Do you dread queuing up in store after store on the Saturdays leading up to Christmas? Does thinking about what to get each and every member of the extended family, let alone what you would like for yourself, give you an instant migraine? Want to avoid the awkward instance where relatives present you with yet another pair of socks and bath salts on Christmas Day? Then the brilliant new virtual wishlist service, My List is Here, could do just the trick. Trust us, it’s a lot of fun too!
 
Former BBC producer Amanda Colpoys dreamt up the idea after searching for a solution to ease the stress of deciding what to buy people for Christmas each year. By developing a social platform which allows family and friends to create virtual shopping lists, receiving cringe inducing gifts can be avoided and the pain of trying to locate particular presents is a thing of the past. www.mylistishere.com was thus born, providing an antidote for stressed Christmas shoppers.
 
The website allows users to put together an entirely modern ‘Letter to Santa’ with across to more than 300 high street and online stores, which can then be shared with friends and family. You can make as many lists as you like, for anything (be it a birthday or wedding) and anyone (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, friends.). The shops include ranges from bigger department stores such as Selfridges and Debenhams to popular high street haunts like Topshop and Zara! Just add products to your list with the Wish Widget. Download the widget to your bookmarks folder, use it on any product from any website and immediately add it to one of your lists!
 
Of course, in the spirit of giving, the best thing about www.mylistishere.com is the fact you can access loved one’s own Santa lists, once you join. Much like a social network, joining is free and can be done quickly and easily through your Facebook, Twitter, Hotmail, Yahoo or Google account and from there you can invite other people to join also. Use the nifty friend finder tool to locate family and friends already using the site.
 
For those super busy people, who barely have time to think about what they would like to receive on the big day, there are also ready-made wish lists available. We can’t wait to start making our lists on this addictive website and hopefully Christmas 2011 will be bath salts free!