Santa List

You know that awkward moment when you have a present from a relative you don't see often or a well-meaning family friend and before you've even made the first rip you're mentally preparing your Oscar-winning performance of the 'oh-wow-this-is-JUST-what-I-wanted-however-did-you-know!' reaction?

Well, I don't get those moments.

I'm not a hard person to buy for, or, for that matter, a difficult person to please, and on top of that I have a secret weapon. I may be 21 years old, but yes, I have a Santa List! A wonderful list that lives permanently on my laptop/phone/noteboard throughout the year so when those moments of 'Ooh I'd quite like that...' crop up on me I can pop it down and when Christmas comes around...voila!...my Santa List.


Some of you might think this is a tad boring - no surprises! You'd be thinking wrong. I don't mind surprises and I do still get plenty of them, but the point is - I really want these presents, so there's no way I can be disappointed when I actually get them. And whether there's 5 or 35 DVDs on my list (my record for number of DVDs in a single Christmas currently stands at 34) my parents wrap each one up individually, so you just don't know what you're gonna unwrap next! I'm also very forgetful.


The surprise presents I get are mainly from those who know me well enough to venture into the 'whoopeee-this-is-just-what-I-wanted' danger-zone with comfort - and I'm blessed with family and friends who seem to get it spot on - especially my mum. She gets me things I want that I didn't even know I wanted until she's got them for me!

Result - no Oscar-winning performances from me on Christmas Day!

No amateur dramatics, just a Santa List and some very-me-surprises :) So get that Great-Aunt-Gertrude and family-friend-Uncle-Frank under control next year - you're never too old for a Santa List!

Santa List 2010

Stephen King novels:

The Stand

Everything's Eventual (collection of short stories inc. one that became the film 1408)

Misery

'Salem's Lot

Skeleton Crew

Different Seasons (Short stories, 2 of which became the films The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me)

IT

Pet Sematary

Carrie

The Dark Tower: Volume I

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Novels-adapted-into-film:

Perfume: Story of a Murderer

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The Notebook

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Dvds:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Hook

Miracle on 34th Street

The Mummy

Lars and the Real Girl

Avatar (extended collectors edition)

Mrs Doubtfire

The Green Mile
The Reader
Pinocchio

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A sample of my very-me-surprises: pink/purple hat and stripy scarf (my Winter attire collection is gloriously vast and colourful!), Shakespeare, poetry, film legends calendar, metal wall-thing of original Titanic (boat not film) poster, more filmy things, BIG bottle of Baileys (my fave!), A History of the World in Headlines (a career-related present always manages to creep in...), etc.

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas :)