Holiday wishes!
Here is my holiday_wishes list.
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV"). The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
- Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now, here's the important part...
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.
- You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give and you might receive. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1. Audiobooks! Anything to do with writing (the process of), memoir, pop culture or Barack Obama (I've read his own two books). Some specific ones: any book by Michael Pollan; A Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. Also any young adult books along the lines of Harry Potter or His Dark Materials.
2. Radical cross stitching patterns and supplies. (See radicalcrossstitch.com and subversivecrossstitch.com.) My grandmother taught me how to cross stitch as a kid and I loved it, though I haven't done it since. I never learned to knit, so this seems like a fun way to get back into crafting.
3. Unusual holiday cards: handmade, non-English, Chanukah, Kwanza, Yule, anti-globalization, recycled, proceeds going to charity, etc.
4. Anything handmade.
5. Chocolate! Especially European chocolate, or giant Hershey bars from the U.S. (like the ones you get at Target - we don't have those in Canada!).
6. Tea! Black, green, white, herbal. International and unique flavours. I would LOVE some Yogi tea from the U.S. We don't have the prescriptive flavours in Canada (i.e. Throat Comfort, Stomach Ease, and Calming). I fell in love with Throat Ease when I was in NYC in the spring with a sore throat, and I would to stock up for winter!
7. Souvenirs from any place but Canada, such as postcards, magnets, pins, buttons, stickers. Specialties local to you. Food samples (sauces, mixes, spices) are great. And maps! I love maps. (I'd love anything to do with the Kolner Dom in Germany!)
8. If you're on Neopets or Gaia: Gifts of clothes or wearable items. My Neopets name is soleta_nf. Comment for my Gaia username.
9. Tools for writers, including audiobooks or links to helpful web sites. Could be for inspiration or brainstorming, or on the craft itself. I write memoir, creative non-fiction, and poetry.
10. Donate to National Novel Writing Month, a U.S. non-profit. More information on where the money goes.
Comment here for my mailing address (or email soleta_nf@livejournal.com).
For those of you in the U.S.: free tea!. I love Yogi tea. :)
STEP ONE
- Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV"). The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
- Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
- Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now, here's the important part...
- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.
- You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give and you might receive. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1. Audiobooks! Anything to do with writing (the process of), memoir, pop culture or Barack Obama (I've read his own two books). Some specific ones: any book by Michael Pollan; A Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. Also any young adult books along the lines of Harry Potter or His Dark Materials.
2. Radical cross stitching patterns and supplies. (See radicalcrossstitch.com and subversivecrossstitch.com.) My grandmother taught me how to cross stitch as a kid and I loved it, though I haven't done it since. I never learned to knit, so this seems like a fun way to get back into crafting.
3. Unusual holiday cards: handmade, non-English, Chanukah, Kwanza, Yule, anti-globalization, recycled, proceeds going to charity, etc.
4. Anything handmade.
5. Chocolate! Especially European chocolate, or giant Hershey bars from the U.S. (like the ones you get at Target - we don't have those in Canada!).
6. Tea! Black, green, white, herbal. International and unique flavours. I would LOVE some Yogi tea from the U.S. We don't have the prescriptive flavours in Canada (i.e. Throat Comfort, Stomach Ease, and Calming). I fell in love with Throat Ease when I was in NYC in the spring with a sore throat, and I would to stock up for winter!
7. Souvenirs from any place but Canada, such as postcards, magnets, pins, buttons, stickers. Specialties local to you. Food samples (sauces, mixes, spices) are great. And maps! I love maps. (I'd love anything to do with the Kolner Dom in Germany!)
8. If you're on Neopets or Gaia: Gifts of clothes or wearable items. My Neopets name is soleta_nf. Comment for my Gaia username.
9. Tools for writers, including audiobooks or links to helpful web sites. Could be for inspiration or brainstorming, or on the craft itself. I write memoir, creative non-fiction, and poetry.
10. Donate to National Novel Writing Month, a U.S. non-profit. More information on where the money goes.
Comment here for my mailing address (or email soleta_nf@livejournal.com).
For those of you in the U.S.: free tea!. I love Yogi tea. :)