1. Flat Screen High Definition TV 35%
2. New Laptop Computer (Windows) 20%
3. New Digital Camera 17%
4. New Desktop Computer (Windows) 14%
5. GPS Navigation System for the car 10%
6. New Cell Phone 10%
7. New Digital Video Camera 9%
8. Nintendo Wii 9%
9. Sony PS3 7%
10. Blu-ray or HD DVD High Definition DVD Player 6%

1. Flat screen High Definition TV 37%
2. New Laptop Computer (Windows) 21%
3. New Digital Camera 16%
4. New Desktop Computer 15%
5. GPS Navigation System for the car 11%
6. Sony PS3 10%
7. New Cell Phone 9%
8. New Digital Video Camera 8%
9. Xbox 360 8%
10. Nintendo Wii 8%

1. Flat screen High Definition TV 33%
2. New Laptop Computer 19%
3. New Digital Camera 18%
4. New Desktop Computer (Windows) 13%
5. New Cell Phone 12%
6. New Digital Video Camera 11%
7. GPS Navigation System for the car 10%
8. Nintendo Wii 9%
9. Apple Laptop Computer 7%
10. Tivo or another DVR 6%

HDTV are already mainstream.

Those numbers don't really mean anything. It's the same way Halo 3 and Blue Dragon other games are in the top 20 most wanted in Famitsu and when they come out their sales numbers don't match their "hype". Clearly the 360 will outsell the PS3 this holiday season, so who really cares that some random survey says that. Use the survey inside your brain that tells you what will actually happen.

How is that nobody wants a car? lol

My most wanted? How about a new house? Or my own desert Island?

Does anyone actually get a HD-TV for Xmas? Thats... a rather pricey gift!

big difference between wanting something, and actually buying it.

Growing up my father always gave us a large "Santa" present as a family rather than buying everyone their own little present; this would work out to be a new computer, tv, or videogame system and would often cost a similar ammount to a HDTV today. I don't think many people get gifts like this but I do know that families often make one (or several) large purchases at christmas.

A more disturbing trend I heard of was that the average American spends $4,000 at Christmas so maybe there are a lot of HDTVs given to individuals.

 Are you sure about thatlast bit? I could dig up some data, but the highest quote I heard was $1,000.

And it also depends on how the survey was conducted ...

The reality is that wanting a HDTV, Cellphone, PS3, Wii or XBox 360 for Christmas are not distinct sets; some people who want a HDTV will also want a cellphone, PS3, Wii and/or XBox 360 as an example. If you ask someone a question like "What gift do you want most this Christmas?" you will potentially get a much different answer than "What gift do you want most this Christmas that you are realistically going to receive?" I may personally want a new Laptop but I'm certainly not going to get a laptop from anyone so my answer would be drastically different.

I believe it was average American, although I admit that it could be average American family ... Regardless, it was a lot more money than me and my (mostly) well employed close family ever spend so it surprised me.