What pressie do you give to your cleaner at Christmas?

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I am thinking of giving my wonderful cleaner cash and a bottle of wine. For those who are too lazy, slovenly, or busy lucky enough to have a cleaner, what/how much do you give them at Christmas?

I gave her a couple of bags of ecofuel wood pellets. Weird I know, but her house runs off a coal fire and she was keen to try the pellets out.

Oh, and a week's pay.

a new duster an a bottle of cif

double pay and some bath stuff, sanctuary or similar.

I have mine a £30 bonus = just under 2 weeks money

Double pay and a bottle of booze.

I've just got ours a huge box of Celebrations, and will give her double pay.

Lol at duster and cif

I'm so mean.

Was only the 3rd week for my cleaner today. She comes togther with someone else and was only second time I have met the other woman to day as last week another helper came, iyswim.

Anyway, gave them both a card with a fiver in.

Previous cleaner always got a bag of designer-type smellies but I don't feel as though I know this one yet.

Wow, Duchesse, no-one can say your gift isn't practical

Ooh, do you it's too practical? I gave her a bottle of homemade sloe gin the first year, which she seemed rather underwhelmed by, and a tin of choccy biccies last year, which seemed rather dull, so I thought I'd get her something she'd said she wanted this year...

£70 in M&S vouchers and a bottle of wine.

Duchesse, I think it's a lovely pressie, really. It makes me smile. Have you given it to her yet?

I got mine a lovely scented candle and a nice photo frame....

I gave mine a framed picture of me.

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JOKE!

I am a cleaner, today I got 2 wrapped gifts for myself, and a gift for each of my 3 kids. The lady I clean for is a very good friend. We use her caravan in the summer, DD walks her dogs and I cut her DHs hair.

I also gave them both presents.

I don't have a cleaner. My mum gives hers double pay and a handmade gift that has taken her hours and hours and hours. This goes down well

I shit on the floor so she can put her skills to work in the job she clearly loves.
I'm good to the staff.
In previous years I've given the Nanny my friends kids with nits and the Gardener an extra English Setter who uses the garden too

I give mine a John Lewis hamper, and she gets 4 weeks a year holiday pay. She's a great person, very good at what she does, and makes a big difference to our lives.

pmsl mugglewump

I went and got her a lovely new handbag - I just know she will love it and I have sent it to be wraped up and have the tag written with

To ivykaty44

lots of love at christmas thanks for doing such a good job all year

Love IK44

xx

given that the cleaner is me,shall i reward myself at the clinique counter

Sent it to be wrapped up?
Have the tag written?

Don't you write them then? The people I know accept the bad wrapping, the cards bought at the last minute but they appreciate I buy myself.

My CM will love her flowers that are sorted on the day of me giving them. If not then tough, I don't get, nor will I participate in buying, and buying, and buying just so enough money has been spent.

Feel that I didn't give extra pay.

Ours is hard to buy for - very health-conscious and doesn't eat chocs etc and I always think it's hard to choose toiletries for someone when you don't know what they really like.

So I bought one of those lavender wheat bags that go in the microwave. Not sure if she'll like it though.

Mugglewump, I think Ivykaty means that as she is the cleaner in her house, she has bought herself a handbag

Great idea