what did you buy your family for Christmas

[PTRS]

what did you buy your family for Christmas?

i bought my brother 128 PNY pendrive becouse he is photograph and he need some storage for 4k phtos

[romevi]

Things don't make people happy. People make people happy. I got my family a day's worth of quality time.

[suicidal_orange]

I've bought gardening stuff, books, cat deterrents, music and perfume amongst other things.

Things don't make people happy. People make people happy. I got my family a day's worth of quality time.

That's nice.  We're only allowed to mix three houses on Christmas day so that's not really an option, I complain every year about seeing people constantly for the best part of a week but can't help thinking I'm going to miss it this year as I sit home eating all the snacks with no guests to share them.

[Olumin]

My mother had her cheap little Chinese scale give up on her that she uses to weigh-out supplements for dog food. I got her a proper scale by Kern and two calibration weights to go with it. Every digital and dial scale requires regular calibration, but I understand that for most people, even a deviation of as much as 0,5g is not significant enough for them to care.

My father was talking about wanting good quality kitchen knives. I got him a Wüsthof 20cm cleaver, since he does not own a cleaver yet.

I also got my mother a bunch more stuff she put on her wish list. A book, a cover for a kitchen device, a spa set and some cookie cutters she wanted.


Hey, you asked.

[noisyturtle]

I've no money and no family so that saves me money around this time of year

[Shapey Fiend]

We don't bother in my family, except for the 6 year old. Got him a Snap Circuits Jr. electronics kit. He's getting approximately a billion things from relations though. Just told someone he doesn't need a second Nintendo Switch but he's getting it anyway..

[phinix]

We bought our daughter different things she wanted, clothes, jewerly etc. She's in this age already where they start to ask for expensive stuff 
I particularly like one opf those gifts - leather jacket, like in motorbiker style - I always wanted one, like that one worn by Ed Chigliak in Northern Exposure - if you are old enough, you will know what I'm talking about 

I have a holiday tradition that once a year I buy a board game for my family and we learn it and play during Christmas break.
This year I bought them Terraforming Mars. I hope they gonna like it, it looks beautiful and sounds very interesting.

[bvckcompton]

Just a various amount of stuff. With 4 sisters and significant others, it really does vary lol.

Highlights though:

- Nice Kitchen Knife
- Record Player
- Nipsey Hussle Art Canvas


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[Afresh]

Vinyl player, a lot of tea and some books. Nothing too fancy but I'm sure family will be happy

[Sintpinty]

Some running gear

[Asininity]

I've grown fonder of either making gifts that are useful for the giftee. For example, I'm in the process of making one sibling a few guitar pedals. For my father I've been working on a desk light, though I severely underestimated the time it would take to bend the wood.

If making a gift isn't an option I prefer to buy gifts that are put to use, like tools. The sort of items that are put to use over time and facilitate creation, whether it's gardening, sowing, or woodworking. In a way I can help them create, and through that contribute to their passions and hobbies.

[fohat.digs]

Now that my kids are in their 20s, they appreciate and enjoy tools as gifts.

[tp4tissue]

Now that my kids are in their 20s, they appreciate and enjoy tools as gifts.

Miter saw,  super useful.

[Asininity]

Now that my kids are in their 20s, they appreciate and enjoy tools as gifts.

It's the quintessential sign of growing older when tools and socks are welcome.

[tp4tissue]

It's the quintessential sign of growing older when tools and socks are welcome.

Tools yes, Socks, IDK,

[Asininity]

It's the quintessential sign of growing older when tools and socks are welcome.

Tools yes, Socks, IDK,

I'll specify, quality socks. Nothing like sliding around on hardwood in a fresh pair of socks. Which is inevitably followed by following over and spending the next three months in rehabilitation.