what Christmas gift are you most excited to to give?

You know, I'm not super excited by any of my presents this year! Someone posted a link to a charity called Dignify a few weeks ago, which hires women trying to get out of prostitution to sew blankets and throws from old saris. I got a small lap blanket for my MIL and I think she is really going to like it. Got my FIL some coffee from a local roaster, and it smells like heaven, so I hope he'll like that.

I'm thinking about getting my nieces on my side of the family a whole pile of books about women excelling in science and other areas. There are some really good kids/teens books on that topic.

Be sure to search for some of the other Christmas threads we've had--I got some good ideas there.

I love it when I can surprise DD - it isn't often. One of my favorite memories was the look on her face when she opened her iPhone 6 two Christmases ago. I think she is going to be super surprised by concert tickets this year. I've already bought Twenty One Pilots, and I very well may add Panic! at the Disco for DD and her cousin. She has been so hard to shop for this year, and I think this present is going to be a huge hit. It will be her first music concert (she has seen lots of plays and even her favorite YouTube group).

Here's the earlier thread because I am too lazy to post my entire answer again. And because you might want to check that one out yourself anyhow in case people from that thread miss this one.

I got my 15 yr old Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls obsessed daughter a shirt that says, "My Patronus is Lorelei Gilmore." I cannot wait to give it to her!

That's a fantastic idea. It is so important for young ladies to see and read about other women succeeding and showing their intelligence proudly.


This is me this year. I am going pretty much off the lists for my kids. But I am getting pretty much everything on them that I can find.


Those are amazing gifts!

Right now, I think it's this little gift I threw together on a whim for DS (6). It's an apron, a spoon, & a whisk, all in his favorite color, plus a few cookie/brownie mixes, because he loves to cook/bake, and I figured at his age and reading level, the mixes are something he can pretty much do all on his own.

(He loves to cook and he didn't ask for this (although he did ask for something similar a past Christmas, but didn't receive it). I think it's off his radar now, and because this is his favorite color (the previous set was not), I think he'll love it all the more.

Thanks, jassy!