The Most Wanted Holiday Gifts 2014
December 18, 2014
What are the most asked for gifts this holiday season? According to an analysis of social media conversations posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other popular forum communities, the number one choice of a gift this year is CASH. Following closely, according to the digital marketing research, are:
Gift Cards
iPhones
Drones
Shoes
Clothes
Nothing (well that’s no fun)
Xbox 360
Puppies
Interestingly, 100 years ago, based on Dear Santa letters found in newspaper archives, the most wanted presents were:
Candy
Nuts
Rocking Horses
Dolls
Mittens/gloves
Toy Trains
Oranges
Books
Handkerchiefs
Skates
What a stark shift in “All I want for Christmas” desires! Either way, I would imagine that if you were/are the giver of the gifts on the most wanted lists 1914/2014, you would be rated as the best gift giver that year! However you would never be rated as the greatest gift giver of ALL time: God! He gave a gift that was described as unspeakable:
Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15 (KJV)
Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15 (ESV)
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15 (NASB)
What is the gift God gave that fills us with such gratitude? Some theologians say salvation; some theologians say Jesus Christ; some say both. Salvation is given to us in Jesus Christ! And according to Paul, the gift is impossible to adequately describe. It is beyond full description—it is unspeakable, inexpressible, and indescribable! Even though it did not make the most wanted holiday gift list in any given year, it is the most needed gift any time of any given year!