What did you give for Christmas?

[Aeolienne]

Bee: Nature's Tiny Miracle by Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup
Broken Vows: Tony Blair, The Tragedy of Power by Tom Bower
A leaf-shaped dish made from recycled aluminium, plus a packet of table confetti
Radiohead, A Moon-Shaped Pool
A Seasalt jumper (with an anchor motif, so not overly Christmassy)
A set of samples of edible seaweed
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Two Usborne jigsaw atlases: Great Britain & Ireland and North America

 

[Southern Discomfort]

For my brother I gave him an electric lighter you charge via USB, a book called 'All Dogs have ADHD' - supposed to be his birthday present but I wasn't able to give it to him, and a mug with "I love anal" written on it.

I got my mum a solitary bee hive for the garden.

My dad a bottle of honey Jack Daniel's, whiskey stones - a replacement for ice cubes and a leather wallet with "Beer money" on it.

I got my other brother a elastic band firing wooden gun and him and his girlfriend a light that mimics light being given off by a TV, an anti burglar thing. Not a great gift in retrospect, seemed like a good one at the time. I also gave this to my sister.

My brother's girlfriend a bottle of highlighters shaped as pill capsules that you can open up to use.

My brother in law a map of the world where you can scratch off the places you've been; he's been all over as part of the RAF and going on holidays with my sister.

I also got my sister a spider catcher device, handy since she has arachnophobia.

And my niece a Jemima Puddle Duck - a character from Peter Rabbit, fabric night light which was hand made.

I much preferred getting people gifts as opposed to receiving them this year, it was good fun. I've already got a couple ideas lined up for birthdays and even Christmas again. I'm terrible.

 

[Mr Allen]

A Disney Princess money box and a Lego Friends set to my 5 year old Niece, and a Lego Ninjago set for my 8 year old Nephew.

 

[xudo]

a mug with "I love anal" written on it

I need this for my husband. He would probably die laughing.

 

[clg114]

We gave our great-grandkids tricycles. Our grandkids are all old enough to buy their own gifts, so we just gave them money and a card. We gave our kids coupons to nice restaurants. The idea being that they will have a nice meal with their spouse. My wife and I gave each other several gifts. From Santa, I got a much needed new watch. My wife got a new EAA Witness, semi-automatic, 9mm handgun in hot pink.