What do you buy for a 92 year old man for Christmas??

Horasio

As above

The usual 'male' gifts seem corny

Does anyone have any idea what to get him?

pbfhpunk

Not quite the same but we've got my nan, 92 year old woman, a hamper for xmas. We got one that was more like jams and biscuits, but they have a really nice one in tesco that seemed more manly with more alcohol and shortbread!

But over the last couple of years we've got her things like a dvd player, funnily enough she's never used it! but she totally loves what I got her for her 91st which was a pair of wireless headphones so she could watch tv without having the volume blaring!

Tallymanjohn

I'd also suggest the 'hamper' as well - not just edibles but stocking fillers as well - if you put enough stuff in, chances are some will be a hit.

Alternatively, & I did this for my 82 year-old mother in law a few years ago, a 5-year diary!.

Horasio

It has to be fairly small as I am flying down to see him, so has to fit in a case and not be a liquid

Tallymanjohn

A photo album of family pictures - the more family you can get, the better & as many old photos as you can find as, if my aged relatives are anything to go by, the recent past has washed over them so older images work better.

scuzz

Well the oldest man in Britain, who's 110 puts his long life down to cigarettes, whiskey and wild women!!

Maybe find out what he swears by and get him some of that?

pbfhpunk

Might be corny, I haven't bought presents for an elderly man for years!, but there's always monogrammed hankies small enough to transport easily. I think the photoalbum is a good idea, for my nan me and my brother found some slides of her parent's and also a picture of her with all her grandchildren just after I was born, and we had them made into 8x10s and framed and she loves them. As me and my brother are her favourite grandchildren we often find pictures of her with each of us and then her with both and get them copied and framed together, we did this one year and used a 3 photo frame from Ikea and so it cost about £20.

It's one of those things where to begin with you can hardly think of anything but once you find a couple of things more just appear and in the end you can't decide!

lauranurse

Going with the photos idea, have you seen the photobooks you can get made up at online photo developers? They are lovely and would make a nice gift!

Christmasshopper

The title of your thread reminded me of something:
Years ago I needed to buy a gift for a man in his nineties. I asked him if he could think of anything he would like. "Yes", he replied, "A nice pair of gloves; but don't go wasting your money on leather ones at my age, I'll never wear them out!"

foreign_correspondent

I think food is always good for older people, as they often have everything they need, but food will always be useful! Posh shortbread, butterscotch, preserves, tea etc.
Altenatively, depending on his interests, books, dvd's/videos if he has a player (espcially if he has any interests, such as watching football, historical things, or similar - an older relative of mine likes ww2 aeroplanes and trains, and you can always find books and videos about these)
Alternatively, if he is quite independant/mobile, nice socks (especailly the soft, seam free ones) or a nice woolen scarf, or some gloves might be appreciated. Or, as others have suggested, a photo frame/album.
We brought my 92 year old grandma a portable tv (she doesnt like the big tv's!) with a remote control - so she could operate it from her armchair - her old one was about 25 and on the blink - she loves it, even if it did take her a while to get the hang of pointing the remote at the tv, not at the floor whilst she looked for the right button!
Anyway, good luck!

lil_me

My Great Greandma when she got to that lovely age wouldn't say what she needed. So we went round the house writing things down she needed, things like frying pan (she was using one without a handle) bedside lamp, movement sensitive lights for hall way, single persons cutler set, knives (after I caught her cutting steak with a razor blade) telephone with big numbers, remote control tele etc.