THE BASICS: write a Christmas/Holiday wish list. It can be any 10 wishes you'd like to have granted, no matter what they are. Possible or seemingly impossible. People look and grant the wishes if they can. It's not about "OMFG PRESENTS", it's about making someone else's holiday a little brighter by giving. Personally, I get more out of giving than receiving sometimes. It's just a good feeling to give.

STEP ONE

** Make a post in your journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("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 possible things, 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. In this case, you can always just note someone on dA for the sake of privacy.

** Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, so that others can join in and participate to spread the holiday joy!


STEP TWO

** Surf this forum ( [link] ) and browse the lists. 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 rules with this project, no guarantees, 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.

My List~

1. To get over my anxiety issues and lead a normal, healthy life.

2. To gain back the weight. Feed me, Seymour. (But only soft foods, just in case.)

3. To get back into acting.

4. Kirk and Spock Barbies.

5. To live until I can legally control my own life. (I don't think I'm doing this right.)

6. A bear hug from someone who loves me lasting more than ten seconds. (I wrote thirty originally, but that might be selfish.)

7. A day job. I took all night classes specifically so that I could get one next semester, so hopefully that won't go to waste.

8. My 'Don't Phase Me, Bro!' t-shirt. But I will actually get that one. <3

9. To not have to move. For Char to not have to move, either.

10. For it to not be so hard to adopt little dogs. The shelter has THIRTY FIVE chihuahuas and won't let me adopt one because I have a big dog. They let people with kids adopt little dogs, and they're way harder on them than Bumble would ever be.

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Christmas Tag

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 10 or more people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
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1. I genuinely enjoyed watching "Vegas In Space."

2. I want to join the peace corps, but I know that I won't because I'm too afraid that something would happen to someone that I loved while I was gone and I wouldn't be able to go to them.

3. I love my friends, but at the same time I hate them, because of things like number 2. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions, but I couldn't leave them behind to pursue them. They always have to leave me first.

4. Honestly, I don't really like the taste of coffee, but sometimes I will convince myself that I do because I like the atmosphere of my local coffee shop so much.

5. I can't cook real food. All that I can do is bake. But man, can I bake.

6. When I was a little girl, all that I wanted to be when I grew up was a good mother in a loving family. I'm afraid of children and real commitment now, but more than anything, this is still what I want. Women's rights movements make me feel guilty for that every day.

7. I am a terrible dancer, but I love to dance.

8. I wholeheartedly appreciate the irony in the fact that "Video Killed The Radio Star" was the first music video ever played on MTV.

9. I regret not trying harder to figure out how to delete that comment. I wanted to as soon as I posted it, but I couldn't figure out how, and class was starting. I should have just deleted the journal, because I missed out on whatever it was that was going to be said, and I really wanted to know.

10. I really do just want everyone to be happy, but I go about trying to make that happen all wrong. I overthink everything.

I don't have anyone to tag.