Holiday Gift Ideas??

scmom12
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:24:05 +0000

Got the sister in-laws handled, it’s the men I have trouble with. I also love to have some surprises, but now that girls are grad school/out of school I also hate to give things that aren’t needed when they would rather have some money to buy clothes or to save toward a plane ticket or nice furnishings. I do like to trick out a stocking for them with smaller things.

One thing I’ve given this year is thermos bottles - the screw on lid type that keep things hot for 12 hours/cold for 24. Can find them made by several companies, including yeti and corksicle (come in fun colors and I’ve done one with vinyl monogram for my more preppy D). D in grad school enjoys making a pot of tea and puts it in and it’s hot for a long study session.

Also nice for girls (I think) are small crossbody purses that just fit a cell phone and keys. Great for going out or running errands and don’t have to worry about putting phone down somewhere. This is the sort of thing you could have a “wardrobe” of for different looks but might not buy on your own.

If kids hike, run or need to stay warm then a great surprise item for stocking is socks - good wool or high tec running socks are expensive but so nice to have. This isn’t too much of a surprise for mine since traditionally Santa puts underwear and socks in every year - and an orange.

Love to have ideas for guys. For young guys, one friend likes the credit card size bottle openers that slide in wallet - if anyone still carries wallet. But I need ideas for my BILs. Not to get hung up on drinks but Tervis tumblers might be good for son who needs to replace random cups with something nicer.

Sometimes for SIL/BIL I give something for home as a joint gift but not really fun for guys. My in-laws also have everything they could possibly need so I go things that it’s always nice to have but not so special that you can’t get rid of them in a couple of years like placemats. Since it’s something I’d like, one year everyone got really nice white towels. I know I always love to get rid of ratty towels but don’t because they work.