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Here are some Christmas present ideas

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Mydogisscratching · 08/12/2023 17:32

I wrote this list for absolutely no reason for my friends. Maybe there was a reason actually. I can't remember. Anyway here it is. Maybe it'll spark an idea for someone and be helpful!!

  1. Mugs! You use them everyday so always think of the person. I like the Anna & Nina funny ones. Also Outlandish Creations. Gorgeous
  2. Other lovely kitchen stuff. Know they need a fruit bowl? Get a lovely one. The Emile Henry bowl is good - veg in the bottom, fruit on the top
  3. Magazine subscription - Private Eye, Grazia. Whatever they like
  4. Anything perishable - we all have enough shit. Give something that disappears after a while
  5. Cinema membership - Curzon, Everyman, Picturehouse. We all have enough shit and people don't go to the cinema enough
  6. Restaurant vouchers - see above re we all have enough shit
  7. You know, I'd take a voucher for a coffee shop. Takeaway coffee is so expensive now!
  8. Socks - it's a classic for a reason. Cashmere
  9. Candles - people say they hate giving/receiving candles. You just aren't spending enough. Buy fancy. Little luxuries don't come more lux than literally burning money
10. A print/poster from their favourite film framed 11. A copy of Private Eye from the day they were born, framed. Sadly mine had Prince Andrew on it :( 12. A really good knife - for someone who likes cooking, obvs. Maybe something random to add to their set - like the Global tomato knife 13. Lisa Eldridge lipstick and matching liner. Love her and her stuff is great 15. Art Fund/Tate membership

Stocking fillers/presents under £10

  1. The milk chocolate honeycomb from Fortnum & Mason
  2. Chocolate generally - needs to be one fancy thing or a really cheap selection box. Adults love a selection box too. NO LINDT
  3. Cheese. Any
  4. Q&A a day five year journal
  5. Roger & Gallet shower gel
  6. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
  7. Hotel Chocolat black forest hot chocolate (ok it's about 13 quid)
  8. Rukmini Iyer roasting tin recipe book. Don't know anyone who doesn't love these
  9. The Book of Form and Emptiness - it's a novel
10. Brownies - made by you 11. Nigella Lawson bar nuts - make in bulk, portion off in little bags. DELICIOUS. Have changed this one to add lemongrass and other shit 12. Silk hair ties 13. Skull teaspoons 14. Spacemasks X2 (Amazon sell singles) 15. Bamboo lids for Gu pudding pots (yes really) 16. Stainless steel tube squeezer - for toothpaste, hand cream, tomato puree. People love this shit 17. A card/board game that people will want to play on Christmas day (shit present if languishes in cupboard)

Another top tip - Pay the Selfridges ten quid a year unlimited delivery thing. Send lots of presents on nominated/next day delivery for zero pounds after that initial tenner!! They sell lots of shit and it always turns up looking relatively nice especially if you're posting direct

Side note - NO NOVELTY SHIT. No novelty mugs. No poo bingo. No bullshit buttons. No grow your own hairy beaver. Awful. Straight in the bin. So wasteful

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Peterpieper · 08/12/2023 19:45

I thought you are funny OP don’t let the misery guts get you down. God ideas as well

ghislaine · 08/12/2023 19:51

re the Guinness book of records, it’s a guaranteed hit with my two but then they love those books of lists and fun facts.

Not cheap but I also like to give animal experiences at a city farm or an animal adoption pack. The latter usually come with a soft toy or two.

Blackxmascushion · 08/12/2023 19:55

Some great ideas on here, hadn’t heard of Emile Henry.

user628468523532453 · 08/12/2023 19:55

What's wrong with Lindt?

PickleSmith · 08/12/2023 19:58

I don't think I was bitchy? I just sort of disagreed Grin

Actually I think it would have been well received if posted as a ' just some ideas for people, I love all this stuff so maybe you'll like bits too' as opposed to ' here are the facts'

Pascha · 08/12/2023 20:04

I was prepared to say no thanks to the list but I am drawn to the Emile Henry bowl. I might have to just look at that for a bit.

No crappy mugs or candles for me though please. That fall into the category of straight out the door.

housethatbuiltme · 08/12/2023 20:23

Mydogisscratching · 08/12/2023 19:25

See, I don't think something you can use every single day is a novelty. They measure out the perfect amount of sugar for a cup of tea

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Who is actually using a spoon with 3 hole in to measure sugar lol... Messy.

Also 'the perfect amount of sugar' is entirely different to different people, too many the 'perfect amount' is zero.

Thudercatsrule · 08/12/2023 20:25

Wow! What a load of grinches commenting!

Didnt anyone ever tell you "if you cant say anything nice, dont say anything at all"

I loved your list, no, not everything is for me or my family, but great suggestions that have made me think a little out of the box - and yep, im getting the skull spoons - just cos they cool!!

ImDuranDuran · 08/12/2023 20:49

PickleSmith · 08/12/2023 18:45

I sort of agree with @Needmorelego - I'm not sure about some things on your list! I would absolutely hate to receive a mug or a fruit bowl and I own loads of cashmere socks so wouldn't want more. Ditto candles - I only like Nest or Diptique ones!

And I LOVE Lindt! I've just bought special US import flavours that you can't get in the UK

Ohh can you share the favours?? I'm still obsessed with the fact I can get pistachio ones in Sainsbury’s!

Whatwaswrongwiththatusername · 08/12/2023 20:55

@housethatbuiltme They are ironically the only thing I kind of like from OP list but they are 100% a novelty... there no practical use for them, but a cute silly stocking filler.

They are as the sound, spoons shaped like skulls... meaning they have holes in them and thus do not 'spoon' anymore.

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Are they not the type for sugar cubes for absinthe?

PickleSmith · 08/12/2023 21:07

@ImDuranDuran stand by!!!

Snickerdoodle

Peppermint bark

I mean - can you even believe that?! Err not cheap but worth it!

CatchHimDerry · 08/12/2023 21:15

Speak for yourself, I love my bullshit buzzer 😂 comes out every pub quiz night and is now such a staple its been replaced once already when we lost the original

Zebracat · 08/12/2023 21:39

I love the Emile Henry fruit bowl. AndLindt.

villanova · 08/12/2023 22:08

The skull spoons aren't useless - I have one I use all the time for scooping olives out of the brine in the jar, or cherries if I don't want any syrup. Would work equally well for pickled onions,

NotFastButFurious · 08/12/2023 22:44

I bloody love a Lindt chocolate ball!

Ibizabar · 08/12/2023 22:47

We all have your budget 🙄

Rainallnight · 08/12/2023 22:51

I like your list

Ibizabar · 08/12/2023 22:52

We all just pop into Selfridges and Fortnums to do our Christmas shopping, darling.

Xmasbaby11 · 08/12/2023 22:52

Some great ideas there! I will look it over again tomorrow and work out what to use for people I haven’t bought for yet.

UndertheCedartree · 08/12/2023 23:17

Mydogisscratching · 08/12/2023 19:30

@ghighislaine You sound very thoughtful. I haven't bought an annual in years! Good idea .do kids still like the Guinness book of records?

I bought my 11yo a Guinness book of records last year and she loved it!

pharmachameleon · 08/12/2023 23:35

Lindt must have changed their recipe as the chocolate tastes awful now. I'm devastated as it used to be my favourite chocolate 😭

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/12/2023 03:40

We have 1000s of mugs. We have no babysitter.
We live and work rurally, nowhere near any coffee shop chains, and I'm allergic to coffee. I've still got a Costa voucher from last year I havn't managed to spend.
Can't stand scented anything- candles, hand cream etc
Magazines get very samey after about 3 months.,
Kitchenware and lids for Gu pots, recipe books etc are not presents.

I would really appreciate less clutter i my house, wool rich socks and a meal I havn't cooked myself.

Raspberrymoon49 · 09/12/2023 04:22

Not for me thanks OP, nothing on your list appeals but appreciate the effort (Selfridges delivery though, really?!)

CurlewKate · 09/12/2023 05:01

You don't like the list-don't use the list! It's kinda weird to go to all the effort of reading it then abusing the OP about it!

garlictwist · 09/12/2023 05:09

ghislaine · 08/12/2023 19:25

I like to give a calendar, either of the local area or somewhere interesting I’ve visited. Useful and decorative!

Personalised baubles are quite sweet.

For children, an annual is an easy present eg the Beano or a sports one.

I would not use a calendar. I've got my phone.