What's on your holiday gift list this year? World Peace, good health, etc., don't count

StarSong

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What's on your gift list for Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa or whatever holiday you celebrate, if you celebrate one? What would you like to receive? How about your spouse, sig other, child, grandchild, closest friend, or someone close to you?

If they don't have lists, what are you planning to give them?

This should be something that can be bought in a store, or homemade. That type of thing. It'll offer us a little insight into each other's worlds and might even give a little inspiration to those of us who can't figure out what to get those we love.

Let's presume we all want world peace, good health, resolution of family disputes, better government, financial stability, climate change improvements, better weather, an end to droughts/flooding, environmental issues resolved, better schools, an end to racism, sexism, and all the other isms.
Yada yada.
You get my point.

This thread is intended to be about material or specific experiential gifts. (Maybe theater tickets?)

Hoping this will be fun and inspiring!
 

I'll start off with the gifts I give my children every year. .
A dozen sponges from Costco
A dozen water filters for their Britas
Both of these come with the request that they please change theirs out at least once a month.

I also give each adult a gallon ziplock bag filled with various small (wrapped) candies that I assort for each of their cars. Mints, tootsie rolls, root beer barrels, etc.

They look forward to these gifts, believe me, and they've become a standing joke.

This year, I bought each couple a 10" microwave spatter cover. @RadishRose recommended it so I recently bought one for myself (Walmart $1.82 each). Great price for something incredibly useful.
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We make lists. So far, daughter would like a hairdryer/brush. I appreciate Amazon gift cards. Hubs, loves
liquorice allsort candies and chocolate. Son-in-law lost the super-duper ear buds we gifted him last year,
so, maybe we'll replace those.

Oh yes .. $$
 
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@Gary O', every holiday season I bake nearly ever day, making roughly 5,000 assorted cookies between mid November and Christmas. Nearly all are given away or mailed out. Come on by for one of this year's pizza/cookie parties... I'll stuff you full of homemade pizza and cookies, then send you home with your party favor - about 50 assorted cookies to call your very own. Plus whatever you decorate at the party!

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I hate Christmas. Too much of everything, including bad memories.

I don't give -- or want to receive -- "occasion" gifts of any kind. I figure most people have what they need and/or don't know what each other wants.

Spontaneous gifts can be nice.
 
We don't exchange gifts or cards with friends, an email wishing them good health & joy throughout the holidays works. As for my wife & I. We have everything we ever wanted & since we like the food we make. We began a holiday tradition several years back. Buying a whole filet & ordering a 4lb. lobster from the lobster guy in Maine is our way to celebrate each other. Surf & Turf with baked Idaho potato, steamed peas & our favorite home made amaretto flan.

Our sons appreciate paper with Ben Franklin's picture.
 
I just purchased a Majority Bowfell Small Soundbar from Amazon. It had more than 1100 five star ratings. It supposedly enhances voices in movies, music quality and quiets background noise in your entertainment system. It is on sale for $40. Seems like it would make a good family gift.
I am also doing mini acrylic paintings ( 5x7") on stretched canvas for friends.
 
Well sorry to be a party pooper Star.. but I won't be buying or receiving any gifts this year, I don't think... DD got a a substantial sum of money from me at the weekend.. and she doesn't like buying gifts.. she always says.. '' I don't need anything mum, so shall we not buy anything this year''.. meaning she doesn't have to buy mum anything, but mum is very likely still going to buy DD something.. but hey... I have my friend @Pinky .. she's going to see me alright for Xmas gifts this year.. :sneaky::LOL:
 
I only buy for the great-grandkids now. The adults get some kind token gift, some super duper wine bottle stoppers I found that are easy to use and will not leak, stuff like that. I usually throw some candy, cookies, hot cocoa mix, etc. into the box for all to share.

They send things to me that are similar, usually a surprise, and I enjoy that. Jigsaw puzzles were big during the pandemic.
 
Gary O' said:
The grands get quite inspired when they get a card from us with money in it.

Gotta think about it, Starry

Thinking maybe cookies
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The marketing people will be knocking on your door Gary. Giving cash, so vulgar. Fact is, cash can be spent on whatever the recipient wants. I've yet to hear of an unloved envelope of cash gathering dust in a cupboard or drawer somewhere.
 
And @hollydolly is going to build a she shed for me, complete with electricity and indoor plumbing and maybe even a four-season porch. And a pony.

This morning I took care of Christmas for DS and his DH: $$ for their Microsoft MAPS subscription for the coming year. It's a lotta money, but the subscription includes Azure and both are necessary for their business. Azure is $100/month but with the MSFT subscription a $100 credit for Azure is issued each month. Seems like a lot of extra work to me, but who am I to question MSFT's accounting system?

DD and DSIL, DGD and DGS will get the same thing they get every year. I "shop" for them at the credit union.

I'm really looking forward to my new she shed. And the pony.
 
Can't think of a single person that I could buy a single thing for. (And my apologies to Miss Thomas, my high school English teacher...) My son and DIL are in their late 50s and in good health, good jobs, etc. Their sons are in late 20s, also in good health and good jobs, and no kids of their own.

I doubt if I will even put up the Christmas tree this year. It's in the attic, and a pain to get down, then decorate.

Bah humbug.
 
Buckeye said:
I doubt if I will even put up the Christmas tree this year. It's in the attic, and a pain to get down, then decorate.

Bah humbug.
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Pish and tosh! Never mind the humbug stuff. You could volunteer at a hospital visiting little kids or somewhere that's serving meals to the homeless or delivering meals to homebound elderly. You could even spend a few minutes visiting with somebody you're delivering a meal to; they'd be so grateful to see another human and hear a few kind words.

Buy yourself an already-decorated little tree, take it home and outta the box, fluff it up, plug it in. Instant Christmas.

I have my Best Aunt's ceramic tree that she made years and years ago. I only have to plug it in.
 
Georgiagranny said:
And @hollydolly is going to build a she shed for me, complete with electricity and indoor plumbing and maybe even a four-season porch. And a pony.

This morning I took care of Christmas for DS and his DH: $$ for their Microsoft MAPS subscription for the coming year. It's a lotta money, but the subscription includes Azure and both are necessary for their business. Azure is $100/month but with the MSFT subscription a $100 credit for Azure is issued each month. Seems like a lot of extra work to me, but who am I to question MSFT's accounting system?

DD and DSIL, DGD and DGS will get the same thing they get every year. I "shop" for them at the credit union.

I'm really looking forward to my new she shed. And the pony.
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pony ?... this is the only pony you're getting GeeGee.. lol.. giddyup granny... don't say I never give you anything, meet Thumbelina..

 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly I love her! My feet would probably drag if I tried to ride her, but she and I could go for walks. I'm sure she's leash trained. And she's tiny. She could live on my four-season porch ;) Yanno, I bet Maggiecat would enjoy going for a ride...
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well now I'll have to buckle down to finding you a a 4 season Porch...lol....but ain't she Kyeeeewwwt ?
 

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