Gift Wins! Share Yours

Back in the summer my sister-in-law was planning out a big blanket for my brother that uses old T-shirts. So she was short a couple and asked my mom for some of my dads and two of them were Buffalo Bills T-shirts and I think there were three or four that were Boston Red Sox. The blanket is beautiful and he loves it. I knew she was taking some of the extra T-shirts and making them into pillows one for her two daughters and one son. They are gorgeous. And then I felt bad for myself because I should’ve taken one of my dad‘s and had the same thing done. She’s surprised he with my own pillow of one my dad‘s aT-shirts.

The other win was a big planter that was painted by my two great nephews and has my new great niece’s footprints. They did one for my mom too! They are priceless

Everything was a hit around here -- an excellent group effort. DS gave me a set of dishes from WS that have bees and honeycombs on them. I love bees, so that was a really thoughtful gift. It will look lovely in my new kitchen. DH gave me a Bose noise-cancelling headset for the plane. I'm freaking excited about that one -- we have lots of trips planned this year.

My grandchildren played with our DD's old kitchen set for years and years. When they got a little older they played restaurant, which morphed into "bad waiter/waitress" in a hysterical way. Think them yelling at us "You get what you get"!

Enjoy your little one. That is one of the best ages. 

Everyone seemed super happy with everything given and gotten!

I had gifted my mom Storyworth a few Mother’s Days ago and extended it because she loved it so much, so my sibling has been helping her edit it and add pictures and so my mom gifted both of us Volume One of her book. It is so wonderful, my sibling not only added family photos but photos of places mentioned (long gone) and other cool photos that pertain to her stories. It was my very favorite gift!

My sibling also got me a beautiful book about the films of Walt Disney that I love, lots of beautiful pictures, conceptual art, etc. it covers all the films that Walt himself was involved in.
My cousin got me an awesome Starbucks mug with Jack Skellington as the logo, it is beautiful.
My husband surprised me with an adorable Cheshire Cat Loungefly purse with fluffy tail and it is so cute!  Prior to finding loungefly I carried boring brown satchel type purses, but now I love having a few purses to swap around and this is a super fun one I have never seen.   He was quite proud of himself for finding something I didn’t know about, so that was extra sweet. 

As for my gives, my cousin loved her Buffy the Vampire Slayer planner, my nephew loved his Office gift pack, my sibling loved the Haunted Mansion tiki glasses, my husband is happily building his Hogsmeade Lego set and my mom loved her Mixtiles!

Maybe best of all is the cats like their new cat bed. I had mistakenly made them a “cave” several months ago on one end of the couch (using a pillow and extra throw) and there was never a moment a cat was not in the cave. Being a crazy cat lady, I just let them have it and my husband and I have just been sitting on the other half of the couch which was just ridiculous. It just made our senior boy so happy. In any event, Santa Paws brought a new Lego bed for them and they love it. Since they are taking turns in the new bed I was able to take down the fort and reclaim the couch!

First gift I opened from dh was a Dyson stick vac. Now, I've have wanted one for months but I didn't expect to see it under the tree. However, I am happy to receive it, I was just a little surprised cause it's a vacuumm....under the tree. Excited to use it though.

His second gift to me was a Macbook Pro with huge storage. I was

I asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he said a new plaid shirt from LLBean. He asked me what I wanted and I picked a gift around $100. He spent significantly more which made me feel a bit bad but he said not to feel bad because he knew the rules and broke them. He did get a signing bonus from work and apparently spent the whole thing on me 😳

I made a few crocheted afghans throws. My son's girlfriend came over a few days ago, I didn't know she was in town because her parents live an hour away. I quickly wrapped her small gifts and then asked if she would like one of the afghans. Her eyes lit up and she chose one that is done in sock monkey colours. She was so happy with it. She loves hand made items. Yay.

My adult children gave me lovely, thoughtful gifts without asking what I wanted.  A beautiful puzzle, bath salts from a nice shop, bath bombs and mud mask and chocolates.  It's the first year they didn't ask what I wanted and chose everything themselves. I loved all of it. 

I am so proud of my 13 year old son this morning. He really wanted an Oculus VR headset, but we decided that would be a no-go this year. To top it off, a lot of his gifts were more on the practical side this year- a new comforter for his bed, a light for his room. And he was so great about not getting his dream gift. He oooohed and ahhhhhhed over every single thing and was genuinely thrilled with everything. At the end once everything was opened, he said, "Even though I didn't get what I really wanted I love everything I DID get and am so happy. This was a great Christmas."

I mean, there's no way 13 YO me would have been so mature and grateful.... just sayin'. So proud of my boy.

Surprising hit, didn’t expect it to go over as well as it did… I gave DS a coffee table book of ancient mosaics. He’s obsessed with Ancient Rome. He has been walking around, showing us his favorites, sending pictures to his gf in NJ.

I definitely had a win this year

Artiphon Orba

He has played with this thing so much I am glad I also got him airpods so I don't have to hear all of the creations

DH and I were not buying gifts this year then he surprises me with a large bath pillow and a bath bar!!!  When I saw the bath bar I was disappointed as our bath has a wall one side so a bar will not fit   However DH had bought some long studs that he screwed into one side so that it works!  I'm now in my element as the bath bar has a book stand, a wine glass holder and a candle spot.  One of the best gifts he's ever got me

can you send info on what you received?  My dad has terrible neuropathy and I'd love to get him something that would provide relief!

Ooops - that's what I get for not reading beyond OP before posting -I see you've already posted info, thank you!

A good time was had by all!
My favorite gifts to me were:
Ryobi cordless glue guns and tools along with a better poultry shears (to make it easier to spatchcock chicken and turkeys) all from my son.

My eldest and partner got me an art piece from MoMA when they visited NYC. Along with a fancy Monet water lilies face mask with its own little hooked carry bag.
And my secret Santa (SisIL) got me this tee (among other stuff) as they thought of my 2 kitties in the M and W.

http://instagram.com/p/CX6ig2uuldJ

My DGD just turned four, I can’t remember the last time I saw her without a princess dress on.

My favorite gift from my husband was 2 framed vintage Christmas sheet music Frosty The Snowman and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. He knows I love vintage Christmas.