What's on your Christmas wish list?

Peace and tranquility. Unfortunately, years past I've gotten a lot of pieces, and not much tranquility.

We had a house fire this year and a lot of things I would want are generally for my new 'man-cave' that I will be getting in the basement. Things like pegboard for hanging up things on the wall, replacing retro controllers, a chromecast, etc. Maybe some posters or art for the wall. Things like that.

My MIL likes doing stocking stuffers and I have gotten into Pokemon cards (the thing I am hyper-fixating on post election), so things like booster packs and what not.

New socks/underwear/gloves/basic t-shirts are always good. The stuff you never think about getting that you need.

Honestly, while it is nice to get stuff I always feel kind of awkward, especially if I get really nice things. I'm not very well off and I find that I receive better than I give out. Which isn't the point, and I am blessed to have family that simply does not care about such things, but I always wish I could do more.

Haruki Murakami’s new book, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, is definitely on the top of my list!

My wife and I usually get each other smaller gifts (since we just normally get things we want/need throughout the year), but we like to do one bigger gift for the household every xmas (like a new tv or appliance or some yearly passes to things we both enjoy). This year we are thinking of upgrading our home server now that we are running out of space. We have a very simple setup (our main computer is running a Plex server on it and has two 2TB hard drives, but they're running out of space so I was thinking now would be a good time to get a separate, dedicated server and possibly another larger hdd.

Was planning on browsing through some previous discussions on Tildes for advice before checking out deals next week on black friday/cyber monday. I was previously thinking of converting some old macbooks into servers, but don't have the time right now to set up anything too involved/complicated. If anyone has any recommendations for a relatively simple-to-set-up system that doesn't break the bank, I'd be all ears.

An appartement, even if its just a humble one. The housing crisis in the Netherlands has been bad in particular. :/ the fact that I've finally started a career gives me hope though

A couple of I-kinda-really-need-this: a good winter coat, gloves, boots.

And then the nice-to-haves: a couple of tech things, books, jewelry, make-up.

A stable identity I can trust upon, build upon and that I can love.

Like, my wishlist or my "wish I didn't have to pay for this" list?

My wishlist is full of odds and ends, ranging from videogames and RC cars to electronic components for projects and so on.

My other list is a long list of things around the house that need fixing or completing that I do not want to do. They're all much more expensive than my wishlist.

I'll probably get some clothes and a small board or card game.

At the moment dread.

Mainly because my wife and I are semi-past the whole I-hope-they-like-this stage and just give each other lists of things we'd like to have and haven't bought for ourselves yet and I haven't updated the list yet to remove what I have purchased over the past year/decided I no longer need.
Mine is typically the less expensive specialty tools I'd like to have for when I do need them, but have not needed them yet/found at a steep discount and bought for myself.
Hers is typically cute stuff/outfits/accessories that is out of her works-for-a-nonprofit budget.

Honestly, the main thing I really want is some of this prepainted terrain for this WW2 wargame I play, Bolt Action.

I do have some papercraft terrain I've built and it works well, but I made some mistakes with it and I'd like more variety. I could most certainly get some cheaper stuff that I'd have to build and paint, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't be bothered to paint terrain. I don't know why, given it makes a huge impact on a table, but I just find it very dull.

Happy Socks. I always like having a pair of fun socks on my feet.

I've had an M1 Macbook Air since ~2021 and I'm probably getting an M4 Mac Mini to go with it.

People who've upgraded from one M# mac to another, do you notice a difference? Particularly with IntelliJ, which is the most resource-intensive thing I run where latency matters. The M1 has been fine, but this is what I use for school/work, so if it makes me more productive it pays for itself.

Also, does the M4 pro have any real benefit over the M4? Because the base model is really cheap, but the pro model costs over 2x and to me it really doesn't seem worth it.

I'll be buying myself a new tool cabinet and hopefully a cordless ratchet! I work on my cars as a hobby, but it's not dire right now because it's cold out anyways and I don't wanna do work, but hopefully I can snag some deals this holiday season to improve my garage situation for next year!

My family doesn't really do gifts anymore as we're all adults and none of us really need anything. Sometimes we'll give each other some candy or something and call it good, which is perfect for me. I'd rather spend my money on stuff I'll know that I'll use instead of guessing what people want and potentially buying something they won't use. And I'd rather spend time with my family over gifts anyways.

Legos and candy is always my go-to if people ask. Cant go wrong there. Maybe some nice liquor too.

My Christmas list is just a list of recommended affordable things my wife and kids and get me like a new entry level record player (current one got damaged), a couple of books, maybe some decent long sleeve shirts since I am new to the great white north. Generally if I really, really want something I will plan and get it for myself, so I just want to be part of the experience and I don't really needs gifts.

If I get nothing and my kids get good stuff, that's honestly still fine. I just hope they don't get me disposable "junk" as a gift since I am trying to consume less in general.

I'm kinda itchin' for a new backpack. I've been seeing a bunch of nice backpacks on r/onebag and r/manybaggers and it's got me wanting one. Something I can use for both travel and work. I haven't gotten a new backpack or messenger bag in about 5yrs. And the bag I use the most is about 14yrs old by now. I feel like it's time.

Only other thing I've been sorta looking at is a new headset for wireless for gaming. Though at the same time, my current pair is fine.

I'm single with no kids, so anything I want, I just buy myself. I imagine my family will just give me money or take me clothes shopping.

My joke answer: https://throwflame.com

My actual answer: My home server is nearing its storage capacity, 110 TB across 2x raidz2 pools of 6x 14 TB disks. Looking to pick up another 12 disks to fill out my remaining 12 drive bays and double my storage capacity up to 220 TB.

So my Christmas list idea has been for the past few years is to get quality upgrades of things I use consistently or good quality tools (that I know my FIL enjoys gifting tools, so I put the pricey options that I would not buy myself). An example would be going from a cheap membrane keyboard to a mechanical keyboard. However, I have went through and gotten most of those upgrades now, so am struggling with ideas. The things currently on my list are cheap cable connectors for me to solder new speaker cables, a Raspberry Pi for a project that I have been kicking around in my head for almost a year, a new watch strap since mine is wearing out, and the unrealistic gift idea of a very nice but expensive microphone as I do live audio jobs.

From others: Consumables like coffee, snacks, and/or giftcards. I have no room left in my tiny apartment and the thought of getting more "stuff" just stresses me out at this point. My mom and stepdad are fully in line with that way of thinking but my dad insists it isn't Christmas without big wrapped presents (we grew up poor and I think he enjoys being able to be more generous these days). Asking for nicer items like fancy coffee seems to appease him somewhat.

For myself: I plan on getting a new cell phone. I'm still fairly happy with my S20+ but the battery is definitely losing juice and I'm concerned that tariffs will drive phone prices up along with everything else next year.
Anyone have strong feelings about the Galaxy S24 line? Any other recommendations?

A job where I can learn and grow!

Or maybe a DS4246... and a P570F