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Romancelandia Holiday Fairies

A mutual aid effort for the "Romancelandia" romance novel reader community to support anyone in the community who could use help with purchasing gifts for themselves or loved ones this holiday season.

Since 2020, the romance community has supported hundreds of wishlists and purchased thousands of gifts.

Your gifts make a real difference. Here’s a message of gratitude from one wishlist recipient:

"I will be eternally grateful to you for what this opportunity grants me.

It allows me the chance to gift to my children and use that money for groceries and necessities for the bathroom. I'm able to craft and give them some sense of normalcy.

Santa will happen in our house because of you and others like you, who adopt families like mine that are isolated, weary, scared, and needed someone to shine a light for us. You gave me back hope and showed me that humans are still kind."

Become a Holiday Fairy

Submit a Wishlist

Anyone in the community who could use help with purchasing gifts for themselves or loved ones this holiday season is invited to submit a wishlist.
Wishlists will be listed on this page for gift givers to access by US Thanksgiving.

Learn how to submit your wishlist here.

Send any questions to [email protected]

2024 Holiday Fairies: Dedicated to the Memory of Melinda Utendorf

Melinda Utendorf was a beloved member of the romance reader community and a supporter of Holiday Fairies. In her last year, when she needed the support, she was a wishlist recipient herself.

This year, we dedicate Romancelandia Holiday Fairies to Melinda.

January 1, 2024

Hi Andrea,

I just wanted to reach out now that the holidays are over and let you know how amazing the romancelandia wish list made mine.

I signed up when I was in the hospital, and my stay kept getting extended, and when I was released I came home to a few items from my wish list and it was exactly what I needed. The coloring books and puzzles I received have been sanity saving for me the last few weeks.

Truly, my mental health was so much improved by all of this, I can't even express it properly. So thank you and thanks to anyone who was involved.

Melinda

Spread the Word

Share this page with all the links and info with your community and friends

Thanks for sharing! You can spread the word on social media, in your email newsletter, or other community forum using these graphics. Write your own message or use one of the ones I’ve provided here. Please send people to this webpage (since it has all the information and links).

Graphics you can download and use to spread the word: Google Drive Folder

Pre-written messages: feel free to customize these or write your own.

FAQ

Why Amazon wishlists? I hate to support Amazon!

Amazon wishlists are simply the easiest and most universal way to share wishlists without displaying personal information like addresses to the public. Many people add to Amazon wishlists throughout the year, which makes it easy to submit a wishlist.

I’m not a huge fan of Amazon and its business practices either, but I also value privacy and I’m not going to let perfect be the enemy of good.

In previous years, wishlist recipients had the option to to submit wishlists through another service called Things To Get Me, which does allow for hiding address information - however it requires an additional fee for the gift buyer and delays because the gift is shipped twice (from the retailer to Things To Get Me, then to the recipient). Over the 3 years this was offered, wishlist recipients never leveraged this alternative, so I've removed it from the form to streamline the process for recipients and gift givers.