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Christmas Wishlist Ideas

Caroline Anthes

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If you’re like me, every year this time comes around and my mom asks me what I want for Christmas. I have NO IDEA. So I asked a few people from Her Campus Mizzou and a few friends what they were asking for for Christmas in hopes that it will help you (and me). I will attach the links to everything underneath the description!

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Our first category is backpacks!

Quite a few of the people I surveyed mentioned asking for a new backpack! So, I came up with a list of the best backpacks of 2024. The most voted backpack is the Patagonia Refugio 26L Pack. Mesh straps, water bottle pockets, and removable laptop sleeve. https://bit.ly/48AQN9g

Next is the Fjallraven Kanken Laptop backpack. This is a smaller backpack, but isn’t ideal for carrying a lot of stuff. So if you have a full school load this may not be the backpack for you. https://bit.ly/40tNheV

Finally, the backpack that everyone seems to have on campus. The North Face Jester. This backpack is my favorite personally, I have a green one. This 27L backpack has a front bungee system as added storage, two water bottle pockets, and a padded laptop sleeve. It also has secure zip pockets and a key fob. It has a 4.7 star review with over 3,500 reviews. 93% of people would recommend it to a friend, and I am one of those people. https://bit.ly/40B854k

Another category to consider is event tickets!

I asked my surveyees what the most expensive thing they asked for was, and a lot of them said tickets to an event. So, here are some recommendations to events near Columbia with ticket links.

My next category is stocking stuffers. The smaller, more affordable things.

And now, onto the gift card category. 

Gift Cards are always a 10/10. Some of the most popular gift card brands are Lululemon, Nike, Adidas, OnCloud, BestBuy, Apple, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Subway, Chick Fil A, and Chipotle.

Our final gifting category? Electronics.

I am an electronics nerd. I love everything to do with Apple. So I couldn’t not put an Apple section in here. They have released a lot of new tech recently. 

Starting with Airpods, they just came out with the Airpods 4 for $179 and a new version of the Airpods Max for $549. Also, new MacBook Pro has been announced which you can preorder for $1599. The imac is also on preorder for $1299, the Mac Mini is on preorder for $599, and the iphone 16 Pro is on sale starting at $999. Sadly, Apple Intelligence has not been released to the general public yet, so if that is what you’re getting the new iphone for, I would wait. 

The ipad Mini starts at $499, the Apple Watch Series 10 starts at $399, and the iphone 16 with Apple Intelligence (that hasn’t been released yet) starts at $799. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is also available from $799. Additional new products available are the Apple Vision Pro from $3499, the MacBook Air from $999, the ipad Pro from $999, and finally the ipad Air from $599. 

In my opinion, there is nothing too exciting in this year’s launch, but once the Apple Intelligence comes out that will be really cool. I am really excited about that.

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I hope that this helped inspire you when it comes to what you want for Christmas! Have an amazing holiday season!

Hi! My name is Caroline, and I am a junior studying Sport Management at Mizzou! I am from STL! I am part of a Mizzou choir and am always at a Mizzou game. I have a three year old pup named Ivy!