Just had a note from nursery asking that parents do not buy them chocolates for a Christmas gift - what on earth can I give them instead?

[ceebee74]

Apparently all the staff are on a diet

Am now totally lost for ideas as a box of chocolates or biscuits that they could share seemed ideal.

Any ideas gratefully received.

[Othersideofthechannel]

Fruit basket?

[SantasLittleToiletFlusher]

Bubble bath?

[iloveabargain]

I remember last year a MNer said something about a Lush gift set (with bath bombsetc) Think that is fab idea, and will be doing it this year.

[iloveabargain]

bombs etc

[ceebee74]

Fab ideas but there are about 20 staff so how would they be able to share it?

[Aero]

It's a bit cheeky imo, but I can see where they're coming from. You could go down the smellies, nice candle or picture frame route, or even a bottle of wine - even dieters need a glass of wine from time to time!! Either that or you could buy them a charity goat or whatever, or just a card if they're that fussy!! lol

[Aero]

Eek! 20 staff - that'w way different, now I see your issue entirely!!! Buy them a goat!!!

[Pickie]

handcream! They must wash their hands a lot so some nice goodies for that?

[iloveabargain]

With Lush, you can choose what you want in it, so maybe get your own selection, and then put a note for them all to share.

[iloveabargain]

or miniture bottles of wine?

[fullmoonfiend]

some hyacynch or tete-a-tete bulbs in a pretty plantpot (v cheap and nice and can be planted in garden for next year)

ah, but i see here are 20 staff...even at a quid a pop that would be expensive. A couple of bottles of wine for their xmas night out?

Fruit basket is a nice idea as OSOTC suggested...

I'd be tempted t go down the Oxfam Unwrapped route myself.

[ggirlsbells]

doesn't anyone else think it's a bit of a cheek of them to send a note out like this?

How presumptuous.

[Othersideofthechannel]

I do but that wasn't what the OP is about.

[SpacePuppy]

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[SpacePuppy]

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[DynamicKermitsNanny]

I was a nursery nurse, and theres lots of things that I / my friends would have liked - book, soap, christmas ornament for their Christmas tree, a lovely photo frame, one mum got us a small gift voucher for a facial at the local college beauty parlour. Hope that helps - depends on if your buying for a couple of staff or 1 staff member - when I left my nursery I got a nice bag of one mum to hold my gym kit.

[DynamicKermitsNanny]

20 staff! I would only buy for a key person or the 2/3 staff in the childs room

[SantasLittleToiletFlusher]

How much do you want to spend Ceebee74?

[ggirlsbells]

lottery ticket each

[fullmoonfiend]

(it is a bit cheeky. When I worked at a reschool many parents didn't get us anything and that was fine. and those who idid buy us smething, we were very happy to be thought of, whatever the gift was. Any surplus of chox, biccies etc were divided out between us at the end of term and we took them home to very happy children and DHs/DPs!)

[ceebee74]

Yes I do think it is cheeky and am tempted to not buy them anything at all - but DS will be at this nursery for a few Christmasses yet so don't want to upset them!

Can see where they are coming from with the chocolates as it must take them all year to get through 30 odd tins/boxes of chocolates! I was looking forward to going and finding some lovely, nice chocolates (rather than Celebrations etc) aswell.

[ceebee74]

Was thinking between £10-15 tbh - £20 absolute max - particularly as it is shared between them all.

Would give to only the key worker but DS has had 3 key workers since he started in January - and the staff seem to rotate between the baby room (where DS is) and the big room so all the staff have been involved in DS's care at some point so hard to pick out particular ones.