What are you getting for elderly parents

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In particular those who live away. Doubt that we will be able to get there to visit.

99 year old great-granny is getting two pashmina type scarfs as they are big enough to spread over her shoulders, and a little ornament for her garden area in the care home.

85 year old grandad (other side of the family) got a food hamper with mini cheeses, chutneys, humbugs, biscuits and crackers.

Dad is getting an Andre Rieu dvd, new slippers (ultra wide/deep for his yuck feet) and a box of brandy cherries in choc (annual treat). Mum is getting a slanket, new dressing gown (has forgotten how to take current one off), and a photobook of her family that I'm making

My dad is getting exciting thermal socks for his freezing feet, and a book for writing his thoughts in for his future first grandchild. My mum is getting A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and fancy soap. They're both getting a breakfast cup and saucer in a china pattern they like. V. quiet Christmas planned this year. We're going to theirs, this has all been delivered to their house though, we just have to open the packets and put them in Christmas wrap.

Nice soft rugby shirt for DDad, DVDs of Midsummer murders for DMum.

magazine subscriptions for DH's Mum & my Grandad. Gloves for DH's dad, photo calendar with pics of DS

Mum

Nice big handbag filled with scarf and gloves, nice tissues, lip balm, hand cream, sweets.

Liquorice all sorts and professional photo of kids

Dad

Hamper of favourite sweets, nice marmalade and our wullie book.

Also grooming kit and spectacle cleaning kit.

Ds and dd are also making them a Hama tree decoration and a calendar.

A dVD of a film he loved and had on video so didn't watch because he only watched DVDs went down very well with my Dad.

Black Books DVD boxset and a bottle of Barolo for my Dad

Build a Bear Snowman with the DC saying they love her into it ( NB this is an "ironic" gift ), Greenpeace calendar, Lush giftbox and German chocolate marzipan hearts for my Mum

Gardeners World magazine subscription for MIL

Hotel Chocolat slabs and iphone incar charger for FIL

My mother's house was broken into whilst she was in hospital last year and all of her jewellery was taken so I've bought her a new bracelet. She also has a school photograph of ds.

We only have my dad, he's getting swimming trunks (yes I know!), some pro photos of the kids and I keep his freezer stocked with home baking throughout the year .
Had my mum still been here, I'd probably have got her something to wear

Some great ideas here, Boobsalot, where did you get your hamper, or did you make it up yourself?

Got my grandad (79) a calendar for his hospital/Dr/dentist appointments
It's what he's asked for as he can never remember what's coming up. Also some proper thermal socks, one of those heated blanket things and a DVD boxset of some war stuff DP thought he would like. Exciting!

My mum & dad are getting a photobook from Snapfish with assorted photos of the DS's in (being delivered direct as we won't see them, mum is going to wrap for me around the outer packaging)

MIL is getting a silver photo box from john lewis with a photo frame in the lid containing a random assortment of photos of the DS's. She's also got a framed photo from the boys. We'll be seeing her over New year though, so not such an issue with fragility of presents!

We have bought MIL a cashmere cardi from Pure . Total luxury and lovely and light and warm .

Gifts for our random 'oldies' -
Soft cardigan from M & S (so they can exchange without embarrassment if I got it wrong!), Alfie Boe CD, Floris Bubble Bath, Marc Jacobs 'Dot' perfume set (for a 'Dot' we have!), Beer hamper (bottles of different sorts of beer - including some with Christmas-y name), bungee bird feeder, Garden tree ornament (thing that twirls and throws reflections), books.

Mobile phone with large keypad, gadget to put photograpic slides on computer and shredding scissor for MD nearly 90. I feel inspired this year!