What I (45 yrs) want for Christmas...What's on your list?

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I don't know about anyone else but I find I struggle to think of gift ideas for myself (I have bday just after xmas so I get double trouble).

I've always found these threads quite helpful in sharing what others are getting for inspiration. I hope to maybe get a couple of these things if I'm lucky...

Kirstie Le Marque diamond and ruby fish necklace
https://www.kirstielemarque.com/products/diamond-ruby-fish-necklace

Earphones I can wear while sleeping that have noise cancelling to block out DH snoring!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMF132MP?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_20YH5R32FDN84V74Q0FV

These lovely spotted gin glasses
https://www.oliverbonas.com/homeware/azul-spot-gin-glasses-set-of-two-378210

Black Forest Gateau Hot Chocolate Sachets
https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/black-forest-sachets.html

Canon pancake lens
https://www.canon.co.uk/store/canon-rf-28mm-f2-8-stm-lens/6128C005/

Jo Malone Peony and Blush Suede
https://www.jomalone.co.uk/product/25946/27028/colognes/peony-blush-suede-cologne

Please do add yours below as I'm sure I'll be inspired!

For pyjamas that don't leave me with a cold back I really like the Next Tall range. They do 100% cotton ones.

All I have thought of so far is a change robe, and wetsuit gloves and socks so I can carry on outdoor swimming through winter.

Oh and anything from Shell on Earth. They do lovely houseplant and homeward related things

The latest flavoured Baileys - Terry's Chocolate Orange flavour Baileys! 😍

Also an Agatha Christie puzzle book.

OH plans to buy more some headphones so I stop disturbing him in bed.

You need a Snoozeband. They are fabulous for this.
I have no idea what I want (I do need some new makeup but not sure DH would attempt that).

I would like a Jo Loves advent Calendar a diptique advent Calendar
A new pair of Dr Martens I’ve seen
A new pair of Birkenstock clogs
Copious amounts of Lego
A toblerone
TBF the only way I’d get all this is if I bought them myself but it seems rather indulgent

We are in the middle of spending bucket loads on the house - for Christmas I would like a box of maltesers and a booking for a weekend away in Spring.

That's the spirit 😄

All the reviews on Amazon look fake. They seem to be paid "influencers" if you look at the history.

Mostly just to move house. We are living in a groundhog day of waiting to exchange, confirming we are ready then waiting to see what our buyer's solicitor has done to mess things up this time e.g
given the wrong date to the bank etc.

If by some miracle we are nicely settled in then I'd like:
Tickets to something (theatre/music event / escape room type thing)
Birkenstock shoes
Something snuggly to wear like a lovely cashmere jumper
A great book- if I haven't already bought it for myself before then (which tbh I'm unlikely to be able to resist) this could be the final in the Book of Dust trilogy.

DH and I have a £25 limit. Maybe a plant?

I’d like a subscription to English Gardens, some big terracotta pots, funny tea towel, beeswax candles, cookbooks, really nice socks, Ortigia soaps, lovely bedding from Cologne & Cotton, some sort of thing to make- maybe a tapestry. Voluminous cotton nightdress that I can wander round the garden in like some sort of nature goddess/nut.

Book of SAS survival skills.

Some Burleigh pottery.

I’m not too far past 45.

I would like a zip up cashmere hoodie
Trainers
A smart winter coat
A set of beautiful stoneware bowls for me to eat my breakfast porridge - last one of the existing set has just recently broken and I’m missing it every morning.

I always appreciate (in a way that makes me sound decades past 45)
posh marmalade
lovely-smelling soap bars
Hotel chocolat little chocolates- carrot cake or apple strudle or cherry.
Soft socks
Books

I’d like
David Austin Roses - Elizabeth and The Poet’s Wife.
New paintbrushes.
A drawing board and some new drawing pens.
A tiny fridge for the bedroom.
Some Fitflop slippers.
Cashmere snood.

Everyone sounds so grown up 😁 I’ve got some theatre tickets which will be part of my Xmas present so they can come out of the Xmas budget. I’ll get some skincare as well as there’s usually deals on before Xmas. Maybe some smellies from Neom.

I’d love to want special gardening things and know what those things are but I’m a terrible gardener 😁

Ooh, great thread! I’d like:

Hand cream - for my handbag
Spa day
Calm hand wash - I love the M&S Calm range!
Milk frother
Voya dreams body oil
Lip balm
Small perfumes for handbag
Pea shoots
Elemis marine collagen moisturiser
L’Oréal extraordinary hair oil

DH and DD have the double trouble of me having a birthday and Christmas in the same month.

I plan to ask for a new iphone, mine is 5 years old and the battery starts to be crap so I can justify it.

I will ask DD for the Lego cherry blossom flowers, she got them last Christmas from her grandparents and they were on display downstairs until she took them to uni and I miss them.

We are visiting a German Christmas Market over my birthday so I told DH I will buy something there as my birthday gift and he can't object.

The book I originally looked to ask for - I will attend an author talk when it launches and ordered the signed book, so I need to think of another one.

A wall calendar for the home office

I would like:

1. A family-size bag of posh Salt & Vinegar Crisps all to myself
2. Uniqlo cashmere beanie hat in Grey
3. Richard Ayoade's new book 'Afterthoughts - Some pistachios won't open'
4. We Rate Dogs! Day-to-Day 2026 Calendar
5. Boots Lip Sleep Masks mini collection
6. M&S Sloe Gin & a Set of their 2 Footed Hi Ball Glasses in Green
7. Decathlon Soft Dumbbell Set (2kg, Navy)

Thank you!

Ohh thanks, just ordered myself a pair (but not in pink!)

You can have mine. It’s been used once and is gathering dust. So props to your DH.

I`d like a pair of birkenstock siena and some Elemis skincare

almost everyone here listing 5-10 things they want for Xmas, why so many? What is the point in so many things?

Because it's nice to have nice things from people who love us? Or even ourselves? We might not get everything but many lists are of inexpensive items.

This is difficult. I just want books and chocolate. I do need a coat but I hate to be looking for one. If someone knows something classic, discreet and warm for a 40 year old size 10/12 that covers the bum..

You sound like the life and soul of the party 😬

I will receive from my husband something I want / need/ wear / read. I’ll then have a stocking; this will contain expensive stuff, not stocking stuffers, so perfume, expensive shower gel, cashmere socks etc.

The other items I listed are things I’ll suggest to my children and family to buy me.