Christmas wishlist templates that open as a real list
The blank page is the hard part. Each template below is a finished list of eight wishes: open it as your own in one tap, change what does not fit, and share the link — or print it as it is.
The templates
Christmas list for kids
The set number, the size they are in now, one day out. · 8 wishes
- LEGO set (write the set number in)
- The next book in their favourite series
- A board game the whole family can play
- Pyjamas in the size they are in now
- Art supplies: thick paper, good pens, a sketchbook
- A bike helmet or a scooter, in their colour
- A day out: the zoo, a climbing wall, the pool
- A contribution to the school trip
Christmas list for adults
Things you would use, and one "surprise me". · 8 wishes
- A bag of really good coffee beans
- The book I keep meaning to read
- Wool socks, size 42
- A cooking class for two
- Tickets to a gig or a play
- A proper kitchen knife
- Three months of an audiobook subscription
- Surprise me, up to €30
Family Christmas list
One list for the household: the things everybody uses. · 8 wishes
- A board game for six
- A big jigsaw for the holidays
- A waffle maker
- A family day out, your choice
- New bed linen for the guest room
- A contribution to the summer holiday
- A photo session for the four of us
- Decent cutlery, finally
Secret Santa wishlist
Eight things under €20, so whoever drew you has a chance. · 8 wishes
- Good chocolate, dark
- A mug that is not from the office
- Warm socks
- A paperback I can read on the train
- A small plant for my desk
- Loose-leaf tea
- A nice notebook
- A bottle of red wine
Birthday wish list
Written once, kept for next year. · 8 wishes
- A voucher for the bookshop in town
- Dinner at the Italian place
- Running socks and a headband
- A houseplant that is hard to kill
- Good olive oil
- A scarf, something green
- A frame for the holiday photo
- An afternoon doing something together
How a template becomes your list
Press "Use this template" and the list opens on your dashboard with all eight wishes already on it, under your own address. Remove what does not fit, add what does, paste a shop link where you have one, and share the link with the people who will buy. If you have no account yet, the template follows you through the sign-up form: one screen, and no email to confirm.
Prefer paper? "Print it" lays the same eight lines out on one page, with a column for whoever is buying to put their name in. The print dialog of every browser can save that page as a PDF instead.
Make it yours in five minutes
- Fill in the blanks. The set number, the size, the title of the book. A relative buying from a list wants to get it right, and the detail is what lets them.
- Mark one or two top wishes. The people who ask "what do you actually want?" get a straight answer, and the rest of the list is for everybody else.
- Paste links where they exist. The title, photo and price come across from the shop. A wish with no shop stays a sentence, which is fine.
- Delete freely. A template is a start, not a contract. Six wishes that are really yours beat eight that are half right.
Why a template beats a blank page
Most lists die at the first line, because "what do you want?" is a hard question asked cold. A list that already has eight reasonable things on it turns the question into "which of these are wrong?", and that one anybody can answer in a minute. The wishes above are deliberately ordinary — socks, a book, a day out — because the ordinary ones are what people forget to ask for and are glad to get.
Once the list is live, it hides reservations from you: relatives see what is taken, you only see how many. That is the part a printed list cannot do, and it is explained on the Christmas wishlist page.
Do I need an account to use a template?
To open it as a live list, yes — one screen with a name, an address and a password; the template is waiting on the other side. To print it, no.
Can I change the wishes afterwards?
All of them. A template list is an ordinary list the moment it exists: add, remove, reorder, add photos and prices, and the people you shared it with always see the current version.
Is there a template for a wedding or a baby shower?
No, on purpose: those lists are too personal to start from somebody else’s eight lines. The wedding gift list and baby shower pages walk through what belongs on each, with a real example list.
Can I use a template in Spanish or German?
Yes. The templates are written for each language rather than translated, and the list is made in whichever language you open the page in.
