Since Christmas displays are already up in shops...
Everywhere I look, Christmas seems to be knocking on the door. So I might as well join the bandwagon. Ganked from pretty much everywhere.
The LJ Christmas Wish List
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a LJ 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, 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) could get in touch with you.
- Also, 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 friendslist (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 someone'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 rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
My Wish List (in no particular order except for the last one)
[ETA: 12/25, see all the crossed out items? Thank you!]
[ETA: 2/21/2006, see yet one more item crossed off? *squees*]
1. The French version of Les Misérables (the musical) on tape, CD, or as mp3 files
2. A digital camera [Got money to buy a camera. w00t!]
3. Socks
4. Write me something :)
5. A hairdryer [I know I'm getting one, yay.]
6. LJ paid time
7. Buy me a (share of a) llama or some other animal [Llama and a goat, it's Christmas indeed!]
8. Letter or postcard from another country
9. A hp scarf *brrr*
10. The impossibly big wish: all I really want is for someone to magically pay off my student loan so I won't finish school with $50,000 of debt.
And now for a random fun link of the day (warning: image heavy) --> Famous Paintings Meet Superheroes. The dancing Superman one made me giggle. And the Green Goblin as the pitchfork man... *sporfles*
The LJ Christmas Wish List
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a LJ 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, 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) could get in touch with you.
- Also, 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 friendslist (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 someone'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 rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
My Wish List (in no particular order except for the last one)
[ETA: 12/25, see all the crossed out items? Thank you!]
[ETA: 2/21/2006, see yet one more item crossed off? *squees*]
1. The French version of Les Misérables (the musical) on tape, CD, or as mp3 files
2. A digital camera [Got money to buy a camera. w00t!]
3. Socks
4. Write me something :)
5. A hairdryer [I know I'm getting one, yay.]
6. LJ paid time
7. Buy me a (share of a) llama or some other animal [Llama and a goat, it's Christmas indeed!]
8. Letter or postcard from another country
9. A hp scarf *brrr*
10. The impossibly big wish: all I really want is for someone to magically pay off my student loan so I won't finish school with $50,000 of debt.
And now for a random fun link of the day (warning: image heavy) --> Famous Paintings Meet Superheroes. The dancing Superman one made me giggle. And the Green Goblin as the pitchfork man... *sporfles*