❄❄ Let It Snow ❄❄ :: Christmas 2012 Chatter Thread

lunar

I god my dads present this weekend, a bird box with a webcam inside. Im trying to decide if i should make it into a hamper with bird food and other related things. I had been planning to wait till next year to do hampers again.

Opee, take a look at amazon craft kits there are plenty for around your budget for DN. I bought a big stash of them for my birthday party draw.

Missorganised

Hope you don't mind if I join your fab thread I have been a lurker on the forums for past three years and now feel its time to join in and put some of your fab tips to good use. I love Xmas and started my shopping a few month ago OH thinks I'm mad but have a lot to buy for and like to spread the cost.

Gleek

Opee92 wrote: »

Right ladies I'm gonna write my Christmas list here (as mentioned earlier it's easier to edit on here than it is in my xmas notebook) anyone I haven't already bought for I'd really like advice/help with as there's some people I'm really stuck for. Here we go anyway..........

Mum - 2 Yankee candle Christmas Reed diffusers (£6.37 each in Clintons Cards sale!)
Dad - No idea 73yrs old and doesn't want ANYTHING Help appreciated!!!
DD - 2 in October, mad on Peppa Pig, Thomas, arty stuff (any deals please post links)
OH - Money to spend in sales I think.
Sister - 4 Crime books/dvd's (The works £1.99 each BOGOF)
Little Bro - Doctor who electric toothbrush (£3.99 Argos Clearance)
Older Bro 1 - Talking tankard (£4.99 Argos sale)
Older Bro 2 - No idea....as he does so much for me I wanna make a fuss of him after the cr*ppy year he's had so I'm looking for a tv 40"+ or an Ipad style tablet.
Sister 2 and partner - "Chav" board game (£4.99 in sale at a local shop)
Neice 1 - Mickey Mouse tag game - (£6 factory shop outlet)
Neice 2 - Aguadraw travel bag (£7.50 Argos)
Neice 3 - 3yrs old £5 spend....advice please

More to add.....will edit later and complete list

Your dad sounds like my grandad, he never wants anything either!

Whatever I do buy my grandad stays in bags untouched , even when they're DVD's of the war/John Wayne/Man Utd - things he loves!

Have given up buying 'presents' for him now as they just got opened and left and just get him what he needs - last birthday was lots of new underwear, some toiletries etc and then took him out for dinner. Christmas was clothes - just like this years will prob all be too.

Asda had a grafix boxset of colour in bookmarks/greeting cards/postcards etc etc for £3. With a packet of colouring pencils thhat'd be about £4 if yours has any

Searching on[URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=kitchen-uk&field-keywords=GRAFIX#/ref=sr_nr_p_4_1?rh=n:11052681,k:GRAFIX,p_4:GRAFIX|Grafix&bbn=11052681&keywords=GRAFIX&ie=UTF8&qid=1339435131&rnid=365498011] Amazon[/URL] brings up some similar ones too

alja

Think I'm going to make my mum a royal jelly hamper for xmas ...just need to get hold of some hamper-type boxes when and wherever I can!

Archiebear

Hi Gleek,

what about Dear Dad, from you to me (Journal of a lifetime) from Amazon? Think it's about £10. Give him a chance to tell all his memories!

Haribo1

I've made a good start on xmas list now especially as we have so many to buy for. I have all my nephews and nieces presents and presents for my friends children. Need to concentrate on my 4 lo's now. Bought a 3ds for one of them and a karaoke for another. Its my littlest ds who is 4 who i am struggling for ideas. Any ideas appreciated

carlamarie_2

haribo, i really rate the fisherprice imaginext stuff for little boys. and because the age range is 2-8 it lasts a lot longer than other sets such as happyland etc.
my ds has lots including the space police robot, the full space range (including all the aliens and the vechicles), the rocket, the airship carrier, the big and medium dinsosaurs, the emergency vehicles and more.
he got his first set when the was 2 (the rocket which he still plays with now aged 5) and he has saved his pocket money/recieved as gifts ever since. all his friends play with them when they are around. i really cant rate them enough!

this year i am hoping to get him the batcave and the fire station as i think these will be the last big ones that he doesnt have

Gleek

Archiebear wrote: »

Hi Gleek,

what about Dear Dad, from you to me (Journal of a lifetime) from Amazon? Think it's about £10. Give him a chance to tell all his memories!

Awww that's a lovely idea

Unfortunately it'd be no good in my case as grandad has vascular dementia (and has always been quite narcicistic [sp] his entire life, but that's another story!) Hope it helps Opee92 though

Nanamia

It's gone a little quiet on here! Hope everybody is planning:) I've got a list of lists now and need to sort the stockings out. Bought large sacks for the DGDs last year and plan to personalise them with the girls names. Still not got to sort my squirrelling piles out (need an afternoon to myself) oh when.
Picked up a few reduced toys from sainsburys to put away for neighbours littlies. Loving the look of the Christmas tv think it was Gleek who spotted them. Room on the Broom can't wait, loved gruffalos child and the borrowers last year:) Still watching them once a week with the DGDs. And call the midwife:)

alja

I've gone quiet trying to find a job to fund christmas! lol! But I have an interview for a job tomorrow, so will see how it goes! In the meantime I have put a couple of things on eBay to get some funds coming in got a bid on one of them within mins of listing it last night! So that's another £5 in the Christmas pot! ...it's been quite good keeping myself away from the shops as it's helped me to properly plan what I need/want to get