Christmas presents (1 Viewer)

[parknride]

raspberry gin and christmas cards so far this year.

I don't need the card thanks, save the trees!! More sloes for gin

 

[Larby]

Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke, but for god’s sake stop trashing the planet to buy stuff nobody wants just to tell someone you care.
All it shows is that you don’t.

I offend family by asking for little, just buy me some Thornton's Coffee Creams, "oh can't just get you that" they reply. Yes you can I protest. So I get alcohol (don't drink), jumper, (to keep last year's one company at back of wardrobe), books, (I'm illiterate so can't read or write !) but no chocolates !!!!
People buy you want they want you to have, not what you want?
But seriously, I do like to socialise and meet old and new friends at Christmas. Brother in law and I share loads of jokes, time to be nice to those you detest as well.................

 

[JaG]

The sooner the festive season (Christmas to us oldies) is over the better. It is not about people anymore..it is about selling you the latest gadgets and making as much money as you can.
We do buy presents however, we try and make them meaningful, something that will surprise them that we know they would like, like a days experience perhaps in something. One of our son's always buys us the ACSI book, which we will use. We avoid 'tat' (Trish knows what I mean) like the plague.
Christmas to us is visiting family and talking, going out for a group meal with family and friends or going to an event together such as the grandchildren's Christmas Concerts. It is about doing as little as possible with each other's company, gorging oneself on the things you would not normally eat, having a few drinks and cuddling up with a good film....during which we both fall asleep, never see the middle bits and the ice melts in our drinks.

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[houdini]

Well I really hope I'm on your list of deserving recipients then..........

There's always my 2016 'deserving recipients' list @Popeye, so behave yourself for the next 12 months.
(Note to self: think my gin will be safe!)

Edit: damn, did I say that out loud?

 

[TallBlonde]

Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke, but for god’s sake stop trashing the planet to buy stuff nobody wants just to tell someone you care.
All it shows is that you don’t.

The original article explains a little more; certainly gave me pause for thought.

http://www.monbiot.com/2012/12/10/the-gift-of-death/

 

[Pikeman]

Bloody hell Pat. You usually keep your head below the parapet. Then you pop up with a controversial post like this one. If you hadn't jumped back in to diffuse the lynch mob, they would have had you. Perhaps next time you should try more moderate topics to approach, like euthanasia for dogs or perhaps a recipe for BBQ baby seal.

Merry Christmas to all Yo-HO HO!

Keith

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[Minxy]

We don't buy each other Christmas presents, haven't for years ... stopped when were so skint we couldn't afford anything ... and I do mean SKINT (remember the double figure mortgage rates!), instead if there's something we would really like we get it when we can afford it. As for family and friends, we put quite a lot of thought into what we get them so rather than buy tat for example one year we bought everyone a slow cooker, recipe book and spoon stand and a few individual bits each too - they all loved them (none had ever had a slow cooker before) and enjoyed telling us what latest thing they'd cooked! Another year we got some lovely dressing gowns, jumpers etc (not Christmas ones). We don't as a general rule buy anything that could be described as 'tat' ... although we usually get it in return!!

 

[The Dudess]

Every Christmas my husband arranges a treasure hunt for me. He buys me 5 small inexpensive presents which he hides around the house and on Christmas day he gives me 5 pieces of paper with a cryptic clue on each as to where each pressie is hidden. This results in me running around the house to try to find the pressies shrieking excitedly like a 6 year old - I love it! It was even better when we had the dogs as they would run around with me barking excitedly but not really knowing what it was all about.
(P.S. I'm 63 )

 

[Adbt]

Asked Santa for an Alpine CarPlay ICE system for the motorhome , hes taking it to K and M acoustics in Wigan on Wednesday for fitting ! Thank you Santa !

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/pro..._p-32544.htm?gclid=CNix59_35MkCFYOfGwodvJ8J5w

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