Christmas 2012 Wishlist

It's officially 56 days to go before Christmas and I'm pretty sure that all of you are excited. Christmas literally is a Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, that is celebrated every 25th of December. Christmas is love, sharing and giving, because of God's love He gave us His only son who saved us all from our sins. And since we are no God, we show our love for one another and remembrance to the birth of Jesus Christ our savior through charitable activities, family gatherings, gift giving and church services. We do symbolic Christmas decorations in our houses, schools, churches, offices etc. to make the occasion more festive.

When we were young, I bet most of us believed in Santa Claus. Remember when our elders would say that  if we do good all year round we will receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve. We just hang a huge sock on our Christmas Trees at home and Santa will put in there his gift for us. I remember I even tried hanging my sock in the window so that Santa wouldn't have a hard time sneaking in through our house. We all know from the storybooks and movies that Santa comes in our house through the chimney, but since there are no chimneys in the houses here in the Philippines being a tropical country I would always wonder how he'd get in to our house. Until one Christmas I found out that it is my parents who were giving me those gifts I received every Christmas that I thought were from Santa.

Young or old, we can make wishes. Someone once told me that it is better to pray than to wish. Of course it is, there is no question to that. It's just that I am not comfortable praying and asking for material things from God, there is a borderline between praying and wishing. For me to wish is to hope or desire for something you want, that you should work for in order for you to get. While to pray is to make a fervent request to God of the things you need which I am only comfortable of doing for things that are beyond my control, like praying for guidance, strength, spiritual empowerment, good health, courage, wisdom, security and blessings (not only material). I don't know if you get my point but that's my perception of the difference between wishing and praying. Well, there is no right or wrong when it comes to opinion. So going back, I know that most of us have Christmas wishes. Whether how big, extravagant, small or simple your wishes are I hope that they come true.

Now, I will be sharing to you my Christmas 2012 wishlist. These are the things that I want to buy or I want to receive as Christmas gift this December. So if you guys want to fulfill some of my wishes, I would gladly accept it. (Hahaha) Let me categorize the items, I will divide them into 4 groups. The first group belongs to Appliance/Gadget, the 2nd group belongs to Gadget Accessories, the 3rd group belongs to Makeup and the last group belongs to Travel/Tour.

• APPLIANCE/GADGET

1. LG LED TV 42" -  I want this as replacement for our old TV in the bedroom.

2. Barnes & Noble NOOK Full HD+ 9" Tablet (16 or 32 GB) - I want this simply because I'm a bookworm and at the same time I can share it with my son who loves to watch movies on my phone, a 9 inches screen is far better than my phone's 2.8 inches screen.

• GADGET ACCESSORIES

1. iPod Earphones - Since all my earphones have worn out. I'm currently using a Sony earphones but I still prefer to have my iPod  Nano be used with an original iPod earphones.

2. Lithium Ion Np-BN1 Battery - this is for my Sony Cybershot DSC-W530 digital Camera coz the battery had met its end last month so I need a replacement.

3. Netbook Skin - I honestly don't know what kind of skin design it is that I want for my eMachines 355-N57 10.1" Netbook. All I know is that I want it to be in black or black & white. It can be a tribal design or something girly but I want a black design.

• MAKE UP

1. Mac Lipstick - I don't have any Mac Lipstick. I want to have this Cockney, Neon Orange, Something New and Style Curve shades in particular.

2. Sigma Essential Kit - Make Me Crazy makeup brushes - I just want to have a Sigma makeup brush set and I find this Make Me Crazy kit so cute.

3. Urban Decay Ammo Shadow Box - I want this palette because it comes with all the essential shades that I can mix and match for makeup for different occasions.

• TRAVEL/TOUR

1. Hotel accommodation and Tour package in Bohol for 3 pax

2. Hotel accommodation and Tour package in Davao for 3 pax

3. Airfare, Hotel accommodation and Tour package in Hongkong Disneyland for 3 pax

So that completes my wishlist. Do we have anything common in our wishlist? Well there's no harm in wishing right? I believe I can have these wishes come true if not this Christmas maybe some other time. And if they really don't, I know that there's always a good reason behind it. Anyway I can still live without them. Some people have simpler wish or maybe some are wishing for things that I already have, I'm still lucky. Bottom line is we should learn to value, appreciate and enjoy every thing that we have. That is where fulfillment really comes.