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05-12-2008, 8:25 AM
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So.. Christmas Presents.....
So I was thinking perhaps we might all benefit from some joint ideas on Christmas presents.
Some ideas we could discuss are :
What would you like for Christmas
What you are you getting the, wife, gf, bf, sister, mother, father, baby etc.
What if anything are you treating yourself to.
I'll start the ball rolling.
What I would like/What I am getting.
My present is actually probably going to get used by the wife more , it's a family present of an IPOD touch , which will be living in the kitchen in a docking station. Bored of the radio, so that's my present.
Wife, as we have gotten older and already acculated the expensive watches, jewelery etc, we have tended to the same thing each year. We take a day around town, she picks out what she wants clothes etc, I buy them, take em up wrap em up and she gets them on Christmas day along with the odd "surprise" gift which is often underwear, perfume, a dvd some stocking fillas etc.
Daughter: She's only 2, and I really can't see the point in going overboard , especially as the house already has about 20 presents for her stacked up from relatives, but so far she has some clothes, a farmyard set , a keyboard with microphone etc and a desk.
Rest of family, mums, granny etc, fortunately the wife deals with all of this and we have all been agreed that we won't spend much this year on each other, £10 type of deal , so that's resulted in wine , chocolates, Bodyshop baskets etc.
How about you, what would you like to see from Santa ?
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05-12-2008, 8:29 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
I am getting a heavy duty aluminium chipper for my actifry
I know i sent ere in doors the link and its on the floor in the living room atm
Apart from that I am impossible to buy for, I dont want much and if I do want something I just go and get it. Clothes (Anything with a designer label is out), Watches, Jewellery, Smellys (I have a bad chest and cant tolerate any smellys in the air) I have zero interest in. I cant eat 90% of foods because of my condition and I dont drink or smoke.
Toys are cool thou I got a remote control Darlek and several nitro cars
Buying for ere in doors is hard since I have no idea on fashion or what she likes (since it changes hourly...) and she aint getting a channel bag
Everyone else gets stuff from amazon delivered to there door gift wrapped 
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05-12-2008, 8:54 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Already had my 320gb hdd and hdd caddy for my ps3  off my girlfriend. I gave her money to buy shoes back in November  but I've just ordered her Singstar ABBA.
For my Dad I've got a nice big solid metal cook book weight, shaped to fit in the book crease in the middle, also got him a book about being green, larder, preserving, gardening, natural remedies and stuff.
For a sister I found a nice book frame, set of four different size frames joined around each other.
Fable 2 Xbox 360 game for my brother  still got lots to buy...
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05-12-2008, 9:25 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Got the kids a Wii, they already had a 360 for a couple of years now.
I won't be buying for anyone else, as I've been made redunudant. As long as my kids are happy at xmas and we have a nice xmas dinner, and are all cosy, then I don't really care.
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05-12-2008, 9:44 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Got my Mum brain training to go with the DS my Dad has got her! Or should that be the DS I got for my Dad to give her!  Will also get her something else - jewellery or clothingwise!
Got My Sister Leona Lewis CD, a camera case and a top
Got my brother a Lambretta Leather Jacket which was an absolute bargain at a recent scooter rally!
Got my niece the high school musical dress dress from Asda that there has been all the fuss over as no-one can get it! yay!
Got my bro in law and nephew matching West Ham polo shirts and hammer pin badges! Oh and a west ham curly straw for the nephew only!
Still got HEAPS to buy! 
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05-12-2008, 9:48 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Well, we have kids, so we find the custom diary's and calendars you can create from the likes of photo box with your own photos are a superb family present all round.
This year, with everyone into music, we got Guitar Hero World tour on the Wii, that should go down well with parents and kids alike
We have a lad, a girl and a teenager, the lad and teenager are real easy to buy for, our 7 year old daughter on the other hand is difficult to buy for, she's not one for dolls and the like, which pretty much stuffs you when you look at the choice for girls, however, she wants a bike this year, which has made it easier.
I'm with the OP, when you have young children, there's not much point going mad with gifts, but it doesn't matter how much you try and keep it down, once you add all the rellies gifts to the pile, you soon have a mountain and your living room ends up a see of wrapping paper!
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05-12-2008, 9:59 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Dyson for the wife, my Mum makes wedding cakes so I'll get her some bits and bobs for that. not sure about my Dad yet.
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05-12-2008, 10:02 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Well considering I've bought myself a car, and paid the insurance for it (3k total). That's their bloody Christmas present. Me taxing them everywhere they want to go
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05-12-2008, 10:05 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Singh400
Me taxing them everywhere they want to go 
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Are you Gordon Brown?
My wife loves kitchen stuff, so I'm one of the few men who can get away with buying the other half a load of new cake tins and she'll be happy, and I'll reap the rewards!
I think between me and the wife, we've bought our 11 month old daughter the whole of Toys R Us...
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05-12-2008, 10:10 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
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I think between me and the wife, we've bought our 11 month old daughter the whole of Toys R Us... 
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Is this your first year? Welcome to the pain of trying to get the actual items out of their flooping boxes!
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05-12-2008, 10:13 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
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Originally Posted by Toasty
Is this your first year? Welcome to the pain of trying to get the actual items out of their flooping boxes!
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Part of me is tempted to unpack and build/test everything before Christmas day so she has the time to actually play with the things instead of watching daddy swear at a cardboard box for an hour before wandering off to nick a load of batteries from a remote control.
The other part of me thinks box-shaped things are far easier to wrap than a giant ride-along cow is...
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05-12-2008, 10:16 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
Well the missus wants a new camera, we've gone over the top on prezzie's for my boy, my parents are getting a lovely photo of my boy playing in the woods in autumn put onto a large canvass. Its really nice and i'm thinking about getting another one of them for us! The only other important one is the dog. He loves christmas and christmas dinner and unwrapping his prezzie's. Dunno what i want, nothing really, and no idea what I'll be getting. But i'm pretty sure a PS3 will be on the list of stuff i'm NOT getting!
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05-12-2008, 10:19 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
...and if she's anything like my boy she'll play with them for a total of 10 minutes over the next year and you realise a giant pad of paper and a box of wax crayons would have saved a fortune and occupied her for far longer!!! Our local charity shop is doing very well out of us this christmas!
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05-12-2008, 10:50 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
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Dyson for the wife,
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05-12-2008, 10:55 AM
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Re: So.. Christmas Presents.....
I still have not decided what I want yet but I am being pushed for an answer
I brought my wife an Ipod Nano this morning which I know will get used a lot.
My little lad is proving a little more difficult. As mentioned in a previous post, we also celebrate Sinterklass today where he will also receive presents so we do not want to overload him. At the moment I think I will get him a football kit and some creative stuff, his drawings are superb and at 5 he can draw better than I could at 16, amazing.
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