Birthday present for Centenarian!!

ciderwithrosie_2

Would it be possible to get a group photo of all her family at the party and put it in a nice frame for her? Will be an after present but one she would enjoy I'm sure.

As an aside, I think I'm going to take up drinking brandy too... my great granny also lived past 100 and she put her longevity down to a nip of brandy every day!

whitewing

What about checking with the family and maybe getting a photographer from the local paper along? (You will probably have to request this in advance).

Other people I have known have had charity donations in lieu of presents but I think that does depend. (I like presents but I'm not yet a hundred so perhaps the novelty will have worn off by then!)

Or, if you have time, you could do a food hamper with a type of food from each decade eg
1912/13 Hellman's mayonnaise (This is from Hellman's website): Originally, two versions of the recipe were sold, and to distinguish between them, Hellmann put a blue ribbon around one. The "ribbon" version was in such high demand that in 1912, Hellmann designed what is today the iconic "Blue Ribbon" label, to be placed on larger glass jars. In 1913, Hellmann's received its first trademark for the Blue Ribbon.
You could wrap up each food item so that they can guess what it is before unwrapping. (I don't have a life!)
Jaffa Cakes are a cake-style biscuit introduced by McVitie and Price in 1927

MissSarah151

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

As an aside, I think I'm going to take up drinking brandy too... my great granny also lived past 100 and she put her longevity down to a nip of brandy every day!

I think you are on to something here - my old next door neighbour lived to 102 and she had her daily brandy as well!