To ask for suggestions for a 70 year old woman for Christmas

[Fedupwiththis70]

Dm is ridiculously hard to buy Christmas presents for. She has very sensitive skin so toiletries not an option. Clothing she’s very fussy. Isn’t very psychically active. Does like coffee though and food but would rather keep food to a minimum as she’s also got diabetes.

Give her your time, as at that age people more than likely have everything so wont want anything material. Plus most parents I should imagine just want to see their kids on Christmas Day.

My DM is around that age, I’m getting her a cashmere poncho, some kerastase hair drops things to help hair growth, lipstick queen lipstick, La Prairie highlighter and some good chocolates. I may also add in a mini bottle of champagne as my DD doesn’t drink it and she wouldn’t open a big bottle for herself.

@StCharlotte

An annual subscription to a magazine? I'm going to do Woman's Weekly for MIL.

She is a bit young for women's weekly.

Lots of magazines are free via kindle/iPad from the library- worth checking

A Phaidon book on a relevant topic? We have done that for DH's grandma (and several other people of various ages!) And they have gone down really well. Lovely quality publishing, always full of great photographs.

@JamieLeeCurtains

Has anyone suggested A Lovely Scarf yet?

Or turtle doves wrist warmers (that company must have so many paid posters on Mumsnet- they seem to be the answer to any gift question)

Mine is 80, she is getting:
Chanel number 5
Longchamp- Le Pilage bag

She reads cosmopolitan, vogue and red on line on her iPad free via the library

It is all about the individual

Recently got my dm an engraved bottle of vintage champagne for her 70th. And a lap tray for her crosswords.

@JamieLeeCurtains

Has anyone suggested A Lovely Scarf yet?

If they have, ignore them.

Yes go with a magazine subscription. Knitting perhaps or crochet?

Women like different things. Some love gardens, some love sexy underwear. Some love the ballet and some love David Bowie. Suggestions for time-killing "pastimes" fill me with horror.

At seventy you are still an individual. My seventy year old friend just back-packed round several African countries. Alone. Another friend in her late sixities is running a highly successful business and if I got her a present I'd get her a new bike. (She is planning to cycle round France if the lockdown lifts). So yes - it's all about the individual.

I can’t see Woman’s Weekly without hearing Victoria Wood in my head.

Yep

Dear god ... Woman's Weekly! My mother was in her mid-80s and would have found the upper arm strength to box my ears with it if I'd given her that.
How about one of those OAP hampers of tinned peaches and Fray Bentos meat pies that churches still give to the old dears for harvest festival?
As she isn't very psychically active, guess she won't be wanting a ouija board to contact dear departed Uncle Fred?

the lovely scarf de nos jours!
I bought for myself some beautifully made face masks - I bought from several suppliers, but these ones are great quality fabric, designs (the patterns are matched on seams), excellent workmanship and wash well.

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FairyTalesFabric

Most of the 70 year olds I know would be more likely to want a new yoga mat, some tennis balls, theatre tickets or a meal out.

I’m bloody dreading my 70th birthday now. I’m obviously going to turn into my granny overnight.

@Lillyhatesjaz

Most of the 70 year olds I know would be more likely to want a new yoga mat, some tennis balls, theatre tickets or a meal out.

This. Or a voucher towards their next adventure holiday.

I'm 70 in a couple of weeks. I've asked for silver topped cain. I need a walking stick anyway, so why not make it WALKING STICK. I've always liked a bit of bling.

Agree with a previous poster. We aren't an homogenous group. Just because I'm old, doesn't make me part of any group
. I've defied the prediction in the votes to leave/ stay that were called by such groupings, and I've done the same in our recent election. If id liveds in the USA, id be an outlier too.

Don't define us by our age. We are just as individual now we are older, as we've ever been

I'd love a flight in a helicopter...... (73)

@Mountainpika

I'd love a flight in a helicopter...... (73)

I suggested this for my in laws today They seemed keen- never been in one

I have a friend who is just over 70. For her, I would probably buy speciality teas, red wine or gin, plants for her garden, a specific type of china that she likes, books about gardening or politics or her favourite countries, CDs of the type of music she likes, maybe a scarf of necklace. But 70 year olds, like other groups of people, vary a lot. I hope there's something in this list that sparks an idea for you, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was no help at all.

For this 72 year old woman, pit lane tickets for the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone please, if you could run to a helicopter ride thus avoiding the horrendous traffic jams, it would be much appreciated!

@BackforGood

I can’t see Woman’s Weekly without hearing Victoria Wood in my head.

Yep

I regularly drive through a village called Kimberley and I always chuckle and say it in my head a la Wood and don't even mention sash windows!

Monthly flower subscription. Case of Wine.

My mum is nearly 70 and would be so insulted if I got her a Woman’s weekly subscription, knitting magazine or a bird box to look out the window at!! She’s in no way what the normal thought of “old” is - she’s probably fitter than me - and lots of people at 70 aren’t much different to 40 year olds in their interests these days. Depends on the person not the age

What would you buy her if she was 40, OP? Or 50? She's still the same person she was then. Hell, in my mid 60s I'm still the same person I was when I was 30, though more adventurous now.

Forget her age. What's her lifestyle? Her hobbies? She's a person, not a number.

Heh. I like that she's not very psychically active! Save that crystal ball for someone else then.