He doesn’t need razors.
He doesn’t need tools.
He doesn’t need fucking camping gear or alcohol!
And my mom doesn’t need bath products, mugs, or jewelry.
Anything else that doesn’t cost $500+, please, I’m begging you 😭(@guide writers, not OP)
- Poem written by you of favorite memories
- Collect favorite photos and get then printed into a book
- Cook them a tasty special meal
- Take them out to a special favorite restaurant
If you don’t spend $500 or more then you automatically dishonour your family in the eyes of capitalism.
Cheap gifts make Jeff bezos cry. Is that what you want? To make baby Jeff cry?
Tears of joy, maybe. Cheap gifts are part of Amazon’s lifeblood. It’s certainly not the first place most people think of when seeking out something $500+.
These are legitimately awesome ideas. Thank you so much! /gen
Bucket style towel warmer for both/either. I can’t believe they aren’t standard in hotels at this point.
Jam. Make some Jam. Everyone needs jam. Put vodka in the jam so it’s fancy.
Everyone gets some apple butter and everyone will enjoy it or else!
I’m part of everyone! Send me apple butter! (Please)
I would if the entire batch I just made wasn’t already claimed!
You drive a hard bargain, but alright pass it over
I made a whole assortment of different fruit butters for my father-in-law once. I don’t know if he appreciated it or not but they did get eaten
If you can paint -at all- like it doesn’t even have to be that good, paint a flower pot with pictures of old pets who have died over the years, plant something super easy to keep alive, like an aloe or snake plant, and write them something about your shared memories. Include the pics you used for the painting so they can reminisce with you.
This was a big win for me.
I do need razors, I do need tools, I do need camping gear, I do need bath products, I do want jewelry.
But what you buy me, will never be what I actually want. We have a family tradition, where we go online as a family, and order stuff we actually want. No need for surprises and pretending to be happy with something you didn’t want.
On a similar note, the family christmas dinner is pizza with pre-made tapas/snacks, consumed in PJs while watching netflix. No one’s stressed, tired or spending too much time in the kitchen.
Cancer and too many funerals, really does shed a family of fucks to give.
Ordering something gift wrapped for yourself and delivering it to them so they can give it to you and you can act surprised and tell them how thoughtful they are is next level gifting.
He don’t use jelly 🎵
And he don’t use cheese 🎶
What I really, actually want for Christmas is time free from worries.
But I have responsibilities so I can’t ever have that again.
So I guess some underwear would be nice.
All I want for Christmas is 10TB SSDs. The more the merrier.
I buy HDDs on vinted now. Huge bargains to be had. Fast enough for fully legal torrenting of open source software and public domain works.
*Gen5, please.
I mean, a knife is a great gift. I wouldn’t recommend storing one in whiskey though.
One knife is a great gift so make it count. I own one nice knife made by a blacksmith in California. That knife is my camping and anything-outdoors knife. It will undoubtedly outlast me and be handed down.
What if the knife stored wiskey?
A good or fun pair of socks.
- Genderless
- Inexpensive
- Practical
- One can never have too many socks
If you’re giving them as a gift, you might as well get a high quality pair of socks. Wool, non-China crap.
Few people will ever buy them for themselves, because of the price, but the difference is often huge. And they last much longer too.
Seriously, my wife got me some merino wool socks with silk in it and those are so so nice to wear, they are not even close to being comparable to my other socks.
Yeah. Won’t lie a 10 pack of redheads would be a treat. They aren’t what they used to be. But still cosy
most things that I acquire are pretty specific like tools or books or musical instruments, socks and underwear, etc, and I came to select those things through trial and error. I still appreciate gifts, but…
my ex bought me two things I wouldn’t have bought for myself but absolutely loved: the red book - a red leather bound copy of the lord of the rings in one volume and a hello kitty fender strat. then my (adult) children got together and bought me a t-shirt that is a portrait of Anthony Bourdain using sort of ascii art of the first chapter of kitchen confidential. I struggle with depression and it was like an acknowledgement of that and them telling me they loved me.
goddammit I’m crying.
if I could receive one gift I’d pick for myself, it would be more time with them.
I have such a hard time buying for people and being bought for. I mean I appreciate anything I get because it IS really the thought that matters to me, but…Like, if I want something, I’ll just buy it. If I haven’t bought it already, it’s too expensive to get for me as a gift.
I’m literally only holding off on purchasing some things right now so I can send them to my family as gift ideas.
He needs a $550 Shinola clock with the $80 stand. So he can tell time REAL FUCKIN HARD
A gift card for any hobby related stuff is way better than any guide. I cannot dream to know which bee hat or hive brush (if thats a thing) would be an upgrade, but Im certain that he can pick out something himself that he might have “wanted” but not needed, and if I stipulate that the gift card is for want and not need, he will buy something nice.
I did the same with a bike store a few years ago and he upgraded the pedals so he can use them both with ordinary shoes as well as the “locking” shoes.
I know a lot of people don’t like being given money because it’s impersonal, so I like to pair a gift card with something creative: baked goods or candy, a mug, an ornament, a picture or card, etc. You can source materials secondhand or find them outdoors. The food route is especially useful for people who aren’t into small decorative things.
I would be happy with just the gift part personally. If someone takes the effort to make me something it means a lot to me. A gift card or money doesn’t really do much for me.
Great addition :) Nice way to personalize. In our family its highly unsual to get money (cas or transfer), that only happens if the giver is unsure which shop is preferred and it usually means a joint shopping trip. Thats also a bonding moment where the reciever can talk about the hobby and why the item(s) chosen are picked
I love shopping trips! My uncle took me on one when I was a teenager and it’s one of my best memories.
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I recently got my dad a pair of socks that said “I’m not sleeping, I’m resting my eyes” on the bottom, and an extremely garish shirt he presumably can wear in public to embarrass my mom. It doesn’t always have to be booze!
Gifts for mum: bling and perfume!
Gifts for dad: get him shitfaced
I found a knife in the woods of Mt. Hood and refurbished it for my friend that "never had a good kitchen knife.’ It might have previously been used for murder, but that’s a good man gift, if you grind it up real nice and recreate the pommel correctly, it’ll do true to you.
Being found abandoned and refurbished makes it better, because now it has a story :)
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NGL I kinda want to experience knife flavoured whiskey from a flannel flask after reading that. Sounds interesting.
It’s got a strong bite, with notes of oak and copper.
Really does suck. My dad had a problem with alcohol and I always refused to partake in that unlike my brothers but he doesn’t really have hobbies and so all the gift ideas sucked as it’s beer.
I get him gloves and scarfs now 😂
Here is the best gift guide for all the people you love: books.
