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gift for parents who seem to have everything HELP!!!!!!!!!

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hetherine · 14/12/2009 14:08

Any ideas coz I am totally stuck.
They have no hobbies and are not interested in starting any. I know this coz I,ve tried and am met with either excuses or zero enthusiasm. so aside from smellies any other ideas are most welcome thanks.

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Kathyis12feethighandbites · 14/12/2009 14:11

I have this problem too.
I got my mum a winter hellebore (Christmas rose) last year which went down well.

Amazon has gift ideas for family members and a handheld vac is the top one for dads!

madamim · 14/12/2009 14:16

go to treather.com and treathim.com should be something there for them

aseriouslyblondemoment · 14/12/2009 14:38

sub to favourite mag?
NT/RHS membership?

Iklboodolphtherednosereindeer · 14/12/2009 14:41

Afternoon tea at a local posh hotel?

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 14/12/2009 14:47

lovely framed photo of you and the family?

tickets to an art exhibition/theatre show/event they would enjoy?

yangymac · 14/12/2009 15:13

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mulledfruitshootandcheese · 14/12/2009 15:14

A hamper as they still have to eat even if they have everything!

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hetherine · 14/12/2009 15:47

thanks for the ideas ladies.

My dad woulnot use the hany vac as he's lazy at house work now (strange but he never used to be)

The thing is they're both getting a bit cantakerous (oh joy) so are a bit hard to please. for instance my mum will not even go to a hair dresser as they have never seemed to do a good enough job in the past. so she's just given up. and i find that really sad (the sorrowfull sense)

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FlamingoCrimbo · 14/12/2009 15:50

we make hampers with the children for our parents and they all say that they're the best presents they've ever had!

We make quite big ones, with banana boxes, or boot boxes - the children make the wrapping paper to decorate them. Then we fill them with little bags of home-made sweets and treats, some home made jam and/or chutney and/or lemon curd, and some things the girls have made - this year they've tie-dyed some tea-towels, and painted small tiles to be coasters, and made placemats by drawing or painting something and then laminating it.

SueMunch · 14/12/2009 15:58

I would get them nothing:

www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/fun-gifts/nothing.htm?utm_source=GooglePPC&s_kwcid=TC|7865|nothing%20prese nt||S|e|4378463289

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hetherine · 14/12/2009 16:13

SueMunch, just checked out that link PMSL

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Flightattendant · 14/12/2009 16:19

Could you consider just not getting them anything?
I mean if they ahve already got everything they need...is there any point?

I already have nearly everything I could possibly need and am relieved that people are not buying me stuff this year - I've asked them not to! They were a bit offended at first.

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hetherine · 14/12/2009 16:42

Frightattendant, Erm no, I couldn't consider that they would be very hurt as they are both very traditional lovely generous people.
And more to the point Christmas is about the giving and receiving of gifts.

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MerryXmasMrsHenry · 14/12/2009 16:45

If they have so much...why get them more stuff that they don't need? You could get them something simple like a small box of very good quality chocolates, and then spend the rest on a charity donation. Surely the charity thing is perhaps more what Xmas should be about, rather than giving people stuff they don't need, just because.

Flightattendant - well done for convincing people - we've given up in our household.

Flightattendant · 14/12/2009 16:46

Is that what it's really about?

Well you must do what suits your family. I was just going off on my own little tangent there.

presentmaman · 14/12/2009 16:46

what about a charuty donation in their name? one of those sposor a child/ dolphin/ buy a goat ones?

beesonmummyshead · 14/12/2009 16:55

a subscription of something like coffee? or spices from Season & Spice so they can cook a nice meal each month? or a subscription for alcohol?!

jasper · 14/12/2009 16:58

Wine.

Deals with the cantankerous aspect too

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hetherine · 14/12/2009 20:45

Flightattendant, don't worry we all go off on tangets ,I know I do.
I have had the thought of telling people not to buy us anything but it wouldn't work.

and as for the subscriptions for alchohol well DMamma has cholestotol problems and as such is being such a woory-wart that we're lucky if anything passes her lips these days and therefore the majority of what dad used to enjoy has kind of gone out the window so to speak.

oh dear now I'm not helping am I. sorry ladies thanks so much for all your ideas.

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chocolatespiders · 14/12/2009 20:52

love film . com subscription

StirlingInDaGrotto · 14/12/2009 22:56

Well, I find it hard to buy things for my Mum so I just go to Truprint/Snapfish website and create a calendar with lots of photos of the dc and she loves it.

It is truly the gift that keeps on giving

Kathyis12feethighandbites · 15/12/2009 12:52

May I just use this thread to moan about the fact that not only have I had to buy presents for the parents who have everything, I have also had to buy presents for said parents to give to MIL and presents for MIL to give to said parents. Hrrumph. They are all getting books off Amazon which they can like or lump!

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