What are we getting our nannies for Christmas? Nannies, what kind of things do you like to receive?

[CinnabarRed]

I'm all out of inspiration this year, and have no idea what to get our lovely nanny.

The DSs have made her a pottery plate with their handprints on, but I'm stuck for something from DH and me.

Fancy sharing your plans to help me out?

As a nanny, I would prefer cash or a voucher, then can get something I want.

If you don't want to give cash, casually say one day 'oh I like the perfume you're wearing, what is it?' And then voila, there's your present :)

Thanks WLN.

I'd prefer vouchers to cash, and suspect she'd be just as happy with those as with cash. You don't think it's too impersonal?

She happens to be sports mad, but I don't dare get her something related to her football team because she has everything related to her team already!

Yeah vouchers are a great idea, just make sure it's for a shop she'll definitely use!

Ticketmaster or last minuite vouchers so she can buy a sporting experience?

Vouchers are good but they are worthless if the company goes bust, so be careful about selecting. Amazon, Apple, GooglePlay should be fine.

Ask them if they have an xmas wishlist, they may well have a list of things they would like.

Impersonal is fine.

I do a v small gift from each child (say a fiver or so) and then a John Lewis voucher from me.

The Post Office do a brilliant voucher called One 4 All which can be spent in tons of shops and online retailers from Topshop to Currys. She would then have a big choice of places to spend it.

1 week's pay and then a gift. The gift is sometimes jewellery (Oliver Bonas), but now our nanny is part time, it's a smaller gift, like M&S truffles in a wooden box shaped like a Christmas tree

I was going to ask about value.

We can't afford a week's pay. I'm not spending that much on my whole family combined. But I was hoping that £100ish would be OK?

Thanks everyone for your posts.

I hear you - we were giving our nanny more than we spent on ourselves! Sorry if it seemed insensitive to suggest that. Why don't you give her a White company candle, carf, cashmere socks, truffles or affordable silver jewellery? They are my fail safe options for anyone I don't know how to buy for.