Do you remember the first holiday gifts you bought?

I don’t remember the first gifts I bought, but I do remember one Christmas when I was pretty young, maybe 8ish, and my older brother had gotten some small gifts for my little brother and me from Woolworth’s that he had wrapped by himself and put under the tree. My parents were suspicious and asked him where he got the money to buy them, and the truth came out that he had shoplifted the stuff! 😳😬 Thankfully it was before Christmas and we hadn’t opened them yet. My parents dragged him back to the store that same day to bring them back and to apologize to the manager. I don’t even know what the gifts were that he stole.

I remember the gifts I bought my 2 younger brothers on my own. I walked “down street” to the pharmacy that had a small selection of items. I bought my youngest brother a set of jointed animals (more cute than realistic, I can still picture the Zebra) and the other brother got a wallet that had blanket stitch lacing on the edges. I’m sure I also bought my parents something but can’t remember what.

At Woolworths, I also bought my mother Evening in Paris cologne.. the bottles were pretty, cologne not so good..

ETA: the store was Murphy's not Woolworths!!

My mother would drop me and my 2 sisters at the mall and give us 5 20.00 bills. With 5 of us in the family, we would buy each person a gift worth 20 dollars.

My sister, brother and I had bought Dad a pair of socks, and we’re in the bedroom wrapping them.  We were probably 9,7 and 5 years old.  The gift was from all of us, and my sister who was the oldest wrapped them in tissue paper(colored, I think), but no box.  The paper was too long, and she took the scissors and cut off one end.  And she cut off the heels of the socks☹️!  She was devastated.  My brother (always the diplomat), looked at them, and said to just wrap them up that Momma could fix them😂.  And so, Daddy got socks with no heels.

I can remember buying a stuffed animal for my sister and Lego for my brother. I guess I would have been about 10yo.

In 1979 at the end of Grade 6 (our school year finishes in December here) a friend bought me and my best friend 45s for Christmas. I got My Sharona by The Knack and my BFF got I Was Made For Loving You by Kiss. 

My parents made sure that each of us 5 girls would buy a gift for everyone in the family. When we were young it was usually something like a comb, or a Lifesaver Book, or some shampoo. I remember I bought my dad some Reese's peanut butter cups, the regular 2 pack. I can still see his face when he opened it and he acted so happy! It seems silly now, I just gave him a candy bar, but that moment is burned in my brain. He passed away in 1983 at only 49 so I'm glad I still have that memory to look back on.

Oh great, who knew this thread would make me cry!

My Oma taught me to do needlework when I was 4 years old.  I remember frogging stitches (ripping out stitches)  & re-doing them to the satisfaction of my Oma.  I then put the needlework in a small plastic frame.

My mom kept it all these years and now I have it back.  58 years ago!  The back of the project looks as perfect as the front.

I love this thread! What fun memories we have of doing something special for those we love.

The first gifts I remember purchasing was in 2nd grade, Dec 1971. My Godmother had given me money for my birthday, and I saved it and bought a Lifesaver book for my 2 older sisters and my little brother. My little sister was only a year old, so I didn't get one for her. My two older sisters and I pooled our money and bought her 2 goldfish, which she ate about 2 weeks later! 😲 That is definitely something she has never lived down. 😆

Just reading the words Old Spice reminds me of my dad....  

Yes, I do. Christmas of 1969, I bought my mother some little shrimp cocktail forks. She still have them.

Elementary School Holiday Shop. 1st grade.

Bought my mom a ceramic mushroom. Don't remember what I got my dad and siblings.

I remember getting smelly erasers in fruit shapes for me lol