What presents have you bought so far?

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Me:

DH- a book on gardening for the changing climate and a terracotta watering thing. Richard Scarry pen tray and coffee beans for his stocking.

DD - Lululemon loungewear, make up set, gold bracelet, cat book ends, fountain pen

DS- leather jacket (bit risky but he can return it), hot sauce, Lego gingerbread Star Wars set.

various others- posh olive oil and bowl shaped like a lemon, book about parasites, more Lego.

still lots to get

Bought my first present yesterday - A playmobile set for my son. I was going to buy it online, but I saw it in a shop for a cheaper price, so snuck off and bought while he was playing with his friends.

I'll start to do the rest soon, but he hasn't finished writing his letter to Santa yet, and I don't like to buy too much until what he wants is "locked" in place by the list, especially Lego. He changes his mind every day until I make him write it down, but then after that he is very good at wanting just that from then until Christmas.

War Game 4 for my adult nephew
Burled wood pen holder for DH
Book subscription and toddler screwdriver set for 4 year-old niece

My DH is so hard to buy for. He never gives suggestions. I thought he’d been cured of that the year I gave him a bonsai tree and he was like ??.

I’ve bought my DIL’s that’s it 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’ve got my sons’s birthday beginning of December and my DH big birthday too, then all my other gifts to buy eek 😧

Some jigsaws for my great nephew and nieces, a bar in a box for my nephew, some Liz Earle cleansers for my son’s girlfriend and my DD, a necklace for DD, headphones for DS, secateurs and Fjallraven coat for DH.

All bought and wrapped other than for one person (child who hasn’t given any indication as to what they would like as yet).

I bought my dad a copy of "careers", a wadddington game from the 60s which he recently said he loved playing when he was little (we now play old board games when we go to stay with the kids which we all enjoy!), a Christmas ornament from then Imperial war museum of Santa in a spitfire.

I'm going to get my mum the 80s cluedo we had as the new one she brought is cheap and rubbish.

I'm proud of those, I normally leave it til too late to buy anything good!

4 small presents for two children of friends and two great nieces

One stocking present for dp, will need a few more, plus stocking things for ds. I like doing those

We’ve both bought each others’ big presents - we’re each getting a picture framed

Ds wants a particular experience thing that I have enquired about but not sorted yet

Dp’s son and ex-wife are tennis fans so I bought Lindt tennis balls in the summer for them, we don’t do big presents

I haven’t got too many others to get thankfully - currently thinking about ds’s girlfriend, maybe cashmere wrist warmers or those rechargeable hand warmers, she runs very cold. Will need to get something for dp’s mum and daughter.

Secret Santa at work must be a charity shop purchase so that’s a nice one to do

All of them. I am very busy at work and other things in December so get it all done October/November time.

DH - theatre tickets and dressing gown
DS1 - new tyres for car and bits and bobs
DS2 - new to him bike and bits and bobs
DS1s GF - cat socks and cinema voucher
DF - beer
DM - smellies
DB - chocolate and weather station
DSIL - socks and smellies

I leave DHs side up to him.

Oh and they are all wrapped as well. (Apart from the tyres and bike!)

I only buy for 2 adults and completed shopping last week. About 20 gifts, all done online from independent sellers. My favourites are a concrete model of Park Hill flats, a musical theatre cushion, a 2nd hand copy of a children's book which is now out of print and a Paddleboarding lesson.

So far I have both main presents for my dc
DD’s main present is AirPods
DS is getting a GoPro style (not GoPro though a much cheaper brand)camera for mountain biking.
I also already have
a pair of adidas campus for dd,
some make up bits in the bperfect sale for dd a bracelet for dd
so now I just need to get their other bits n pieces. I don’t do stockings just gifts they need etc.

All bought but not wrapped. Few items to collect tomorrow then I can start wrapping. This is the earliest I’ve ever been organised! Now I need not to twitch!

I only buy for my kids and step grandkids (though not sure why I bother with the latter as my stepkids do nothing for their half siblings who are much younger). I wouldn’t do it at all except my DH passed sway years ago so I feel I’m doing it partly on his behalf.
Anyway.
Son (23): paying for his annual car insurance; socks with his name meaning (like if his name meant lion, they have lions on them); shoe shining kit in a tin with his footie team colours (this was just a happy coincidence); footie team scarf; different footie team hoodie/t shirt/ framed print combo.
Daughter (21): mandoline (her request), crochet poncho that has become Mt Everest for me due to its complexity; ?? She’s that awful person who actually gets mad at you if you buy something she hasn’t particularly asked for and says you are wasting money, and insists she doesn’t want anything else. But the imbalance is huge.
Grandkids: torn between personalised books for all of them or Montessori type toys (they are all under five). Last year I gave them cute gifts off Etsy and commissioned some amigurumi but not sure if they (the parents) appreciated the effort at all.
FIL: nothing. I usually bring him a plant or something when we visit a few times a year and he stopped doing gifts once my kids hit 18.
Siblings: they live abroad and other than my niece I’ll probably not do anything this year as postage so ££. For my niece I can get her something off Amazon in the country she lives in.

I have 6 children and my husband to buy for:

DH: 2 x tops and a book so far

DD1: Stanley Quencher, HP Trivial Pursuit, Slytherin Journal, books, Eugy animals x 3, Run & Fly Alice in Wonderland dress.

DS1: Books, a top, Hugo Boss fragrance, Lego Fortnite, Lego Brickheadz, New Balance trainers.

DS2: Clothes, books, JW Funko Pop, massive Snorlax plush.

DS3: Books, Stitch hamper, Lego Kakamora, Vans, clothes.

DD2: 1m Play Doh, Angel hamper, clothes, Squishmallow card game, books, Yoto cards.

DS4: Lightning McQueen basket and diecast Cars selection, Lanka Kade Ark, Water Painting, Stepping Stones, travel Magnetic Tiles, clothes, books, wooden ball run.

I also have a few bits for each of their stockings.

I still have lots to get, and lists aren't finished yet but they only get gifts from us so although it always seems that I get a lot, there's lots of them!

A few lego sets for my youngest (18 years lol). Eldest (21) no idea.. probably give him money.
My dad (82) fancy bird feeder for his garden and some biscuits.
A cd for his birthday (week after Christmas).