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holidaywishesThe rules....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 Snape/Hermione 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. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- 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 guarantees with this project, 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.
1. Postcards/holiday cards from strangers! Yay snail mail!
2. Pressed flowers, pictures of trees, other outdoorsy things.. I am moving to an office without any windows.
3. Big cardboard tubes (3" diameter or more) like the toilet paper tubes from really big rolls of toilet paper. (Guinea pigs love to chew these =)
4. New and odd cat toys (preferably without catnip, he is crazy enough.)
5. Candy, especially chocolate candy or from other countries. (Sugar and I have a close, personal relationship.)
6. Interesting history or otherwise nonfiction books.
7. Old fashion/lifestyle magazines.
8. Advice on cool places to go/do/eat in Columbus, Ohio, USA (I'm new here.)
9. A silver dime or quarter (I lost my lucky coins =(
10. Good pasta recipes that aren't very difficult to make.
My contact info:
Kira Botkin
1376 Forsythe
Columbus, OH 43201
kira.botkin@gmail.com
- 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 Snape/Hermione 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. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- 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 guarantees with this project, 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.
1. Postcards/holiday cards from strangers! Yay snail mail!
2. Pressed flowers, pictures of trees, other outdoorsy things.. I am moving to an office without any windows.
3. Big cardboard tubes (3" diameter or more) like the toilet paper tubes from really big rolls of toilet paper. (Guinea pigs love to chew these =)
4. New and odd cat toys (preferably without catnip, he is crazy enough.)
5. Candy, especially chocolate candy or from other countries. (Sugar and I have a close, personal relationship.)
6. Interesting history or otherwise nonfiction books.
7. Old fashion/lifestyle magazines.
8. Advice on cool places to go/do/eat in Columbus, Ohio, USA (I'm new here.)
9. A silver dime or quarter (I lost my lucky coins =(
10. Good pasta recipes that aren't very difficult to make.
My contact info:
Kira Botkin
1376 Forsythe
Columbus, OH 43201
kira.botkin@gmail.com
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