My feed
Premium
Please
or
to access all these features

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

Christmas

Fellow Mner needs awful present for awful ILS any ideas?

101 replies

yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:05

much appreciated

OP posts:
Report
HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:06

How about those toe thongs that YorkieGirl linked to yesterday?

Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:08

good idea, keep em coming

OP posts:
Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:09

a belt a size too small for MIL, and slippers a size too small for FIL.

Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:09

out of date Xmas pudding??

Report
SpookyMadMerryChristmasMummy · 03/12/2006 11:10

TOE THONGS??? pmsl!!!

link purllease!

Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:10

haha! Are you reading this Mrs X?

OP posts:
Report
PinkTinsel · 03/12/2006 11:10

cheap shiny tat..... vases or horrible figurines they'll have to put it up in their home and see it every day!

Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:11

or say graciously "we haven't bought pressies this year. we donated the money we would have spent on your to charity - i am sure you don't mind" - you could really do that actually - you would feel great and what could they say. Lots of charities have Xmas appeals and would appreciate the donation.

Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:11

Taylor, you're good at this

OP posts:
Report
Carmenere · 03/12/2006 11:11

Knicker elastic obviously.........

Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:12

i know - i have difficult ILS ... plus maybe i am a bit evil

Report
HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:12

YG's link from last night

Report
HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:13

6000 piece jigsaw, so they can't use their dining table for months until it's finished!
(And remove 3 or 4 pieces before wrapping it up!)

Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:13

humphrey - PMSl and ROFL - they are beyond hideous!!

Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:14

I thought as much taylor

Am loving the toe thongs, how about you Mrs X? I know you're there

OP posts:
Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:15

Humphrey!1 that's genius

OP posts:
Report
taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:15

pack of broken biscuits ...

Report
MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:15

omg! these ideas are fab!

Report
edam · 03/12/2006 11:15

You could copy the awful MIL who gave a MNer several metres of knicker elastic.

Report
yULeYSEES · 03/12/2006 11:17

hehe

leave you to your shopping MrsX, ds1 is stealing my poota!!!!

OP posts:
Report
MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:17

was thinking along the lines of as revolting cookie jar I saw on ebay that she can only use at xmas... but keep the ideas coming!

Report
HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:18

a dice.

in a very small box, inside a bigger box, inside a bigger box etc.

Report

Newsletters you might like

Discover Exclusive Savings!

Sign up to our Money Saver newsletter now and receive exclusive deals and hot tips on where to find the biggest online bargains, tailored just for Mumsnetters.

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

Parent-Approved Gems Await!

Subscribe to our weekly Swears By newsletter and receive handpicked recommendations for parents, by parents, every Sunday.

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

taylormama · 03/12/2006 11:19

anything which has on it "not for re-sale" like freebies from a hotel or free books which come with magazines ....

Report
MrsXwithhorridILs · 03/12/2006 11:19

ok. without too much detail she is a sah granny and he is an accountant..


they like to think they have high morals but i KNOW BETTER! Apparently other things are more important than child or grandchild

Report
HumphreyCushiONtheFirstNoel · 03/12/2006 11:20

one knitting needle (give her the other one for her birthday!) and a solar calculator then!

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.