Gift Ideas
It's the last weekend before Christmas and lots of people will be out to buy, buy, buy. Here are some ideas on possible gifts - please add yours in the comments.
The Financial Times' recent, incredible perverse titled, supplement How to Spend It! featured this nice £70 million villa. For those who like their gifts more rural, my friend Vladi has some decent islands on sale. (You will have to negotiate carefully with him - he once seriously tried to barter me with beach sand for some help on his computers.)
Back to earth: If you have to go into debt to buy a gift for someone, do not buy one. If that person does not understand, she/he is not worth to receive one anyhow.
I like to make gifts myself. For friends at the workplace I made some calendars on pentagon dodecahedron on marble paper. A bunch of Origami flowers may have a more personal touch though.
Iraq blogger Raed is collecting money and organizes medicines to Fallujah. You may give some money for that issue and present the receipt as a gift.
You can get a good wine pick and some political advise from Dr. Vino.
For computer geeks USB Mince Pies are reasonable as is gingerbread.
Wired has the first edition of a new magazine Test downloadable. They tested lots of technical gimmicks - you know these must-have-now things that will cost half of today's price next year. Never buy this stuff before Christmas. Make a nice gift certificate and get the real thing later. (I always buy my Lego Technic stuff used or on sale).
If the addressee of your gift is fundamental religious and/or part of that immoral majority that voted for Bush, you may want to give them an urgently needed Wash Away Your Sins Starter Gift Basket.
That store has trademarked What a trend we have in Jesus!. Next thing they will sell is the copyright for the bible. Now that would be a lucrative gift to receive.
Kitchmas aside, I like gifts. What are your ideas of gifts to give and gifts to receive?
Posted by b on December 17, 2004 at 03:59 PM | Permalink
Dear Santa,
I want an Ann Coulter Love Doll for Christmas, preferably the mini-skirt and not the church model.
Also, I would like a Bushmaster .223 rifle, several 20 round clips, bipod, laser range finder, scope, and 5000 rounds of ammunition.
We recently learned about William Tell in school. I want to try that out with Kenny and Kyle at 300 meters.
NEATO!
I have been very good this year--you can ask Mom and Chef!!!
Thanks,
Eric
Posted by: | Dec 17, 2004 5:31:59 PM | 2
@anon - here you go
Ann Coulter Love Doll
Talking Ann Coulter Doll Top Seller Over Holiday Weekend
Kids Tank Ride Experience - Gifts
Posted by: b | Dec 17, 2004 5:50:22 PM | 3
Used car almost paid off. Bought a lawn tractor for my beloved whose two push mowers broke down last summer. It took him days to cut the grass. I gave it to him tonight with a red bow and a bike horn. Outta da way wabbits!
Posted by: beq | Dec 17, 2004 9:36:40 PM | 4
Boy, did I miss the point. Slapping forehead (doh) if only we could send Ann and Riverbend each what they so deserve.
Posted by: beq | Dec 18, 2004 1:37:02 PM | 7
my GF bakes cookies and pastries and other delicious stuff. i cut, fold and glue beautiful boxes where she puts an assortment of her yum sweets, which we then send to friends and some other people by mail.
Posted by: name | Dec 18, 2004 5:25:07 PM | 8
Here are some gift ideas for people you do not like
Merry Christmas everybody!
Posted by: dan of steele | Dec 21, 2004 10:44:00 AM | 9
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Offer flowers to your wife - or husband! - or partner. But just not on a date when you are supposed to.
Or - antique maps of the world
(or as a jigsaw puzzle. I have two world maps at home on my walls, a 5000 piece puzzle and a 6000 piece one. It's cheap, you use it for several months, and then you enjoy looking at it every day...)
Or - the nicest champagne flutes you can find (and use them! - half the pleasure comes from holding them)
Posted by: Jérôme | Dec 17, 2004 5:09:41 PM | 1