So who's getting what for their friends/family? With the family expanding a couple of years ago by a few step-brothers/sisters and their parents, I need to get a whole bunch of ~$50 presents. While I can go with something banal like gift cards or booze I thought I'd ask my fellow bombers first.
Christmas presents 2013
- Mum: Watch
- Dad: Bunch of Blu-Rays
- Younger Brother: The Hobbit, Silmarillion and Children of Hurin
- Youngest Brother: Halo 4
- Nan on my Mum's side: MP3 player
- Nan on my Dad's side: Kindle (not Paperwhite)
What I would recommend is try and get them talking about as many different topics as possible and pick up as much information as you can. So, my Nan talked about how hard it is to see the screen on her current MP3 player, so I'm buying one that has a larger screen, as an example. My Dad recently just said he set up an HD projector with a Blu-Ray player, so that was easy.
Luckily all I need to buy is a toy for my godchild. But damn it's hard to find a cool robot for a 1,5 years old that wouldn't break immediately. Most of the toys I found were intended for over 3 year olds. I guess I'll have to settle for a boring plush toy. At least that won't break when he throws it all around.
I bought my mom a blu ray player and her husband the Dark Knight Trilogy on blu ray to go with it. Now I just have a couple people to buy for!
I got my wife one of the new Kindle Paperwhites, because she reads a lot and the backlight is a huge bonus for her. Plus, we are Prime subscribers and have access to the lending library, which is a huge boon for her.
My dad has been restoring and revitalizing Volkswagen buses since I was a child. He loves working with his hands, so I combined the two and got him this:
My brother is an artist, and has been wanting to get into wood burning, so I got him a pretty extensive wood burning kit.
Mom gets all sorts of decorating stuff for the house.
I bought my present not too long ago, the end of November.
As a result, everyone else is getting jack shit.
Last year I didn't have a job so I didn't spend very much for gifts for Christmas due to being jobless and needing all my money for school and I felt pretty bad because they all got me really nice gifts so this year I am going overboard since I have a ton of money saved up. I haven't got my dad anything yet, but I probably will get him some hockey-related stuff since he likes hockey so much. I bought my mom a rather expensive German-made knife set because her current set is really old. I bought my brother Spy vs. Spy for the NES complete with the box, manual, all the pack-ins, the cart holder sleeve-thingy, and everything. I am going to get him some other stuff too.
Calendar dates don't work like the enumeration of sports seasons or car models.@BeachThunder: Like madden 2013, nhl 2013, etc current season is a year ahead
for my dad i always get high class booze for the cantina we have in the house for my borthers i always get him either books or tv series my mom this year is getting my ds and a copy of animal crossing ds my sister as always is getting a weird looking and rare plush toy for her collection
@Icemo said:
Luckily all I need to buy is a toy for my godchild. But damn it's hard to find a cool robot for a 1,5 years old that wouldn't break immediately. Most of the toys I found were intended for over 3 year olds. I guess I'll have to settle for a boring plush toy. At least that won't break when he throws it all around.
I got my Godson a massive T-Rex, it's badass.
I'm poor and don't know my family well enough to get them any real presents. So like the last few years I got my Christmas shopping done at a Tim Horton's drive thru. Six $10 gift cards and I'm set. They all go there a ton so it's the only thing I know that they will get use out of.
My family wants to do this $20 "Chinese Auction" (that's racist) this year. I'm supposed to buy something that I would want, and that my Christian conservative relatives would also like... I'm stumped. A bottle of Captain Morgan's Private Stock? A pack of Terot carts? I don't know...
@psylah said:
I bought my present not too long ago, the end of November.
As a result, everyone else is getting jack shit.
I ruined the ending for myself!
@TooWalrus said:
My family wants to do this $20 "Chinese Auction" (that's racist) this year. I'm supposed to buy something that I would want, and that my Christian conservative relatives would also like... I'm stumped. A bottle of Captain Morgan's Private Stock? A pack of Terot carts? I don't know...
Just buy chocolate. Even they can't hate chocolate. Or a bong. If they ask what it is say it's a flower vase.
@buft said:
@psylah said:
I bought my present not too long ago, the end of November.
As a result, everyone else is getting jack shit.
I ruined the ending for myself!
Ironically, I am thinking about removing the spoiler. Get that big smooth butt thing going.
over 100 gifts bought and I'm still not done.
At this point I can't remember what I got everyone aside from it being something they actually want, I know that because I was clever enough to, you know, ask at one point what they wanted.
That's a really lame excuse for a typo.@ajamafalous: yeah, obviously, it was just a joking reference since this is a game website. I'm referring to the holiday season that's coming up in a couple of weeks.
My parents and siblings haven't bought me a birthday or christmas present since 2004 so I plan on returning the favor again this year. My friends that I usually get gifts for asked me not to get anything for them because they couldn't afford it this year, so Ill probably get them chocolate or something else cheap that wouldn't make them feel bad. So basically I'm just buying an ipod as a gift to myself so I won't feel left out of christmas. I'm all about the spirit of giving... to myself...
@crusader8463 said:
@TooWalrus said:
My family wants to do this $20 "Chinese Auction" (that's racist) this year. I'm supposed to buy something that I would want, and that my Christian conservative relatives would also like... I'm stumped. A bottle of Captain Morgan's Private Stock? A pack of Terot carts? I don't know...
Just buy chocolate. Even they can't hate chocolate. Or a bong. If they ask what it is say it's a flower vase.
Actually, I found this picture of my cousin making the derpest most embarrassing face possible, and had it made into a coffee mug. It's pointless, but hopefully someone gets a laugh out of it, and who couldn't use another mug?
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