Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 Sue wrote All the other adults have a 'No pressies' agreement as we do with our NZ family - gets way too expensive to post gifts overseas, especially when you don't know what they already have. This year Steffi is making chocolates and biscuits for her grandparents, great-grandma, aunts and uncles. She loves baking and painting boxes/bags for them to go in and it will fill in the endless Xmas holiday - I'm not sure whether she's off for 3 weeks or 4 this year. That sounds a good idea.Are family has adopted the £5 pressy for each adult but not everyone sticks to it ,and there are at least 20 adults to buy for.I always enjoy buying for kids,but adults often end up with undies,gloves or toiletries (same most families probably) I really like your biscuits and bags idea-might try that with mine. Kate. -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 In article <001701c1681c$a7ca23a0$32337ad5@oemcomputer>, katwe writes >That sounds a good idea.Are family has adopted the £5 pressy for each >adult but not everyone sticks to it ,and there are at least 20 adults >to buy for.I always enjoy buying for kids,but adults often end up with >undies,gloves or toiletries (same most families probably) In our family, only childless adults in our generation get presents - we've all agreed just to buy for each others children. -- Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Good idea I might suggest it to our lot Kate Re: Re:christmas presents In article <001701c1681c$a7ca23a0$32337ad5@oemcomputer>, katwe writes >That sounds a good idea.Are family has adopted the £5 pressy for each >adult but not everyone sticks to it ,and there are at least 20 adults >to buy for.I always enjoy buying for kids,but adults often end up with >undies,gloves or toiletries (same most families probably) In our family, only childless adults in our generation get presents - we've all agreed just to buy for each others children. -- Cath *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Re Adults you still have to buy for; I choose one item each year and buy it for everyone - started doing this when I couldn't remember what I had given to who on consecutive years; the advantage is also that you can do it in one place and one time and even take advantage of the sales in July (*don't* howl at me!) - So - this year it's paper weights bought in Devon recently - previous years - candlestick, photo frames, little flower vases ordered specially from JL the baby Dartington ones, potted box plant, potted herbs - all in years when couldn't really afford more x 15-20. Have also just done block order from The Woman's Stand of their teacher mug as am fed up with having a crisis at end of every year, so now am supplied for a couple of years... I think all the chocolate and biscuit presents sound lovely! One year I did the presents that Lucy and Tom had given their parents out of Lucy and Tom's Christmas (Shirley ) - so you see how incredibly imaginative I am. I try to be imaginative for birthdays though, cos that's an individual thing for each person whereas Christmas is all at the same time and the token is more for the season. Still got to think of things for all the DKs and DG-Ks ... Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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