Christmas Wish Lists

With only 19 days until Christmas, it’s time to get serious about shopping for gifts. For those of you who already have your Christmas shopping done, I hate you. No, I’m kidding. I applaud you. I wish mine were done, but it’s not. For the procrastinators like me, I’m going to share one of my pre-Christmas shopping tips.

Last year, I discovered a great tool on Amazon.com called “Gift & Wish Lists”. The Wish List lets you build a list of the gifts you’d like to receive for Christmas so you can share it with family and friends. You can add items from Amazon.com or from any other site on the Web. The Wish List works like a registry. When people buy items, they are marked as “purchased” so others don’t buy the same gifts. Purchased items are hidden from you, keeping the surprise intact when you open gifts on Christmas morning. Gary and I both have our wish lists here, and it works great.

The Gift Organizer lets you build separate idea lists for everyone on your shopping list. Amazon.com can even provide future gift recommendations based on your current list and past shopping history for each individual. It’s a great way to keep track of your gift ideas and online purchases. It can also save you from becoming one of the many frazzled shoppers at the mall since many of the things you need can be purchased from the comfort of your own home — no lines, no screaming kids, no bad parking spots, no crowded malls. Ah-mazing!!

To create your wish list, start here. Use the Universal Wish List to add products from any website to your wish list.

To create your gift organizer, start here.