OH MY GOD. I just noticed that dA uses the British spelling of 'favorite.' I don't really know why, but this is a big deal to me.

Anyway.

Step One:
Make a journal post. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all; from simple and fandom-related ("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 to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), 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.

Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, or link to this post so that the holiday joy will spread.


Step Two:
Surf around your friendslist [on DA] to see who has posted their list. And now 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, but to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf and spread the joy. Gifts can be made/sent 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!

WISHES~
1. Hugs. <3
2. Howl's Moving Castle on DVD/VHS. Used or new. I don't care. Or just bring me Hayao Miyazaki. (:
3. Chutes Too Narrow by the Shins.
4. Any Death Note volume, excluding 1 and 3, which I already have.
5. A poem/drawing/photo/letter/friendship bracelet. Anything personal like that.
6. A mix tape. CD mixes are okay, but I would like die of happiness if anyone made me a mix tape.
7. Any Scott Westerfeld novel besides Uglies and Leviathan (already have those two).
8. Basically anything at all related to Harry Potter/Death Note/PATD/the Beatles/Nightmare Before Christmas/Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles/Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog/Alice in Wonderland.
9. A cane. Preferably of the pimp variety.
10. The original Howl's Moving Castle novel(s) by Diana Wynne Jones.