We asked folks around the country-folks of all ages and from all walks of life-to share their holiday wish lists. Have a look for some fun and inspiration. Not every heart's desire is available on eBay Express. But most of what folks want, you'll find right here!

Dennis Szczepaniak
Fireman, Chicago

1. Home theater system
2. High definition DVD recorder with hard drive
3. iPod or similar mp3 player
4. 26"-30" LCD TV
5. Merrell Gore-tex shoes
6. Ultralight digital camera
7. DVD camcorder or hard drive camcorder
8. Bowling bag
9. Mini shelf stereo system
10. Dress clothes

Matthew Touchstone
Bartender, Miami South Beach

1. Electric shaver
2. GPS - so I can go out really far on my boats
3. New truck
4. Motorcycle ramp for truck (because if you don't have one you need a whole bunch of your buddies to help you lift the bike into the truck)
5. New BBQ for the warehouse where my band practices
6. New tan boots
7. An expensive Italian military watch (I already have one I bought on eBay)
8. New tires for my car
9. A paint job for my motorcycle
10. CD recorder
11. Les Paul guitar

Kristin Jones
Pom Captain, University of Texas, Austin

1. New iPod (with video)
2. Sidekick 3-sidekick 2 broke a year ago. I use it as a reliable portable communications tool to text message and email my mother who is deaf. Without it, I can't talk with her.
3. Coach black leather gloves with cashmere lining-it gets cold here
4. Rock & Republic jeans-they make you look skinny-nice pockets and seams down the side
5. Skinny jeans-Levis
6. Black strappy shoes-can always use a new pair
7. Large black purse-something big and trendy that I can put my laptop in
8. Large brown purse-can be same as black purse but brown
9. Sunglasses. Time for new pair of big sunglasses.
10. Video camera-want to document my life since it's my senior year
11. CD/DVD burner for my computer
12. New DVDs and CDs

Jordan Rosner
Personal Trainer, Beverly Hills

1. Another dog
2. New up-to-date leather jacket
3. New desk with a really comfortable chair
4. Laptop computer
5. Plasma TV
6. Dining table with four chairs
7. Upscale watch
8. Pocket-size digital camera
9. Trip to Chicago (4 to 5 days)
10. Photograph or portrait of my dog

Kaia Livers
Katrina Survivor, New Orleans

1. House renovated
2. Exotic wood furniture (e.g. Oriental, African) Every room could be decorated differently!
3. Motor scooter I can zip around to gigs on
4. Canon digital camera - I've been told I have an eye for photography
5. 2007 Volvo convertible
6. Ticket around the world - want to visit England, Africa, Amsterdam, Brazil, Canada (Cajun connection), western US, Niagara Falls, various hot springs and cold springs
7. Health for all
8. Wealth for all
9. Love for all
10. Allow everyone to have a form of self-expression
11. Health insurance for myself

Want to give New Orleans the gift of flowers

Tove Doolittle
Military Wife and Mom, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

1. Gardening supplies
2. Art-my husband and I try to buy art together
3. My husband and I each need a new car-we'd like to replace whichever car dies first
4. New pair of K2 skies for family trip to Colorado each Christmas
5. A home in the mountains where I can keep my ski boots by the door-and if it looks like a good day to ski, I ski!
6. Travel with the kids-to Norway in the summer to visit friends, for example
7. I'd like a saddle for horse riding. The horse the saddle goes on? Maybe next year...
8. Time! To read with my kids-it's hard when there's a piano lesson until 7, soccer practice until 7:30-or time to just go to the bookstore.
9. A new bed-it's on my permanent wish list
10. Couches, a coffee table. When we moved here, my husband said "North Carolina is the place for furniture."

My daughter wants dolls from American Girl Place and my son would like anything from Lego. My husband likes electronics-a computer, a TV-there's always something bigger, faster, newer!

Keith Williams
Rancher, Oklahoma

1. Sweet chokes for my Browning shotgun
2. Lucky jeans
3. Maui Jim sunglasses
4. A tripod deer stand
5. K-Swiss tennis shoes
6. A guided Caribou hunt for two
7. A new rifle-Remington Model 700 VssTH in 22-250 caliber
8. A deer decoy
9. A trail timer camera
10. A good paying job!!

David Leatherwood
Cab Driver, New York City

1. Recordable DVD Player
2. Fur-lined leather jacket with more zippers and buckles
3. Love to spend more time with girlfriend and family-more time off from work would be great because not stressed about money
4. I would love to see our troops come home from Iraq for the holidays
5. My own private souped-up taxi-an old 1970's 4-door "Starsky and Hutch" villain Cadillac-boat Cadillac pimped out as a taxi, with surround-sound speakers and a satellite antennae so you can get wireless. That or I'd go for the road warrior cab, with spikes on the wheels.
6. New computer-Apple Notebook would be pretty cool
7. Little mini-recorder the size of an iPod that actually records to .wav or .mp3 and has a built-in stereo microphone
8. Technics turntable--like the DJ-style turntable
9. Update my surround speakers-all Bose system
10. Better headphones for my iPod to improve quality for digital playback modes

John Parker
Musician, New Orleans

1. Above all, want house fixed. Living in small rental house. Don't have room for any new Christmas items...
2. Gifts for my son-truck, Power Ranger
3. Time to appreciate, do advent and connect with the spirit of Christmas
4. Guitar stand
5. Music instruction books
6. Music stand
7. Grandfather's record-Grandfather was a musician and his record was lost during Katrina
8. Anything Beatles-am a collector of Beatles paraphernalia. Everything was lost in the storm
9. Old tapes repaired-need to be put back together
10. Old photos restored
11. CD burner-could transfer old albums into CD format
12. Nice stereo system to replace the one damaged in Katrina. All I have now is a radio. Strange for a musician to be without a stereo.