christmas is my favorite time of the year for a number of reasons. sure, it's also the worst time ever to be hit by depression, but lots of other stuff made sure that i won't be stuck in that rut. one of them is the time-honored tradition of exchanging gifts.
there are many ways that this tradition can go wrong. one is if you don't have anyone to exchange gifts with, which almost happened to me this year if i hadn't been part of the hr christmas party. another is getting the worst gift ever. thank heaven somebody invented the wish list.
ah, wish lists. i actually started last month, when i posted my desired christmas gifts (however improbable to get) on the klite message boards. last week, out of sheer boredom, i actually constructed a list with three classifications: short-term achievable (like if i had an extra few thousand), intangible (more of services), and long-term achievable (aka next-to-impossible). as always, they were all about me -- selfish and materialistic are not overstatements.
of course, for exchange gift purposes i had to trim it to something more manageable and easier to find (for my gift mommy/daddy) and up to 500 pesos. so i had to think fast and come up with the things i liked but did not want to buy myself. i even asked my guy friends what cds they recommended, out of desperation. i finally ended up with this:
- a pair of piglet (of winnie the pooh) bedroom slippers
- a dvd of the incredibles
- the starbucks christmas bear (the girl, of course -- it has its own doll)
- memories of love -- the live cd for the concert of kevyn lettau, lou pardini and joe pizzulo held this year
- bubble bath (even if i don't have a tub)
so, what's on your christmas wish list? and please, not world peace.
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