlawed.
I have asked the few people I normally get and receive presents from to donate to ShelterBox rather of buying anything for me. Out of the five people I asked only two agreed to do so :(.
*hugs* look at it this way: now there are 2 people more donating than would have before you asked your friends. Besides, the other 3 might perhaps do both: donate and give you a present.
 
My list is small. Smash Season 2, Les Miserables (2012), Lincoln, Atonement, Dale Peterson's The Moral Lives of Animals, and Season 2 of Star Trek (remastered). And Star Trek I and II on DVD (I'm still working off the VHS).

But I didn't ask for any of that stuff. I will get it as I get the money. That's my shopping list with whatever discretionary funds I have.

This was my letter to the big guy (seriously):

Dear Santa,

It's been a long time since I've written a letter to you. I haven't believed you exist since I was 10 years old and I am almost 30. But I figure, why not? If you can give me my wishes, it will be worth it.

So here's my list:

-- Could you put the spirit to give into the hearts of everyone who believe, and let it last all year long?
-- Could you give me an economy that serves everyone (in the United States)?
-- I want you to end the impulse for violence and hatred. I hope people can see past their own lives to embrace people that don't fit their standard of normal. I want people to stop killing each other when the get mad. I want genocide to stop in countries where they hate a whole segment of people.
-- Could you give me EDNA and marriage equality in Michigan?
-- Could you give homes to all the homeless?
-- Could you give healthcare to the people who really need it? Especially the mentally ill?
-- Could you give people who are facing a challenge they think they cannot handle (cancer, a divorce, raising a child, mental illness, etc.) peace and happiness, even if it's just for a day?
-- Could you make sure that people make memories they will cherish for a lifetime?
-- Could you give everyone an experience of compassion and love with the realization of it so they know how it feels and can pass it on to others?
-- If you can't end bad weather, could you make sure there's enough resources to help those that are victims of it?
-- Could you make people respect themselves and accept who they are, especially their bodies?
-- Could you end the torture of abuse?
-- Could you secure the health and well-being of those in caring fields like soliders, nurses, doctors, EMTs, police officers, teachers, and anyone else who makes it a little easier for the rest of us?

And if you can't do all those things, could you do at least one on the list? We really need it, Santa.

Thanks for reading and trying (in advance),

HaventGotALife

So, I guess the DVDs look like child's play.
 
Excellent wishlist, {{{{HaventGotALife}}}}!

may I add to it?

-- please end all wars and destroy all weapons, including those left from previous wars (landmines etc)
-- and could you please give all politicians brains and common sense?
 
A Dress form.
Money for clothes and materials to sew.







Non-material:
Peace with certain family members.
 
My Christmas motto:

Ask not what you can get for yourself during the holidays; ask what you can give to others.
:)
 
All I really want is contributions to the Chordoma Foundation.

On the other hand, my unofficial daughter who just visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter let slip that she bought me a wand for Christmas, and I'm not complaining. :D
 
I don't have much on my list this year, but I dropped a hint to my parents that I wanted a few of the Great Courses focusing on cooking and baking.
 
I don't have much on my list this year, but I dropped a hint to my parents that I wanted a few of the Great Courses focusing on cooking and baking.

Cool. I ordered their "Science of Sleep" series to gain a better understanding on the subject. There was a lot of good information, though the professor's presentation was rather sleepy.
 
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