Dear Bringer of Gifts, the new tripod and a good macro lens I can get myself, so please, please, pretty please with extra sugar - give me snow during the nights around Christmas eve, and clear blue skies and sunshine during those days. I am soooo hoping for weather like that when I would actually have time to go out and explore the marvels of winter. :-D Oh, and Santa, while you are at it - find me some gloves that will keep my fingers warm while still allowing me all the fine-control I need over those tiny buttons and wheels on my camera. :-D