Stocking fillers for fussy dh

[Foxton20]

Dh is a “snob”. He knows what he likes...

He loves cheese, trains, vintage things, records, good books.

I have zero ideas. So far he’s got socks, an avocado chocolate from waitrose, a Christian fish leather bracelet, and a shirt.
Help 😩

If he likes vintage buy something vintage.... I’m sitting looking at a red LNER fire bucket which I use next to my fireplace for the logs. I’ve gifted a steam train enthusiast a vintage engine drivers pocket reference book ( god I’m sorry I don’t know the proper name)... it was a small leather bound book which was issued full of pull-out technical drawings and information about the locomotive. I bought that in an antiques place in Pickering which had loads of Steam train memorabilia. If anyone’s coming to London you could pick up some beautiful cheese biscuits, chutneys port etc from Fortnums....every food snobs heaven I would have thought. ( probably available online if you’re not coming)

“ You can buy personalized cheese knives that look classy.”
That’s an oxymoron.

DH is getting me an Elemis advent calendar, I am doing him a stocking. The sticking is quite big, which has advantages and disadvantages!

I am getting him:
Gins (m and s do bottles of 20cl or so)
Personalised marmite
Chocolates
Cuff links
Cycling shorts - he runs
Book
Socks
Pants
Shower gel
Some foodie things - balsamic pearls, Argan dipping oil, maybe a posh olive oil, truffles maybe
Private eye magazine

Does he like whisky? 2-3 single malt miniatures to try? Or a bottle of his favourite if he has one.

I thought only children had stockings at Xmas? Why does a grown man need one?

OldEvilOwl
Everyone in my house gets one including me

Who wouldn’t want a stocking?

If he's into his vinyl records you could get him a record cleaning kit, will be handy especially if he's buying vintage records

Oh @WellTidy where did you get the balsamic pearls from? I love these

I got them from Waitrose

You can order lovely local Orkney cheeses from Jolly’s of Orkney - they deliver very quickly.

I have bought a Camembert baking dish for dh, for his stocking this year, and I am going to add nice cheeses (including a Camembert for him to bake, of course), biscuits for cheese and chutneys from Waitrose.

Who wouldn’t want a stocking?
Me! Unless I could choose all the filling myself, which kind of defeats the object.

I thought stockings were from Father Christmas - fun little presents - chocolate orange, funny socks, joke pencil, silly mug, Christmas coffee or hot chocolate.

When did the stocking become the main present?

Buy him some Stinking Bishop cheese. It is revolting. I buy it for DH as proof of my undying love for him, because it stinks the house out.

How about vintage fob watch? Or a vintage fountain pen? (check they both work)

A Folio Society copy of a classic book he loves but doesn't own (collection of poems or essays?)

Fino Sherry would be good wirh the cheese gifts. I also have a fussy DH and he discovered Fino this year. It's very dry, nothing like Harvey's Bristol Cream! Or port also good with cheese.

My DB is into trains (sigh) and last year his wife bought him a 'learn to drive a steam train' experience day. He did it earlier in the year at Scarborough on the little train that runs around the bay, and I went with him and her. It was great and he thoroughly enjoyed it!