Holiday Wishes 16 is my 16th Holiday Wishes post. My first was in 2010. There have been many heartful, enlightening, fun, hopeful, and wonderful wishes in 16 years. I enjoy looking back through the old wishes as much as I love reading the new ones. I hope you do, too. Happy Holidays!
Mary W — Since I had cancer and know of many friends who have been diagnosed with cancer and some lost their battle, my wish is for a complete cure of all cancers.
Ward W — I wish that my friends cancer surgery on December 14th is successful and he becomes cancer free!!!!!
Carol S — Hi Randy, my Christmas wish is for all family members struggling with their health to have miraculous recoveries.
Larry M — My Christmas Wish this year is for a family photo with my Grandson – who is about to arrive into this World anytime between now and tomorrow morning.
Chris H — All I would like is a shiny lump of coal. Mines getting kind of worn down. Seriously though, my biggest wish here at work is that my team has the best financial year they’ve ever had and the rewards help their lives prosper more than they could have ever imagined. I think my dream is coming true, finally after almost 32 years in business. All their hard work, dedication, loyalty and determination is paying off for them and I can’t thank you enough for your tutelage.
Mandi W — I would love for more unity and peace and equality in 2026.
Sam L — My Christmas wish this year is plain and simple—yet, somehow, it feels almost impossible.
If you know me and what I’ve walked through this past year, you might think my wish is for new lungs or restored health. But no… Of course I want to get better, whether through a lung transplant or by a miracle only God could provide. But using a wish on myself feels too small, too selfish, in a world that needs so much more.
Because the truth is this: if I were to leave this earth tonight, I’ve lived a blessed life. I have loved and been loved. I’ve traveled to places many never get to see. I married the love of my life—my high school sweetheart. I’ve been given three wonderful sons and three beautiful grandchildren. I’m not ready to go… but if I did, I would still leave grateful.
So, my wish is this:
That two would become one.
I’m not talking about marriage. I’m talking about healing the division between people—any people. Democrats and Republicans. White, Black, Red, or Yellow. Men and women. Gay or straight. Jew, Muslim, and Christian. Etc.
We live in a world that is tearing itself apart. We have forgotten that we all bleed the same blood. That we are all human, all created by God. We can’t recognize love in someone else’s eyes because of the hate we’ve allowed in our hearts.
We no longer listen to understand—we interrupt to disagree. We cling so tightly to our own beliefs that we will ignore the truth right in front of us just to feel justified. And little by little, we are destroying ourselves.
But the solution—though difficult—is simple:
Let go of the need to be right and choose to see love in one another.
My Christmas wish this year is that two would become one.
That division would give way to unity.
That hearts would soften.
That love would win.
Nancy C – Peace, Love, and Happiness for all of my family. Love always.
Michael P — I have never lived in a world without war. I wish for world peace. They should give it a try and see how it works out. I would also love a world without hunger, suffering, greed, thievery, etc. I am dreaming, humans can never get along.
John S — A cure for cancer.
Rhonda SI — Wish there was NO Cancer!
Laura B — My wish for the new year is that people focus more on the present than the past. I see relationships severed – more and more adult children divorcing themselves from their parents, for instance. Could they perhaps see themselves as a new parent at age 25 and doing everything perfectly? Or outrage when a politician changes his or her stance on an issue. Perhaps new information or experiences led to that change is mindset. Or too much focus on the wrongs of history and not the potential of the future. Remember history; but realize we can create our own, better experiences now. Life is long. People and perspectives change. Let’s all learn from the past, but don’t dwell there in the new year!
Kevin M — 2026 is the year for you to be the listening ear, helpful bystander, and mentor that someone else was to you. As a side note, I miss our wonderful talks. Thank you for thinking of me. God bless and may your season be bright.
Sandy C — I’m wishing for health and happiness for all my family & friends!!
Jim K — After the last few months — and after almost four months since I got laid out with L5 and arthritis back pain in my right leg — having completed physical therapy, which pulled off a personal miracle, I’d wish for good health. World peace is a runner up, but Miss Iowa beat me to it.
Josh H — My wish is that the world unites and re-engages to a more human and kind future.
Debbie B – My wish is for my health to continue to improve and my family to prosper.
Randy C — I wish for health, happiness, and prosperity for all my friends and family but most of all that we all do what’s right to the best of our understanding. I was moved beyond words by the more than 20 Republican Indiana state senators who voted against redistricting. They did what they thought was right — not what their party directed. Every one of us and especially everyone in government whether local, state, or federal should follow this example. The three branches of government as well as the military should follow this example. We all need to do what’s right and that’s not always what were told to do. Happy Holidays everyone!
If you’d like to read more wishes from previous years click here, Holiday Wishes
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