Have you figured out what to get the most difficult people on your list?
I always struggle with what to get my brother and SIL for Christmas. We live in the middle of nowhere and live a fairly simple lifestyle. My brother and his family live in Indianapolis, right in the thick of things, and are very into status. No one would guess we were raised in the same home.
Every year I wonder what to get them for Christmas. The kids are fairly easy. They're only 5 and 2. It's the adults who are more difficult. Last year I thought I had it. They enjoy good wine. I bought them a lovely bottle of Italian wine along with a booklet about the different wine regions in Italy and the particular characteristics of each. I included a mid-sized box of excellent chocolates. My thought is that even if you aren't planning to eat the entire thing, wine and chocolates are something you can share with guests during the holidays. As they opened the gifts, my SIL commented that they were "something for Scott." I didn't realize that my thin SIL was dieting. Oops! No more food gifts for them.
I think I've got it now, though. I'm giving a memory. When we were kids, we had Slush Mugs. You freeze the liner (like Chillzanne!), then place it in the plastic mug sleeve. Any drink you pour in will become slushy. (Doesn't work with diet drinks, though.) We would fill the mugs with Pepsi and enjoy them with popcorn and Hershey bars while we watched the Christmas specials on TV. I just ordered a set of four Slush Mugs. I'll include DVDs of a couple of the Christmas Specials we watched as kids, some microwave popcorn, and a package of Hershey Chocolate Bars.
Now I just have to figure out what to get my parents.
I always struggle with what to get my brother and SIL for Christmas. We live in the middle of nowhere and live a fairly simple lifestyle. My brother and his family live in Indianapolis, right in the thick of things, and are very into status. No one would guess we were raised in the same home.
Every year I wonder what to get them for Christmas. The kids are fairly easy. They're only 5 and 2. It's the adults who are more difficult. Last year I thought I had it. They enjoy good wine. I bought them a lovely bottle of Italian wine along with a booklet about the different wine regions in Italy and the particular characteristics of each. I included a mid-sized box of excellent chocolates. My thought is that even if you aren't planning to eat the entire thing, wine and chocolates are something you can share with guests during the holidays. As they opened the gifts, my SIL commented that they were "something for Scott." I didn't realize that my thin SIL was dieting. Oops! No more food gifts for them.
I think I've got it now, though. I'm giving a memory. When we were kids, we had Slush Mugs. You freeze the liner (like Chillzanne!), then place it in the plastic mug sleeve. Any drink you pour in will become slushy. (Doesn't work with diet drinks, though.) We would fill the mugs with Pepsi and enjoy them with popcorn and Hershey bars while we watched the Christmas specials on TV. I just ordered a set of four Slush Mugs. I'll include DVDs of a couple of the Christmas Specials we watched as kids, some microwave popcorn, and a package of Hershey Chocolate Bars.
Now I just have to figure out what to get my parents.