There are often several thoughts in my mind 
ā¦ but the bottom one is closer to the truth of our actions 
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Im with you on this one Rogier! 
and the first wish on @sclay wish list. Im all in for that as well
Me and my wife (supervisor) has stopped buying gifts long time ago. But of course, we do buy some to the kids. But it has to be something usefull and sustainable.
So this christmas eve i take the kids to visit my wifes parents, while my wife is going to be cooking and serving food for people with needs.
She and 4 of her coworkers has just started an foundation that is helping people out with food and clothes and suchā¦ Same here as in Holland and a lot of other rich countriesā¦ more and more people struggles to get food on the table and paying of the billsā¦
Edit: forgotā¦ wishlist: 1: what Shane said onhis no.1
2: Fender acoustasonic or a butterscotch telecaster 
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What a whammy bar! 
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ELOās version of āRoll Over Beethovenā was the first single I ever bought 
Oh, I heavily this one too. If only F played nicely with all the other chords. Writing to Santa as well now.
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The Stone Deaf Noise Reaper pedal is on my list and a pedalboard to mount my pedals on it
Then Iāll be more than happy
(And in a future far far away, another Les Paul to tune in C standard to practice Queens of the Stone age songs 
but thatāll be for christmas 2030 or something 
)
We are going home to Ireland 
and it will be the first Christmas in more than 10 years I get to spend with my parents and siblings. So that will be enough for me along with a trip to my local pub with my brother for a few pints of Guinness.
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If Santa wants to bring me a Yamaha LL16 acoustic I would appreciate this. Even though I think I have been on the naughty list for the past 50 years,
yeah, but itās a great time saver to have a guitar for each tuning. Most of my practicing is done on an acoustic in standard, but my partscaster is in Keef Richards tuning* as Iām trying to learn some Stones songs 
*open G, 6th string removed
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Xmas are coming early this year for me firstly, 5 days ticket for Download Festival next year 
and then, the main gift is coming next Saturday 
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Seeing as I reckon I have enough guitar related stuff, and the wife & kids avoid buying me stuff for my hobbies because whatever Iām into is so specific, I reckon Iāll be happy with some socks and handmade gifts from the kids.
Oh, maybe I could order a box of skills. Thatās what I want most but havenāt figured out how to get them boxed yetā¦
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Nice axe!
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Iāve concluded that they donāt come in my size.
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My wife bought me a Fender Champion 20 w amp and has kindly let me have it now. It came today.
See you all later
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We are pretty limited on gifts in general. We are fortunate enough to be able to buy most things we want and when we donāt it is because we really donāt need them after all. So gifts tend to be random stuff we donāt want or need.
We prefer to spend time together and with friends if possible. Quietness. Time and space to practice and play guitar. To get that song up to speed finally. To be able to sing and play at the same time.
I can be on board with Shaneās #1. A few more rational thought from the 8+ billion of us may be a drop in a big messy bucket of ***, but it is important.
I like Rogerās idea of giving to others. I have met been a big one for volunteering, but I should give the gift of my time and compassion more.
Mostly I am hoping for lower interest rates for us here in the United States so we can refinance our new and fat mortgage. But that is pure selfishness, and as stated, it should be a time of giving, not getting.
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Amen.
But more importantly, Iād say is crucial that those who make decisions need to wise up a little because their decisions have far reaching implications for the 8 billion of us. But I wonāt get more political than that
We could do with some of that on this side of the pond too!
But for me, as far as material things go, Iād be a bit mundane perhaps, needing/wanting a plane (uhm, to clarify, not the one that flies but if anyone has one of them and not using itā¦) a set of locking tuners for my build, a set of humbuckers for the said project, two concentric audio pots 500k, one dpdt on/on/on switch, fretwire, a tusq xl nut and Iāll stop thereā¦
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Message me your address and Iāll have Santa send you one of these:
Obviously not a new one- I picked one up for cheap at an auction some years ago, but donāt need it.
Just took it apart and cleaned the muck and rust off it. A light sanding and oiling of the handles would set it off.
Nice solid bit of kit 
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