http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28398 TARDIStime Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:00:44 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28398 @kellyography AAAAH! I got here too late to say the same thing! @kellyography AAAAH! I got here too late to say the same thing!

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28397 TheDilettantista Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:50:59 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28397 @ghechr Everyone likes the movies! @ghechr Everyone likes the movies!

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28382 selenana Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:05:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28382 @Slutface Off to put nail polish remover and cat litter on my Xmas list. I'm a stuff-hater too. I can never think of what to ask for. @Slutface Off to put nail polish remover and cat litter on my Xmas list. I’m a stuff-hater too. I can never think of what to ask for.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28380 ghechr Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:47:26 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28380 @TheDilettantista I agree. I get people that I need to get gifts for but maybe don't know very well (like an admin assistant) movie theater gift cards. Everyone likes the movies, right? @TheDilettantista I agree. I get people that I need to get gifts for but maybe don’t know very well (like an admin assistant) movie theater gift cards. Everyone likes the movies, right?

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28344 ciphressinchief Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:16:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28344 @Slutface Agree! My Christmas list is just an assortment of things that I would have to buy myself anyway. See: bike helmet, raincoat, etc. @Slutface Agree! My Christmas list is just an assortment of things that I would have to buy myself anyway. See: bike helmet, raincoat, etc.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28337 kellyography Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:43:37 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28337 I love giving and receiving "stuff" as well as donations and consumables. I'm giving a little of each this year, and think it's going to work out fine. If anyone in my family ever said they didn't want anything (hasn't happened yet), I would definitely get them some kind of candy or chocolate and donate to a charity that would mean something to them. My family is super religious so I try not to give to churches and anti-LGBQT organizations (which is what they would generally do), and instead support local food banks or innocuous medical research causes. I love giving and receiving “stuff” as well as donations and consumables. I’m giving a little of each this year, and think it’s going to work out fine. If anyone in my family ever said they didn’t want anything (hasn’t happened yet), I would definitely get them some kind of candy or chocolate and donate to a charity that would mean something to them. My family is super religious so I try not to give to churches and anti-LGBQT organizations (which is what they would generally do), and instead support local food banks or innocuous medical research causes.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28335 kellyography Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:21:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28335 @MuffyStJohn Photoshop! Once the nice portrait is put together, you can also make a collage of you guys surfing with Santa! @MuffyStJohn Photoshop! Once the nice portrait is put together, you can also make a collage of you guys surfing with Santa!

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28326 TheDilettantista Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:25:53 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28326 Also a nice gift for people who don't want things is an experience-based gift or even a membership to something you enjoy but maybe wouldn't get for yourself. My boyfriend is all befuddled about things to get me this year (I tried to go no-presents but he was insistent), and I suggested that he get me a membership to one of our local art museums. So that's feeding my desire to see art and also supporting local culture and non-profits! I gave my parents an experience-based gift this year (gift certificate to a restaurant they eat at lots--not a chain, a nice local place--alas I can't take them to dinner for the holidays, since they're in another state) and I know that they will use it and enjoy it, and that it won't clutter up their house. Also a nice gift for people who don’t want things is an experience-based gift or even a membership to something you enjoy but maybe wouldn’t get for yourself. My boyfriend is all befuddled about things to get me this year (I tried to go no-presents but he was insistent), and I suggested that he get me a membership to one of our local art museums. So that’s feeding my desire to see art and also supporting local culture and non-profits! I gave my parents an experience-based gift this year (gift certificate to a restaurant they eat at lots–not a chain, a nice local place–alas I can’t take them to dinner for the holidays, since they’re in another state) and I know that they will use it and enjoy it, and that it won’t clutter up their house.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28325 TheDilettantista Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:23:26 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28325 @swampette@twitter This is all so true! My parents are VERY generous (too generous really) but my mother has finally started listening to my pleas to stop getting me needless things. This year what I wanted/needed for Chanukah was a new linens set and a purse I'd been eyeing for months, and I got both, and I was SUPER HAPPY about it. She's also started turning her gifts toward more house-necessity things; I'll have nothing left to register for if I get married, but at least these are useful things like pots and pans and serving dishes that I am able to see and touch and use with frequent occasion, and when I do so I think of how nice it was for my parents to get them for me! But in reality Target and Bed Bath and Beyond gift cards are the BEST, because you will always need things from Target or Bed Bath and Beyond (shampoo! shower curtains! cleaning supplies!) and it is nice to not have to spend your own money on these things. @swampette@twitter This is all so true! My parents are VERY generous (too generous really) but my mother has finally started listening to my pleas to stop getting me needless things. This year what I wanted/needed for Chanukah was a new linens set and a purse I’d been eyeing for months, and I got both, and I was SUPER HAPPY about it. She’s also started turning her gifts toward more house-necessity things; I’ll have nothing left to register for if I get married, but at least these are useful things like pots and pans and serving dishes that I am able to see and touch and use with frequent occasion, and when I do so I think of how nice it was for my parents to get them for me! But in reality Target and Bed Bath and Beyond gift cards are the BEST, because you will always need things from Target or Bed Bath and Beyond (shampoo! shower curtains! cleaning supplies!) and it is nice to not have to spend your own money on these things.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/what-to-get-for-a-person-who-wants-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-28324 Kathryn Funkhouser@twitter Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:21:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20292#comment-28324 My dad is a total Mike Dang as far as gift-giving goes, and I'd say the things he's liked most from me are either Unusual Food Gifts or Surprise Outing gifts. Going to do an activity like ice-skating or hiking or the zoo is fun and stress-free because he doesn't have to plan anything. He likes adventures and, y'know, Quality Time, so it's like "I'm thinking of you and enjoy you as a human but I know you do not desire many specific objects". Food-wise, things like nice chocolates or fancy truffle oil are things he'd never buy himself, he'll enjoy for a while, and then they get eaten so they don't become clutter. I totally agree with Mike though that you shouldn't just get people stuff so you can present them with said stuff. The point is showing that you like them! My dad is a total Mike Dang as far as gift-giving goes, and I’d say the things he’s liked most from me are either Unusual Food Gifts or Surprise Outing gifts. Going to do an activity like ice-skating or hiking or the zoo is fun and stress-free because he doesn’t have to plan anything. He likes adventures and, y’know, Quality Time, so it’s like “I’m thinking of you and enjoy you as a human but I know you do not desire many specific objects”. Food-wise, things like nice chocolates or fancy truffle oil are things he’d never buy himself, he’ll enjoy for a while, and then they get eaten so they don’t become clutter. I totally agree with Mike though that you shouldn’t just get people stuff so you can present them with said stuff. The point is showing that you like them!

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