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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Doosie Morris

Teenagers are presenting Christmas wishlists, Powerpoint-style – my daughter included

Getty illustration of a teenager presenting a Christmas present she would like.
Doosie Morris on her daughter’s Christmas wishlist presentation: ‘Suffice to say it was not visions of sugar plums that had been dancing in my daughter’s head.’ Illustration: Getty Images/Guardian Design

Twas three weeks before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my 13-year-old daughter, who emerged from her lair with a level of vim uncommon in daylight hours.

As she made her approach with laptop aglow, her droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow. It then became apparent that I was about to become the audience (some may say “victim”) of a recent cultural phenomenon: the Christmas wishlist slideshow.

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