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Dec. 3rd, 2007 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Since it's now December I feel no guilt in posting this:
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 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, 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. (Email address: red_fiona99@hotmail.com)
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) 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, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf—to spread the joy. Gifts can be made 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.
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I only have one wish:
The Amnesty Greetings card campaign (http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10673)
I know I say this every year, but if you've got a greetings card going spare, send it to one of these cases.
If you're in the US and don't want to send one overseas, there's one action based in New York. It's a case of two transgender women who were abused by the NYPD purely because of their gender. Full details here - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=361
For the Ukers there's one for the poor unfortunates still stuck in Guantanamo (which is still illegal, immoral and vile) - details here http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=366
Also on that page is an e-mail you can send to your MP to try and get the government to get up off its backside to do something about it.
All of the cases are deeply worthwhile, so I have no doubt that you'll find a case that interests you.
Step One
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 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, 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. (Email address: red_fiona99@hotmail.com)
- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) 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, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf—to spread the joy. Gifts can be made 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.
~~~~
I only have one wish:
The Amnesty Greetings card campaign (http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10673)
I know I say this every year, but if you've got a greetings card going spare, send it to one of these cases.
If you're in the US and don't want to send one overseas, there's one action based in New York. It's a case of two transgender women who were abused by the NYPD purely because of their gender. Full details here - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=361
For the Ukers there's one for the poor unfortunates still stuck in Guantanamo (which is still illegal, immoral and vile) - details here http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=366
Also on that page is an e-mail you can send to your MP to try and get the government to get up off its backside to do something about it.
All of the cases are deeply worthwhile, so I have no doubt that you'll find a case that interests you.
