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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Sat Dec 12, 2015, 10:41 AM Dec 2015

Let's talk about your holiday shopping, shall we?

most everybody gets a holiday basket. As I do every year, I check what I bought last year and try to remember if it was well received and do it again. My son, dtr in law and 3 year old grandson in a tight Manhattan apt. get a smallish basket with a variety of goodies. My CA kid, husband and grandkid get another kind...obviously they aren't deprived of citrus at all and they have lots more space. But there is something for everyone...no junk, tho...

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Let's talk about your holiday shopping, shall we? (Original Post) CTyankee Dec 2015 OP

I get people books... First Speaker Dec 2015 #1

As a seasonal bookseller at Barnes and Noble... Chan790 Dec 2015 #7

I suppose I shouldn't admit I'm addicted to a Big Box soulless corporation... First Speaker Dec 2015 #8

That's nice. I like people books. LiberalEsto Dec 2015 #18

Up with people!...and their books... First Speaker Dec 2015 #19

I'm done! femmocrat Dec 2015 #2

This year, it's gonna be.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #3

just the thing! The perfect gift! CTyankee Dec 2015 #4

I hear that it's a real disappointment and uses Auto-Tune csziggy Dec 2015 #9

we do consumables restorefreedom Dec 2015 #5

always a good choice, IMO. I like to get baskets that have just enough to satisfy but CTyankee Dec 2015 #6

exactly.....a fruit/nut/chocolate combo restorefreedom Dec 2015 #10

oh, yes, you nailed it! CTyankee Dec 2015 #12

I give books to the kids and mostly gift certificates to adults csziggy Dec 2015 #11

granddaughters in late teens get scarves, hair clips, gloves etc from cool stores and CTyankee Dec 2015 #13

I wouldn't know what a "cool store" was! csziggy Dec 2015 #14

Oh, I let the kids define what is cool and is not cool. We've got some right next to the CTyankee Dec 2015 #15

Well, I just don't do stores, especially fashion type ones. csziggy Dec 2015 #16

yep, it's always the right color you might say... CTyankee Dec 2015 #17

HA! elleng Dec 2015 #20

What shopping? PasadenaTrudy Dec 2015 #21

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

1. I get people books...

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 11:45 AM

Dec 2015

...everyone, it doesn't matter. Or, maybe, a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble... ...

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

7. As a seasonal bookseller at Barnes and Noble...

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:22 PM

Dec 2015

I didn't need the money, I just needed an excuse to leave the house and I wanted the employee discount because I basically read a book a day and that kind of addiction gets expensive fast.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

8. I suppose I shouldn't admit I'm addicted to a Big Box soulless corporation...

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:37 PM

Dec 2015

.....but I spend a *lot* of time at my local B & N...yeah, I love the small bookstores, etc, etc...but browsing is what it's all about to me, and the Big Ones just have more books to browse, especially the relatively obscure ones, than the small ones do. God forbid that bookstores disappear... ...it's the physical act of browsing that I love. I *hate* buying online...

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

18. That's nice. I like people books.

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 07:30 PM

Dec 2015

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

19. Up with people!...and their books...

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 08:18 PM

Dec 2015

...and "people books"...I think I'll read a nice, non-people book during the Break...

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

2. I'm done!

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 02:20 PM

Dec 2015

And I did it all without going to the mall. I ordered almost everything online this year. Is this a great country or what!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. This year, it's gonna be....

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 02:21 PM

Dec 2015

Yodelling Pickle

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010VS078?keywords=yodeling%20pickle&qid=1449944352&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

for the very few on my list.

Mr. Dixie and his brother have sent the same orange colored giant ashtray back and forth to each other for decades now.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

4. just the thing! The perfect gift!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 02:55 PM

Dec 2015

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

9. I hear that it's a real disappointment and uses Auto-Tune

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:43 PM

Dec 2015

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A164UM74G1SEAE/ref=pdp_new_read_full_review_link?ie=UTF8&page=1&sort_by=MostRecentReview#R5JXLA2UHEJGU

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

5. we do consumables

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:08 PM

Dec 2015

food, coffees, restaurant gift certificates, wine...

eat it, drink it, then its gone

no storage or "does it fit" worries!

edit...kids,get gift certificates to kid appropriate stores

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

6. always a good choice, IMO. I like to get baskets that have just enough to satisfy but

Reply to restorefreedom (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:13 PM

Dec 2015

not too much to be leftovers and cause guilt in recipient...I think some forbidden sweets (just a few) are in order for the holidays and other special treats...

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

10. exactly.....a fruit/nut/chocolate combo

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:44 PM

Dec 2015

or other such...then again, some folks like the crunchy popcorn type stuff..

i guess you gotta know your audience, so to speak

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

12. oh, yes, you nailed it!

Reply to restorefreedom (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:48 PM

Dec 2015

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

11. I give books to the kids and mostly gift certificates to adults

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:46 PM

Dec 2015

My family eliminated gift giving once the kids became adults. My husband's family draws names for the adults so all we have to get are presents for our grandnephews and two adult gifts. My husband's sister graduated from Clemson so he's giving her a Clemson shirt in honor of some football thing they won this year. For the nephew who is starting college, I'm just giving him fifty dollar bill - I have no idea what he might want or need so I figure money is always welcome at that age.

So my shopping is done and I never got near a mall.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

13. granddaughters in late teens get scarves, hair clips, gloves etc from cool stores and

Reply to csziggy (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:50 PM

Dec 2015

the 11 yr. grandson gets a check, the 3 yr. old grandson gets a toy or a book...

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

14. I wouldn't know what a "cool store" was!

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:54 PM

Dec 2015

When our nieces and nephews turned 12 I started giving them money instead of books.

The oldest great nephews I have contact with are five so I have a few years left before that will start for them. What's cool is that their parents love for us to give them books. The boys (twins) are reading at third grade level and they are teaching their three year old brother to read, so it's a challenge picking books that they will like. I generally try to stay a year or two ahead of their current reading level and that has worked so far.

Their grandparents keep the boys well supplied with toys so I don't want to contribute to that overflow.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

15. Oh, I let the kids define what is cool and is not cool. We've got some right next to the

Reply to csziggy (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:56 PM

Dec 2015

Yale campus downtown so it's not a big deal to find them. I figure if they flourish for yale students, they're probably what that market likes, right? And they can always exchange them if not...