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What do you think is the most thoughtful gift you're giving someone this year and why?

Would have to be what I got hubby. He is a woodworker, and all of his items are hand-sanded and polished. The kitties and I got him a new random orbital sander, along with a gift certificate for toys for the new sander. He normally wears out at least one of these a year, so this time with my casino winnings he is getting one with a 3 year guarentee. Smig got him "the complete wood bible", a guide to using exotic woods.
Last year, he got a GPS system from me. When we do craft shows all over New England, most of the shows don't give directions, or if you use mapquest, they send you all around Robin Hood's barn. The "bitch", as we call the GPS, has proven quite useful.

When Big Scary Man was 16, he and a buddy swipped a bottle of Pinch Whiskey (scotch) someone had given his dad as a gift, guzzling it down with Dr. Pepper. BSM had never seen another bottle of Pinch since, and never told his dad he was sorry for stealing it.

BSM told me this story when we were first dating (claiming his father was more upset they mixed with sugary fizz then with the theft) while describing his dad to me. His dad had died 4 years before we met.

He was telling stories today and I suggested we break open one of my gifts to him early, and toast his father. I got him a bottle of Pinch. I think he was surprised I even remembered the story. (no, I didn't get Dr. Pepper to go with it this time)

....on the flip side, Auntie Vile has already vomited hatred this Christmas. Why did I forgo the garlic necklace and wooden stake?

My 19 year old nephew is getting deployed to Iraq in 3 months, he is my only nephew and this is what he has wanted to do since he was about 5 years old. So what do you get a kid who lives in a marine compound, waiting for his life to change? All of us pitched in to buy him a laptop so he can communicate with us, his Mom and Step-Dad got him all the accessories that he could possibly need. His Dad (my brother) supposedly bought him a watch but as he doesn't work,I will assume that my mom bought the boy a watch. So back to what to get the boy! I wandered aimlessly around about 3 stores looking and could not find a thing. Finally decided to get him one of those mastercards that you can put money on and they can use it like a regular one. That way he can buy whatever he needs.
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Every season there is one or two gifts I am really happy with that I think are absolutely perfect for whomever I am giving it to...

This year, my niece won out with the perfect gift. She is crazy about Hannah Montana on Disney. She also loves silver dangle earrings. In October, I found a pair of Hannah Montana silver dangle guitar earrings with Hannah Montana's signature on them. They have been on backorder since October, but I received and e-mail early last week they were shipped. They should be there in time in today's mail, I hope... She is going to freak when she sees them.

I also have a running joke with former neighbors from the condos here about bundt cakes. He loves bundt cakes and his wife dared to make him a 9x13 cake a few years ago and he hurt her feelings. Since then, she has refused (with our egging) to ever make him a bundt cake again. He has to make them himself (and he does). So, I was out shopping and ran across a silicone bundt pan and it is perfect for him and the running joke. LOL.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

hmmmmmmmmm, well , I guess it would be the blender I gave a work mate...her kids love to make smoothies and I knew they wore her blender out...
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PHTessie

hmmmmmmmmm, well , I guess it would be the blender I gave a work mate...her kids love to make smoothies and I knew they wore her blender out...

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I bet she loved it! My crock pot broke last year and a I mentioned it to a friend who knows I love cooking in it. On Christmas Eve last year, there was a loud knock on my door and I opened it and no one was around. Just a huge bag wit a Santa on it and a tag to me from Santa. It was a replacement crock pot. Gifts like the blender and crock pot are awesome from a friend who knows you well enough to know you need them. Good job, very thoughtful.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

Well our two dads are hard to buy for. And they really love the girls. So I went to a photo site and took pics I took all this year and made calendars for 2008 for them. They loved them.

Kathryn

>>Well our two dads are hard to buy for. And they really love the girls. So I went to a photo site and took pics I took all this year and made calendars for 2008 for them. They loved them.
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>>Kathryn

what site did you use?
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker

I just used Kodak because when I loaded the software for my camera that year it's the link that always pops up. But I should have gone through my dropshots site. Their prices are a little better than Kodak. Oh well, live and learn.

I bought Steve a sculpture from the African store. The lady goes over to Africa every six months to get items. I walked around the store for about 45 minutes. I found the purr-fect gift. It was a bird that means don't forget where you come from. He loved it!
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker

Hmm, I guess that would be some antique sterling silver thimbles for my mother. She collect thimbles and has tons of them, but I found some early 1900s sterling silver ones, researched the maker's marks online, and found out who manufactured them and the approximate dates ... wrote up a little card to go with each. She really liked them.

Pamela
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