Christmas lists are so fun when put together, and they are made up of everything that you could possibly want. However, no one ever talks about the process of it.

It is the longest process to find all the things you want and put them on a cute list, making it easy for Santa to look at and get things for you.

For me, this is hard because I constantly procrastinate everything and cannot look for things for my Christmas list for more than 10 minutes at a time. When I think of something I want, I am in the middle of class, and I can’t put it on my list, so it just leaves my mind.

Also, as it gets closer to Christmas, everything starts running out in your size, so you are trying to figure out other things that you want. Items may be out of stock, and you must wait. To me, it just is not as simple as shopping online for hours on a list and giving it to your parents for Santa; it is so much more.

This could just be me, but — and I am very aware of it — I just struggle with this so much. When I am finally done making my Christmas list, it’s a huge relief.

Especially this year, with going to college in the fall of next year, do I ask for college necessities more or do I ask for things that I want more of right now? I simply just do not know, and I overthink this so much.

Some people might say it is just a Christmas list, but I feel like it is just so much bigger than that, especially now with all the new technology. It is not as easy as when we were young, looking at catalogs and writing down the things you wanted from it.

Now, our friends influence some of our decisions. There are websites where you can see what others want for Christmas, so it might impact your decision and, there are millions of online stores for you to look at. It is a lot of overwhelming information to look at and make a list for yourself.