<p>Not sure if it is for me or DS but I would love his target score on the ACT!!! I have a December birthday also so it can be for that as well. 
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<p>DD wants lots of fandom gifts. Those should be easy. </p>
<p>DS has not asked for anything but I know he wants NetFlicks. Not sure that mixes well with the demands of JR year but I don’t want to be a Scrooge. Maybe I’ll decide after I see those ACT scores.
:-? </p>
<p>We are taking a trip to Germany over Christmas, so that’s our gift.</p>
<p>If we were not doing that, D1 likes money to help with her bills, D2 likes jewelry, clothes, or boots.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize the slackline idea would generate so much interest. I used the REI 20% coupon to get a 10 foot slackline that sets up in the house. It’s expensive ($260 with discount), but if he doesn’t want that, he can get the actual slackline that you use outside. REI has a great return policy, so if he decides he tries it out and doesn’t like it much, he can easily take it back.
I love the idea of taking a trip and making that the present. One thing we have done is taken our kids on nice vacations. I figure us paying as they get older is one way to keep us going and enjoying experiences together.
ETA - you can actually buy tree protectors to use with slacklines. If my son goes the route of getting an outside line, I will suggest he get them.</p>
<p>I don’t remember if I posted this upstream…or not. We are probably going to give each of our kids a Southwest Airlines gift card.</p>
<p>I thought about the indoor slacklibe but opted for the outdoor one. There are a lot of REI stores, in case S decides he wants something else or the indoor model b</p>
<p>I doubt I’m going to get a list from either of the kids. They don’t seem to care much, so they make me guess. Plus they don’t care much about money, so that makes it even harder.</p>
<p>For me, all I would like is for my company to not send me and my husband to work and have to be gone for the week of Christmas that my kids are home. I don’t care so much about Christmas, but it will really upset me if they come all the way home and both of us are forced to be away from them the entire time. 
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<p>Taza chocolate disks (Mexican for sure, and maybe the eggnog and coffee ones as well).</p>
<p><a href=“Shop Taza”>http://www.tazachocolate.com/store/mexicanchocolate</a></p>
<p>And I found a new glasses case I like on Etsy, sent the link to my Ds this morning.</p>
<p>Penzy’s mulling spices (for cider)</p>
<p>A Barnes & Noble gift card to get books for my Nook</p>
<p>A gift box from Zingerman’s. My parents got us one last year, and it was a big hit. We noshed all week on it as we played board games and hung out.</p>
<p>I wonder if others have the same problem as I do. My kids are easy. My D sent s list and if all else fails I can buy my S clothes for work. Not exciting but he makes enough money he can buy what he wants. And he hates to buy clothes. But S lives with his girlfriend and I have no idea what to get her. I don’t know her that well and what her tastes are. Last year they got kitchen stuff but I don’t know what they need now. </p>
<p>D also has a long term boyfriend but they don’t live together. Last year I sent him a mug with coffee and a Starbucks card but was told that he doesn’t like starbucks. Who doesn’t like starbucks, I thought i </p>
<p>Santa used to give the cool gifts, Mom and Dad gave something to wear and a book.
I have continued the something to wear and a book tradition and extended to SOs (some now spouses).</p>
<p>This year all I am asking for is time–help sorting out, as I will be downsizing after the holidays.</p>
<p>in our house my husband is another kid when it comes to Christmas. He gave me a list of all kinds of things he wants haha. My daughter wants clothes boots and surprise me items. My other daughter wants a thing to spray on makeup foundation, a rice cooker, a bento box, clothes and gift cards to various places. My two middle schoolers thankfully still like toys like Legos, video games, and one of them wants an iPad. Christmas is very expensive in our house!</p>
<p>Child one asked for Bean boots
Child two asked for scrubs
Child three asks for everything ;)</p>
<p>My kids got their big gifts early (new laptop for D, airline ticket for S). They will only be getting stockings at Christmas and they know that.
As for SO’s , I started doing a stocking for D’s long time BF(now fiance) a few years ago. It is not a tradition in his country, so he was thrilled (although truthfully he is the type of person who is very appreciative of anything:) ). I put a large amount gift card in his stocking each year as his main gift. D helps me out with what store to buy from.</p>
<p>The only others we will buy for are our parents and some gifts for the angel tree at church. I have already done those.
Toughest will be buying for H.</p>
<p>All I want is a renewal on my NYT subscription and a few small items. </p>
<p>This is the first year my step daughter hasn’t had about 100 things on her list. That’s good, she’s growing up… But it’s kind of sad too. I still remember when we took her to Toys R Us one time, and she burst out crying in the middle of the store. She was upset because there was nothing in the store she wanted. It’s harder as the kids get older. The piles of presents get much smaller, but the cost goes way up. This year we have three in college, so my husband is really trying to keep me to a budget. </p>
<p>Now that the kids are older, we usually just get them one or two larger gifts and do their stocking. S needs furniture for his apartment. D needs nothing, but wants everything in the JCrew catalog - lol. We adopt a family each year, and usually get a family with young children, so I still get to experience the joy of shopping for toys for little ones. I miss those Christmas mornings when the kids were little and would wake up early and run wide-eyed downstairs to see what Santa left under the tree. </p>
<p>I am getting what I want for Christmas - my S managed to get the week off of work and is flying home for Christmas. 
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<p>Well, our gift to ourselves was going to be a piece of exercise equipment for our basement but DH recently told me that what we really need is an emergency generator for the house. So I guess that’s it. DH is a very practical guy. </p>
<p>Our two sons never ask about Christmas wishes. They are adults w/out spouses/girlfriends. Every year, we’ve tried hard to come up w/ some gifts we thought they would like since we will be the only ones to give them a gift. Most of the time they don’t appear too excited about things we buy them. Since they make good salaries and are unattached, they both buy pretty much whatever they want for themselves. Christmas was so much easier when they were kids!</p>
<p>My D has asked for settlers of catan, a pocket knife and a hammock. This next summer will be her 5th summer of being a camp counselor. (or is it the 6th?). I don’t think she will ever lose the camping bug. She will be an EMT by next summer and so will be the health director of her summer camp.</p>
<p>S ask asked for everyone to do a random act of kindness every month for the next year. I am having trouble figuring out what to wrap to put under the tree for him.</p>
<p>Our kids just gave us our (their) birthday & Christmas gift–a 40" flat screen smart TV! They’re thrilled and it will be put in S’s room, since that’s the place it fits best. He’s cleaning up his dresser, as the TV will rest on top of it, in the closet, facing the sofa in his room. It’s larger than the TV we have in the living room, but will fit fine in his closet. It was thoughtful of him and actually what we figured would be likely to appear in that space. ;)</p>
<p>Any fun, inexpensive ideas for an 18 year old freshman male? All I have for my younger son is clothes. All he wants are clothes and money, but i want him to have something a little fun too. </p>
<p>NetFlicks? Tickets to a concert or game?</p>
<p>An Eno hammock for the freshman boy. </p>