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How many of you still make a Christmas list? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/ukcasual

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Sorry to utter the C-word in October, but I got into a conversation about this a couple nights ago where people seemed amazed that adults would still maintain a wishlist like this. I'm on the side of it's totally normal, but maybe I'm wrong?

Personally despite repeated attempts, my mam and grandma will not stop buying Christmas gifts. So I set up a wishlist on Giftster and they just have it bookmarked. I go through and make sure it's up to date a couple of months before Christmas or my birthday.

The husband also has a link to it so I suspect he falls back on that for inspiration quite a lot.

Normal or no?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My mum still likes to buy her adult kids something, although usually we direct her to an Amazon wishlist we use as a sort of 'I want this, I'll buy it eventually...maybe' list.

She's going to spend the money, she enjoys doing it and as much as I don't ask for it, it doesn't hurt to have something to open on the day, especially as all of our money goes on the two kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's basically how I treat my list, I'll occasionally get to treat myself to something from it but it's just a general "if I had the disposable, this would be mine" list.

Easy to fill up with things at all different price points because I've got way too many hobbies, although sadly nobody has gone for the "I would like to meet a sloth" item yet. Maybe one day!