Adult Christmas gifts

[supertrooper1]

What are you getting the adults in your life that you buy Christmas gifts for? What do you want for Christmas?

[supertrooper1]

My mom: an espresso maker
My dad: ?
Beau: Waterproof speaker for the shower, not sure what else
I made a dozen bottles of vanilla extract and plan on making salted caramel for neighbors and beau's mom. DS also wants to give vanilla to his dad.

Me: I've asked for a new handheld mixer, a new chef's knife and riding jerseys.

[waverly]

DH and my mom (Apple Watches). My sister went in with me in the Apple Watch for mom- also birthday and Christmas combined gift since I don’t usually spend $150 on my mom for Christmas.

I might still get DH a stocking and tshirt to open.

MIL- I got a sparkly necklace but it never showed, so I think I still need something.
FIL- fleece coat
SIL- travel bag- we will travel again one day after the pandemic
BIL- packing cubes
I don’t buy for my sister or BIL on that side anymore just the kids. Kids are teens so I’m thinking just money, one wants boxing gloves. I also don’t buy for my dad anymore. He travels from hostel to hostel in South America and usually doesn’t have a shipping address.

Me- my mom is getting me new water glasses. That’s all I know. I don’t have anything I really want or need so whatever they get me is fine. In laws usually don’t ask for ideas they buy gifty type gifts like slippers/ sweaters etc.

[twinmomma]

Beau - cast iron skillet and whiskey glasses with a map of the city etched in.

Mom - she's my person for secret Santa. She and my dad have been getting back into camping. I got her a scratch off map of the national parks, a cute camping themed necklace, a book of stories from the national parks, and national park playing cards. It's a feel good gift too, since it all came from Etsy and the parks.

[phdmomma]

Alcohol? That is something that I would like. And I think what I might give everyone. It makes shopping easy....

[waverly]

I just got MIL 2 jigsaw puzzles (500 pieces) because she got mad when I put my puzzle away because I was hosting and didn't have room for it with everyone there. So now she can do her own. I heard she was maybe retiring...

ETA-  I should add while Christmas shopping I bought myself joggers (my sister got me leggings for my birthday recently) and a new leather wallet by Timberland. 

[mommyatty]

phdmomma- we pretty much all just trade big bottles of booze for Christmas. lol.

twinmomma- I got DD a campfire pie maker and recipe book. If your mom is into camping, the pie maker is fun for making grilled cheese sandwiches and other things like that.

[mustardseed2007]

I saw adult christmas gifts and was wondering if this thread would be racey.

I'm getting my husband a small igloo cooler that's star wars themed. So far that's the best grown up gift I've invested in.

[mae0111]

I am at a total loss. I typically give everyone gift cards to go out to dinner, but there is a very real possibility that everything shuts down again, so I don't want to do that.

So I might give my parents gift cards to Home Depot, Lowes, or a local garden shop. They're constantly doing work to their house, so they'll use them.

DH... I was thinking about getting him a driving experience. He loves Corvettes and has never driven one. But they just don't seem worth it. They seem crazy expensive for like 15 minutes of driving, and the reviews are all terrible... so I don't know...

[186momx]

DH TV for the garage (we only have 1 TV) so he can play video games or watch movies while woodworking in the garage. DH also wants a Switch now but I don't know...

My family it tends to be needs over wants
Mom-cookie racks
Dad-dress socks ($50 worth of socks) he is super picky
Bro-coffee grinder, coffee beans, and a bottle of creamer
Sis-flannel sheets, steak knives
SIL-went with earrings and a necklace
BIL-he told me he likes gadgets but is the non handiest person I've ever met.
MIL & aunt-? maybe a framed photo of DD and some fuzzy slipper socks

DH refuses to shop for his family but gets all the credit. I hate it but if they don't get anything I'm the first to be blamed for being a b$tch so it is easier for me to shop.

[mae0111]

Nov 20, 2020 16:11:05 GMT -5 186momx said:

DH refuses to shop for his family but gets all the credit. I hate it but if they don't get anything I'm the first to be blamed for being a b$tch so it is easier for me to shop.

I didn't list any ideas for anyone in DH's family.  I nipped that mess in the bud very early in our relationship.

For the past 2 years, I picked up DH's family shopping because he was working a ton and I was not.  I've picked out thoughtful gifts for BIL and SIL from "the kids"...  For the past 2 years, while they were careful to get DH something, I received nothing. 

So... now they shall receive nothing.

Bah humbug.

[twinmomma]

My family has completely scrapped gifting everyone stuff. My parents, siblings, and significant others do a secret santa. We all decided a few years ago that we'd rather spend $100 and get one person a really nice, thoughtful gift rather than try to find something for each person at a lesser price point. It's worked out so well!

I forgot to mention, I'm getting my grandmother Storywell as her gift. It emails her a question/writing prompt each week and she writes back with stories about her life. She can add photos too. At the end of the year it all gets bound into a book. She's my last living grandparent and she's pretty tech savvy, so I think she's going to really, really like it.

[mae0111]

twinmomma, that's amazing! I wish something like that existed when my grandfather was still alive. He was a counterintelligence in WWII and then went on to have a really fascinating career. I interviewed him in high school, but much of his work in the war wasn't declassified until well after his death. I had a recorder going, and he kept making me shut it off. I've since lost the recording and the paper I wrote, and I wish I had something more permanent.

[186momx]

mae0111, most years it doesn't bug me but DD notices when MIL & Aunt send daddy and her something and not me. DD also notices when daddy doesn't get mommy anything too. At least BIL & SIL try and they felt super bad last year as my gift got lost by amazon that they sent me this super high end sweatshirt for my b-day in February.

Last year DD made MIL & Aunt scarves out of the loop yarn and they loved it.

[sdlaura]

I considered a RadWagon electric bike for DH/us as a family. We normally do pretty big Christmas gifts for each other, but since we’re paying for our prefab fancy office shed next month, I probably shouldn’t spend that much money. So I think I’m going to switch to an Arlo floodlight camera - which he wants to put in the fancy shed for security. Sounds boring but he likes stuff like that. I’ve already started picking up little fun things for him - he looked exactly like Ralphie from A Christmas Story as a kid, and Old Navy has a shirt with Ralphie on it, so I got that for him, for example.

My mom wants another pair of AllBirds. My Dad always wants workout stuff or stuff for his woodworking hobby.

MIL is getting a New York times travel book. Still thinking about FIL.

We normally get all the kid cousins matching pajamas and this year I think we’ll include our siblings and their spouses too - since we’re all spending a lot of time in PJs these days and we can all wear them to zoom on Christmas Day

I want boring stuff. Some more weights, a gift card for Athleta since one just opened a mile away, new running socks. My one somewhat exciting ask is some kid of kid initial jewelry since we’re definitely done having kids so no need to add an initial later.

[mommyatty]

I asked for a $19 necklace. I even sent the Amazon link to DH. I’ll probably end up getting something I don’t need like a new Apple Watch.

DH is impossible to buy for. He doesn’t really want anything, and he won’t give any ideas. I may get him someth8 g to do with wine because he and MIL drink wine every night with dinner. We may get MIL a new iPad because she needs one and she’s been dithering about getting one.

[sandandsea]

I have some random things in a rolling amazon wish. We have lists set up for everyone which helps a lot. We also draw names for adults so you buy for one person.

Dh and I both have comfy pants on our lists for WFH. Dh also has some shoes, Bluetooth speaker, and a Few other random things. I have some mixing bowls, nail polish, clothes, and hat/gloves set.

Some fun things I’m thinking about for others are shower steamers and the Korean face masks people here recommended. (I got them for myself and MiL last year and they were a hit. I also saw that Bennett on the Bachelorette had the same ones). Last year I asked for some new cooking utensils and I love the ones I got.