In my family we have a tradition.  Five times a year, a month or so before each of our birthdays and before christmas, an email will come in listing everything on our wishlist.  We're a very practical family, and like to know exactly what the others need or want when those times of year come around.  I can actually go back and see my birthday wishlist from 2002 if I go deep enough on my hard rive...  All of this to say, I have a bit of experience making wish lists.  Well, every kind of list, really.  But that's a topic for another day.