My wife and don't buy gifts for each other anymore - I have a closet full of ties. So we usually buy something for the house - this year we bought some things for the living room which needed updating. So we got a new console for the TV, a new coffee table and a new area rug. The living room looks sort of new. The delivery guys came through with a Christmas Eve delivery - just in the nick of time.
Merry Christmas to all.
I don't exchange with my wife anymore either...we usually make a large purchase to improve the house instead
Love letters and 'together' time is what we do
Mrs Neighbor gave me a ChillPal for Christmas. We did gifts before they left town. She worries about me on those hot summer days.
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We'll see if it works better than the damp dish towel I usually put around my neck. Or maybe she doesn't like my dish towels?? π
We don't do Christmas gifts, but in our family we still give each other gifts on December 5th. Cheap and useful ones for the most part, though.
shareDo you observe Hanukkah at your house (or something)?
shareNo. That's several days, isn't it? And not a fixed date either?
shareFair point. I always thought Hanukkah usually takes place a few weeks before (or around) Christmas. I didn't realized how it can also extend past Christmas during certain years as well. I believe Hanukkah gifts can be given at any time within those days? Then again, I wouldn't know much about that one myself.. So what's the special occasion about December 5th for you guys out of curiosity?
shareIt's Saint Nicholas Eve over here in Europe.
shareGifts for the grandkids only these days. And they get harder to buy for. I bought them books this year. Here's hoping they're ones they don't already own since all of them are readers and have a zillion books already.
I like your idea of a refresh for your living room.
(I think it's a tie room, not a closet, because hey, you're an accountant!) π
MerryπChristmas everyone!
We just buy for our son. We got him this really warm jacket and the funny thing is we are having a very mild winter. My house is not big enough to have a tie room. Although I do have over 50 ties.
shareWhich jacket did you end up getting?
shareWhen I'm hanging with a GF we would buy stuff for each other. I might buy a female friend some girly socks this year, even though they will be late. We don't get together that often so I'm not trying to make any great impression, but she's wonderful when we do see each other.
My roommies gave me a $20 gift cert for a local CD store last year, but I haven't bought anything yet. So hard to decide ! Gonna drop off some LPs and get some more credit and finally pull the trigger, but I have such a hard time thinking of a few things I really want.
But otherwise, not really. Gonna send a buddy a fun box with a bottle of regional Pinot Noir, a local beer, a Habitat For Humanity T-shirt, an Austin City Limits coffee table book and some jazz CDRs I burned. That was more a 60th b-day thing, but I'm nearly a year late. Dates don't matter, it's the thought.
I personally dont want actual gifts. I prefer several Christmas cards with brand new crisp 50 or 100 dollar bills inside the card.
shareI still get gifts every now and then, and give some gifts to others.
Merry Christmas!!! π
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I exchanged gifts with my immediate family today. I got a Tim Horton's gift card, a Subway gift card, toothpaste, toothbrush, body wash, gloves, pillowcases, and lots of chocolate.
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