Do you get what you ask for at Christmas?

Question

I really want my family to buy me chickens from Oxfam Unwrapped but they won't. I asked last year and got some some stupid cap and a Cure double album instead! Still haven't listened to it :-)
So this year I'm having a list of aromatherapy oils and if i don't get them it will be the last Christmas i stick to what they put on their lists! How about you? Do you get what you ask for at Christmas?

Answer 1

I won't be getting any presents this Christmas, so just be grateful for what you receive. The person who gave you the cap as a gift, didn't think it was stupid, so don't be so damn selfish. At the end of the day, it shouldn't matter if you get a penny chew for Christmas, it's the thought that counts.

Answer 2

We have always had "Covet Lists" - one for each member of the family, stuck on the fridge.
The list contains everything from maybe a silver thimble to a Mercedes car, a day in a Beauty salon to a trip on a steam railway! If possible the owner of the list adds a possible price and where it can be purchased.
The giver can check out the list when any gift-giving occasion arises and the receiver knows they are going to get something (I'm still waiting for the Mercedes!) they want, but don't know what it will be.
I found it useful when schoolfriends phoned to ask what they could give mine for Christmas or birthday; I'd ask what they wanted to spend and would reel off items in that price category.

Answer 3

This is an interesting one. In my household my boyfriend and I do the Christmas thing completely differently.

I do not have a christmas list of things I want and my friends/family do not either. We buy each other sursprises instead. I like to do this as it feels more personal to pick out a gift rather than asking the person what they want. It's more exciting and I find that if a person knows you well then they pick something you will like.

My boyfriend however works the opposite. His family tell each other exactly what they want. He reckons that this way they get something they like. But my arguement against this is that if you know what you are getting it takes the fun out of it!

Answer 4

Every year, my mom puts a letter to Santa on the fridge that I wrote when I was eight. I asked for a Grubby (he was a friend of Teddy Ruxpin) but I never got it. It is kind of like a family joke, that I am still waiting for it :)
Why are you putting so much emphasis on presents? I am sure people are getting you the things they do because they love you and honestly think you will like them. I don't always like sticking to lists because I like to surprise people, but you should not buy people other things out of revenge for presents that you do not like.

Answer 5

I don't have any one to share chrismas with and relly don't like going to peoples homes to watch thier families do thier thing so I usaully sit at home and call my sister in Sudia Arabia and my brother and my sister who are too poor to travel. Thank God for the invention of the telephone and Yahoo IM. I am glad to get cards and stick them on the inside of my front door. and leave them up the whole year till I get the next years cards and then I used the old ones to make decorations with. I love artsy crafty things and lots of glitta.

Answer 6

Maybe people have already bought you something by the time you ask. I am one of those annoying people who buys well in advance so often its too late when someone tells me what they want.

At least you get something and it is the thought that counts. It is great when someone knows and loves you enough to try and get the right present for you even if its not what you asked for.

Answer 7

Nope i never do and after 16 yrs of marriage and huge hints I still never get what I have hinted for.. This year I have sent him emails with direct links and catalogue numbers just to be on the safe side!

Answer 8

I usually write a little list of things that i like that i have seen through the year (eg book title, cd), so if my husband can pick something out of that. This way i still get something i will like but its still a surprise.

Answer 9

I usually tell my hubby i saw something i would really like for Christmas, is it OK if i go and get it and you can give me the money, because it might sell if i leave it. He always says OK.Saves him going out looking for something and he knows i will like what he bought then.

Answer 10

yh i asked 4 an pink ipod last yr n clothes n fonr n perfuems n computer n i got it
this yr my mum is payin 4 me 2 go new york n i jus said get me a watch or sum ugg boots