I have befriended an old man who lives close by, and we (the kids and I) stop and chat to him at least once a week for the last year or 2. He has got us all birthday cards and the odd small gift (puts a bar of chocolate through the letter box etc) he is wanting to buy my kids shoes this Christmas after he had a betting win on horses with their names. He is so sweet, and I've never had a grandfather so I suppose he is a substitute for us. I was thinking a stocking might be a good idea for a Christmas present. He has a December birthday too. I only know he enjoys betting on horses, and he is a very routined, likes very simple old fashioned food. Very healthy for his age, he goes for a very early walk each morning for groceries and to place a bet or in buses to visit the cemetery twice a week. So I was thinking lottery tickets or scratch cards would probably go down well, maybe socks, chocolate, biscuits, any other ideas? I really don't know much at all about very old men!