What Are Your True Wishes for Christmas Gifts?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around participants sharing their wishes for Christmas gifts, encompassing a range of personal desires, from material items to experiences and emotional well-being. The scope includes light-hearted requests, deeper reflections on personal circumstances, and aspirations for connection and support.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Conceptual clarification
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a desire for specific items, such as a new TV, measuring cups, or a real fiddle.
  • Others mention intangible wishes, like a quiet day at home or health and happiness for loved ones.
  • A few participants reflect on personal circumstances, such as caring for family members or feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities.
  • There are humorous and light-hearted comments, including jokes about socks and gadgets.
  • Some participants express a desire for meaningful connections, such as receiving personal emails rather than forwarded ones.
  • One participant shares a wish for an opportunity to travel and help those in need.
  • Another participant humorously notes the struggle of forgetting ideas, linking it to their lab experiences.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not appear to reach a consensus, as there are multiple competing views on what constitutes a meaningful wish for Christmas. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the significance of material versus emotional desires.

Contextual Notes

Some wishes reflect personal circumstances that may influence their desires, such as caregiving responsibilities or aspirations for academic advancement. The discussion includes a mix of serious and light-hearted contributions, which may affect interpretations of the wishes expressed.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in personal reflections on holiday wishes, the interplay between material and emotional desires, or those seeking a light-hearted take on Christmas gift discussions may find this thread engaging.

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A new tv, and a new set of measuring cups and spoons with all of the odd sizes.

What do you want?
 
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be at home with no more than 1 worry :biggrin:
 
rootX said:
be at home with no more than 1 worry :biggrin:
I want that too, but I'd have a better chance of marrying Prince Wiliam.
 
Do not celebrate christmas.

In general, I would like to get back into to the blender and be a blenderite again.
 
A real fiddle.
 
Evo said:
a new set of measuring cups

Measuring cups? What the hell is that? A calibrated bra?
 
Conducting classes from Seiji Ozawa.
 
Just 1 full day of time to myself. Too bad I won't get it. : (
 
I want a quiet day at home with my wife and my dog. Unfortunately, my wife will be taking care of her mother with senile dementia, so Duke and I will spend the day alone without our loved one...
 
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First choice

fakegold09.jpg


Second choice

mig-takeoff1-550.jpg


Third choice

Single_Handle_Frying_Pan.jpg
 
  • #11
Tsu already gave me one of my presents - the first two seasons of The Big Bang Theory.
 
  • #12
Socks, yes socks, i have a draw full of odd socks, one day i will see the sock gremlin and boot it up the a--. :frown:
 
  • #13
Evo said:
I want that too, but I'd have a better chance of marrying Prince Wiliam.

You should get Kate's hairstyle :biggrin:

A while back I read this story:
Royal wedding: Kate Middleton fashion fever hits NY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11959566
 
  • #14
An email from my friend written by himself not 1 of those forwarded emails...:frown:
 
  • #15
An R8

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  • #16
Yesterday when I was in my lab, I thought of something. Then I forgot what it was.

This morning I remembered it, now I forgot again.

:frown:
 
  • #17
lisab said:
Yesterday when I was in my lab, I thought of something. Then I forgot what it was.

This morning I remembered it, now I forgot again.

:frown:

It was an itsy teeny polka dot bikini and the holiday to go with it
 
  • #19
lisab said:
Yesterday when I was in my lab, I thought of something. Then I forgot what it was.

This morning I remembered it, now I forgot again.

:frown:

Hmm... Could it have been a better memory?

Ivan, that's a neat gadget. I saw one that looks like a remote entry for a vehicle that's also a video recorder, and for about the same price! I'll see if I can dig it up.

I'd like a new mobo, proc, memory, and grapics card for the case, pwr supp, fans, and hard drives I have lined up waiting to be brought back to life, muwhahaha, MuwHaHaHaHa, MUWAHAHAHAHA! (cough, cough...)
 
  • #20
A proper job, or a place on a phd/masters program... so I'd never have to work as slave/donkey ever again! or at least as a clever slave/intellectual donkey...
 
  • #21
I just would like to have an opportunity to get away from it all and travel to some poor region of the world and help out kids and people in need.
 
  • #22
wolram said:
It was an itsy teeny polka dot bikini and the holiday to go with it

Aha! It was...pants that fit properly. No polka dots please, Santa.
 
  • #23
All I want is health and happiness for myself, friends, and family. I'll probably end up getting gift cards instead though.
 

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