I am having a rather feisty debate with a very good friend about the concept of “The Wish List”… and I need your help. Here’s the deal…
My friend gives her husband, her children, her mom and her family a LIST of things that she WISHES for as holiday gifts. She has been doing this for as long as I’ve known her… oh, about 30 years. She contends that the Wish List is practical. It allows gift-givers to know what the recipient needs or wants. The items on the list range from simple to sometimes extravagant. She tells me that she has never been disappointed…
I contend that if someone knows you well enough to be purchasing you a gift, he or she should already know what you need or want. Period. I believe that a gift should be from the heart… something that the gift-giver thought about. Perhaps something you’ve never thought of yourself. I believe, I guess, in that wide-eyed wonder of opening the package containing that beautiful ornament or warm yellow sweater or pink bracelet or salad tongs or set of holiday mugs… I have always told my dear friend that a Wish List is more of a Demand List. She thoroughly disagrees!
Give me your thoughts! Help in this friendly debate! I told my friend that I’d toss the topic out to the blog world…