What's the most mundane stocking gift in your house?

[Molehillmountain]

Ours have lots of stocking gifts, but most are things they'd have needed anyway. Can anyone beat toothbrushes, shampoo and flannels? They get very excited whatever they unwrap!

Mint I too went out and got some windscreen ice scrapers too - just to stop the arguments.

Flannel, deodorant, shower gel and hairbrush

I've done the mini box of cereal thing too! DS usually has porridge or Weetabix so a box of highly sugared mini chocolate cookie things is a huuuuuuge treat. It was a from a multipack though and now I don't know what to do with the other 5 boxes. If I eat one in front of DS, or give him another one, it'll give the game away.

Got the requisite socks, pants & toothbrushes here. Oh and welly socks...woohoo!

DD has 2 pairs of tights (way too big for her just now), a tube of dentinox, a toy car, a small ball, a packet of apple biscuit thingys and yet another flaming beaker to try (drinking out of beakers involves everyone getting wet so we're experimenting). I should point out that she's only 7.5 months and almost continuously teething so anything that can be chewed (except the tights) is fair game.

Poor DH has amongst other things a pack of leccy tape, a radiator key and some shaving foam - he's a lucky guy!

have done DS (14 mths) first stocking. he has some crayons, colouring book and playdough. he has so many plastic toys, wanted to try something different!

svrider I was going to say satsumas too. The smell of them always makes me feel Christmassy.

DS has 2 balloons wrapped up in his stocking . I suspect that he'll be pleased, bless. He also has lots of other bits and bobs in there, I've tried to follow MN's stocking advice though - a few things, some of which you would have bought them anyway. Anyway, I'm trying to keep his expectations low for future years.

Love the Windscreen Wiper Wars! Great idea, giving them both their own one.

DS1 has a toothbrush (flashing one). DS2 probably should have one too, but he's just 1, and a terror, and I'm putting off brushing his teeth. DSs both have socks.

I was once the recipient of a box of OXO cubes in my (grown-up) stocking from my mum. It was evidently the year she'd decided to do my stocking by going round Waitrose, as I also got things like a jar of gherkins, cheese straws, jam, etc.

DS2 has post-It note pads. ( so he can use them for his GCSE revision )

DD a toothbrush & toothpaste.

I've also got OH a pair of yaktrax. ( Last year he fell on ice going between meetings, and went on about his bum for weeks!) .

A carbon copy book in each stocking. The girls saw someone using them in a shop and were very impressed. They have all of this technology available to them nowadays but were fascinated by the carbon paper.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss. Santa always encourages good dental hygiene.

Fly swat - dd
Dr Drain (a drain plunger) DP

They loved the copy books!
Merry Christmas.

The kids each had a cereal variety pack in theirs! Sugary cereal is ususally banned but it is Christmas...........they were well pleased!

I got a long-handled dustpan and brush from DH, and some shower gel from DS1! Are they trying to tell me something?!

My DCs stockings contained:
Mouthwash
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Chocolate coins
Marshmallows
Bath sponge
Biro pens
Top trumps from the charity shop
Ear muffs from the pound shop

They were unreasonably pleased with the earmuffs and wore them all morning

The worst stocking presents they ever got were a feather duster each. They loved them though, and fight over who gets to dust with them. They are 7 and 10, long may it continue.

Satsumas here too. at oxo cubes and lemsip max strength, your mil sounds a hoot.