Christmas Gift Ideas

Borek

Share what you plan to buy, what you think could be a good idea, or what you want.

In fact I am looking for ideas as I don't have a gift for Marzena yet

lisab

Nice, warm slippers .

Edit - my feet are cold right now, it was the first thing that came into my head haha

qspeechc

My sister wants a paper shreader, cos she thinks someone wants to steal her love letters and black mail her or summin like dat. Go figure.

darthoctopus

One of these. :D

Actually they're surprisingly easy to make if you can't/won't buy from Thinkgeek. I've made two (for presents) this year.

Pattonias

Hight end, netbooks are great.
DVD's are always great for the movie buff.
I know for my sisters taking them shopping is a great gift. Not buying them a gift card, but actually going with them. I think they figure my attendance is some sort of larger sacrifice .

Books are great especially if you manage to find a first addition or a signed copy of a favorite author. Or the rare "book I want but have not gotten yet."

So many things to choose from...

DaveC426913

The description is great. I rolled my eyes and almost didn't finish reading it. But then I did.

imawniumay

I got my girlfriend the newest model of Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) while my sister will be receiving Apple iPod touch 32 GB Black (3th Generation), also the newest model. I'm sure both of them will love it.

turbo

I bought Duke another Pup Treads rubber bone to give to his friend Max. While in the store, I picked up a lightweight plastic and aluminum shovel with a locking extending handle for my wife to keep in her car. Both seemed pleased.

Sorry!

I hope I get a trip to Vegas this year!

DaveC426913

Yep. Nothing says you love your wife like buying her a snow shovel.

The Amazing Karnak will now guess what you're going to get for Christmas: a bangshangalang upside the head.

turbo

She drives to work very early, often before the roads are plowed, and she was very happy with the early (practical) gift. She asked "How did you think of this?" and thanked me for remembering that one day last winter she got high-centered on a snowbank at the end of our secondary road and had to dig out with a little military trenching shovel. One year, I bought her a nylon pot-scraper to put in her stocking (we still have it and use it nearly every day after 25 years or so). We are in our 50's, heading for 60, and we don't give a damn for birthday or Christmas gifts (never did), so we try to do little things that are practical and thoughtful. Just before deer-hunting season, I bought myself a new pair of insulated waterproof boots, and she bought me a nice pair of alpaca socks. Our gifts to each other often consist of preparing each others' favorite foods, and serving them in a nice relaxed atmosphere with music, nice wine, etc. We don't need "stuff".

To tell the truth, Duke wasn't all that thrilled with the Pup-Treads rubber bone that I bought for a gift to his buddy Max. It is the ONLY toy that we have bought for him that he has not destroyed with "the jaws of death", and he has wrecked a few of Max's toys while visiting for play-dates. Max is a shepherd/pit-bull mix, and he can keep squeaky toys for weeks months until he maybe loses them in the woods. Duke is a chocolate-lab/boxer mix with jaws of steel, and the only toy that lasts more than about 30 seconds or so is the Pup-Treads bone. When I hook him up on his run outside while I do a few chores, he chews on firewood for entertainment (and shreds it).

GeorginaS

I think my father topped that one the year he bought a bathroom scale as a gift for my mother.

She's said she wanted one! (Not necessarily as a gift, mind.) And, and, and, they were expensive, you know. (I think the detail that my mother was overweight helps this story a bit.)

Yeah, she cried. It was bad. I love childhood memories.

Moonbear

I suggest waiting for Marzena to reply to this thread.

Topher925

I haven't done ANY of my xmas shopping yet. I'm still clueless as what to get my step mom. What do high school chemsitry teachers like for xmas?

lisab

Warm, fuzzy slippers.

Yes my toes are still cold.

Topher925

Ehhhh.... I dunno. That seems kinda weird. I was thinking of a book or something but I don't really know what her interests are.

rootX

nothing (I will not be buying any gifts).. I love my $$$ too much :D