So what do you prefer from extended family/friends as gifts

[sharknado]

I love my Nook

[Deleted]

Money.  It is the only thing that's really a gift. 

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Booze.

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Oct 28, 2013 14:33:11 GMT -5 aeg511 said:

I've always wanted a ratchet set.

Oh, that reminds me.  Any Miley Cyrus cd.  You really can't beat the special gift that is Miley.  

[pedanticwench]

Cold, hard cash.

[Deleted]

Money and gift cards to bookstores, food places, and other shopping venues are good. I think a handpicked gift is the best, though.

[ginap]

I would go as generic as possible. I got a gc to Cold Stone Creamery 5 years ago that I was finally able to use a few weeks ago. I would eventually use a Starbucks or BBW card, but I would have to go out of my way to do so. I much prefer to get a Visa gc that I can use whenever the mood strikes me on whatever I want.

[game blouses]

For teenagers I get iTunes gift cards. For older cousins I get Starbucks or movie gift cards. For adult relatives I get Starbucks gift packages and a pound of Christmas Blend, which they love.

[papie]

Chocolates, booze, books, makeup, a pretty scarf. Basically anything except a GC or cash. I hate those.

[ElizabethBennet]

Gift cards or cash

[MixedBerryJam]

I give cash to my nieces and nephews, but it's usually paper money folded into some origami thing or another. Never just straight-up money, but I think this year I'm going to start with plain old checks. My bils and sils and I all have two kids each, so it's like we just hand off each other $100 per pair, and I'm kind of sick of trying to be creative about it. I'm also a little upset with my il's at the moment, so this may change when we get closer to the holiday. For me, I'll happily accept any gift card, and will appreciate the thought that went into picking the seller. Stuff, for the sake of having a gift to wrap, or unwrap, will be just as likely to be regifted or donated as used.

[Muddled]

My uncle always gives me a GC to the movies. Too bad I don't have that theatre where I live.

[lime]

I picked GC to a salon.

SB GC would have been my 2nd choice. Both would get used up very quickly.

Legit LOL at "your mom on a vintage Mustang"

[thebreakfastclub]

A gift card to Target seems to work for 99.9% of humanity.

[BaliHai]

Cash, but that will never happen, so gift cards, but they rarely happen, because my BIL raises such a stink about how gift cards require no thought and are impersonal and blah blah that no one buys them for anyone anymore. It's annoying, but I guess ultimately not really that big of a deal - I'm just lazy and prefer shopping for myself instead of trying to figure out specific things I want, lol. I change my mind too much to really say "I love these five things, here's my list".

[Deleted]

Another vote for cold, hard cash. I'd rather spend $20 on something I want vs. buttsmell-of-the-month B&BW shit I'm going to donate to Goodwill.

[trafficgirl]

For tweens/teens I usually do an iTunes giftcard. For younger kids maybe a Toys R Us giftcard.

Adults I would do an Amazon or Target giftcard. Those are the best.

[bonquiqui]

I love gift cards.  My most fav would be sephora lol

[Deleted]

I hate Starbucks, Bath and Body Works, and the movies; don't shop at B&N; and don't really buy things on iTunes, so... But also, those are kind of generic ones that require no thought and you give to your kids' teachers or whatever because you don't know them. I like giving/receiving gifts that require thought.

I would enjoy a gift card to a store I actually frequent, I guess, although it makes me sad when everyone just gives everyone gift cards because then you might as well just all put $20 bills in a big pile and each take a different one out.

[Muddled]

Oct 28, 2013 14:58:59 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Oct 28, 2013 14:57:32 GMT -5 Muddled said:

My uncle always gives me a GC to the movies. Too bad I don't have that theatre where I live.

Ah, jeez.

You can fight my parents for the next one  

[8675309]

My favorite part of Christmas (aside from the kids stuff) is opening the box stuffed with cold hard cash from MIL. Love her gifts.

[papie]

Oct 28, 2013 16:22:28 GMT -5 v said:

I would enjoy a gift card to a store I actually frequent, I guess, although it makes me sad when everyone just gives everyone gift cards because then you might as well just all put $20 bills in a big pile and each take a different one out.

That's exactly how I feel.
Really if I want something, I'll just go and buy it, I don't need your cash for that. What i want is a little something fun that you picked just for me.