Avoiding unwanted and expensive Xmas presents

Murtle

Lillibet wrote:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
But seriously, what a fab idea for kids to do for Dad's pressie!:eek::D

can just imagine the playground talk...."I made Daddy some Postman Pat underpants for Christmas, what did you make your Daddy"..... :rotfl:

coolio_2

What we do in our family is £5 limit. No-one spends more than a fiver, you end up with bollox anyway so why spend any more.

jellyhead

i never want anything, my birthday is only a few weeks before xmas. after a few years my husband realised that i really don't want anything and am not just saying it to look like a martyr and secretly expecting him to make a huge effort. i do like going out though, ice skating or toboganning is a special treat because it's expensive and too far away so we never do it apart from my birthday, i have the day out instead of presents.

Dr.Lou

For birthdays, christmas, anniversaries etc...my OH and I just put an amount toward a holiday/ meal out or event instead of buying each other presents. We generally have what we want/need anyway so it is just nice to spend some time together in this way.

nearlyrich

We don't do big presents either, I get flowers and a meal out on special occasions.

ailuro2

For big families, the secret Santa works well. Then you only have to buy one reasonably priced present each per adult.

Saves getting abunch of reasonably priced stuff you didn't really need, x 23!!

If my hubby were giving me crap presents I'd buy him something for his Christmas that the house needed.

A new steam generator iron is suitable expensive, useful when he doesn't like it, and he will perhaps realise how it feels to have a present bought for the sake of it rather than putting any thought into it.

My dh knows now it's not the amount he spends it's the thought that goes into it I appreciate.:D
So no more cheap tacky underwear,utensil holders and some more Dremels and cordless battery drills for me please!!:D

Becles

Murtle wrote:

can just imagine the playground talk...."I made Daddy some Postman Pat underpants for Christmas, what did you make your Daddy"..... :rotfl:

:rotfl:

He was talk of the delivery office at work. All the other postmen were jealous

freebie_junkie

have you tried a list? my family alwayd did a list, you chose 20 pressies under £5, 20 under £10 and 20 under £20 and people picked one, two or three depending upon their budget, you still got a suprise coz you wouldnrt get everything on your list and by christmas you forgot what was on your list anyway!

SuziQ

When I was with my ex, one year be bought me some gorgeous diamond hood earrings. 'course I was so pleased to get something I loved,I raved about them.

The following year I opened a small box to discover-exactly the same earrings! He did actually realise Christmas eve what he had done,as he said to me 'I think I may have made a bit of a faux paus with your present' (flippin eck I wore them virtually everyday as they're quite understated and so comfie to wear. Ernest Jones point blank refused to change them,even though we went in and I showed them I was already wearing the same pair! Their policy just didn't allow the risk I had tried them on-which I do undersatnd,but what a waste of £200!

Last year-just before we split-we hadn't much money but there were a couple of scrapbooking books I wanted,so I left my wishlist on Amazon with the strict instructions of only to get me one.


I feaverishly opened my solitary present on Christmas morning to find..........a book on Meerkats!

To make matters worse,it was TWICE the price of either of the books I wanted