What did you GIVE?

[animal_rescue]

My boyfriend:
A green work shirt and tie
A blue work shirt and tie
Princess Bride DVD
An American Psycho book
An autographed picture of myself framed, yea this was his fav.

My twin:
Matching shoes and purse
An ipod

My little sister:
5 Cds

My youngest sister:
A Hannah Montana cosmetic kit
And a dvd player to share with my other little sister

That's pretty much all I bought for because I really didn't have much money to spend in the first place. I know eventually, probably next month I'm going to replace a ton of my mom's kitchen utensils and she knows that as well so that's going to be a late Christmas present for her.

[cali]

my mom-Game Shears(too make cutting the dogs food easier)

my dad-a doggie seatbelt and seat cover to help him keep his dog under control in his car when he travels.

my dads fiance-a body shop bath set

my brother-a wal mart gift card

my BFF-new cloths

my godson-a sleeper and a giant teddy

my BFFs spouse-john deer monopoly

my BFF's mom-a vanity plate and a coke thermos

my BFF's litter sister-shoes

my BFF's dad-home baked cookies

my BFF's cat-a decent quality cat food(they were grabbing a bag of meow mix lol, I felt sorry for the cat and bought him a large bag of the best food in the store)

Happy and Ladybug-each got a ball

Electra and Ripley-each got a busy bone

Misty-a tuff tugger toy

Rusty-a sweater

Perky-a squeaker rabbit

Kari-little cat toy thrower ball things

[Taz_Zoee]

Just as I received, I got everyone gift cards. Except my mom and dad. Mom got a jacket from arf (the shelter I volunteer with) and my dad got slippers.

[Suki Wingy]

It ended up all being small hand knit stuff from me this year. Not only do I not have a job, but I really procrastinated. I still haven't finished my friend's mini TARDIS I'm making her. I just need to sew up the pieces and stuff it.

[Catty1]

About a month or so ago, I was at the grocery store. I bought my stuff, went to customer service for a moment and left my heavyish bags at the checkout.

When I came back, there was an elderly woman from the nearby Stoney nation who was counting out some change. I asked how much she was short, and the cashier said $2.50 or something like that. I said, "Heck, I can help - it's Christmas." and I handed over $5. The cashier said the woman 'reeked of alcohol' and I said, "all the more prayers she needs." I leaned over to the woman and said, "Merry Christmas. Grandmother," and left.

I asked a bunch of friends to donate any Christmas stuff they had...and got a tree, decorations, Walmart gift card, toys, you name it! I drove it all down to a single mom friend of mine in southern Alberta. It was a blast - I didn't even know what was in some of the boxes - it was like Christmas for me too! And some of the tree ornaments were really unique ones.

I got Mom some truffles - she loves them, 5 will last her a year, easily! And I got her a book she really wanted, With or Without God by Gretta Vosper (and she isn't religious!).

I gave several smiles to busy clerks at a local store yesterday and shared a quick chat. The one store clerk felt bad for the girls on the till as they were SO busy. That was great of her - thinking of her co-workers.

It's been a nice season.

[wolf_Q]

I'm not going to name all the gifts...just what we gave my mom. She is a big fan of Neil Diamond, she hadn't seen him in concert since she was in her teens. He was coming to Salt Lake City so my dad and I bought tickets a couple of months ago and kept it a secret. We took her up there telling her we were going shopping, she wasn't sure why we wanted to go shopping in a snow storm but luckily she didn't really suspect anything. She was very surprised and I think she enjoyed herself.

[.sarah]

My mom:
A meat thermometer (hers had broken, and I was clueless this year as to what to get her!). It was a really nice digital one.

My dad:
A gift card to a hunting/fishing store

Both parents:
Picture frames, because I am going to do a photoshoot of them together. They have never had nice pictures of them together, so I suggested this a few weeks ago and my mom was thrilled with the idea!
Made a lot of goodies for them as well, and I cooked Christmas Eve dinner and most of Christmas dinner as well. Everything was homemade... I've spent almost all of the last three days in the kitchen!

My brother:
Mario Party 8 for the Wii my parents gave him

My friend Anna:
Some socks from American Eagle that she'd said she really liked
A scarf (a joint gift for her and her roomate - they both love scarves and I have eaten over a few times, so I wanted to say thank you )

My friend Kristin:
Some necklaces, and a Jeff Dunham DVD

My friend Bradley:
I am making him a scrapbook of photos I'd taken of his dog that died a couple months ago. I am watching his other dog right now while he's on a cruise, so he won't get the present until he returns on Saturday.

[Whisk_Luva]

My Mum:
What happens in vegas DVD
Take that CD (she loves them)

My Brother:
An air guitar thing (its like, the first part of the guitar, all the frets etc, and you click on those and strum and it has infared sensers or something so it picks up that he is struming and plays). My brothers always air guitaring you see.
A hot wheels sweet set thing (my brother is 17 but he loves hot wheels LOL.... the set had 2 hot wheels in and a bag or 2 of sweets), and a bar of white chocolate.

My Dad:
A Magritte book (his favourite artist)
A calendar I made on my computer (since I was little I have made him a calendar for Christmas. I do the backgrounds on some art software I have and then cut out/edit pictures of Snoopy and put them in. We both love Snoopy)
2 little toblerones (chocolate, not sure if you have them in the US)

My Sister:
All presents were from all of us this year.... but I helped choose out a sparkly ball thing which bounces and its full of bright blue glitter..... etc. My sisters mentally handicapped by the way and functions at the age of 18 months (she is technically 19 years old though). She loves anything noisy, anything colourful and anything that moves (for example cars)....

My Friends:
Chocolate and rubber duck key rings (LOL)

[Zippy]

Aunt and Uncle-Yankee Candle
Cousin Tyler-giftcard to target
Cousin Katie-apple handloction set,flower mug
Grandma-cocker keychain
Grandpa-horse keychain
Katie's friend-chocolate

They all loved there gifts and I was soo happy.

[anna_66]

We gave coats, hats and gloves to the Salvation Army.

Mark and I gave each other new windows for our home.

To mom we gave a digital photo frame and to dad a new electric razor.

A few small things here and there to friends and family.

[cassiesmom]

Everyone got clothes. I think they all liked what they got. My brother mostly wears shirts and ties in his new job and I found him a dress shirt with a modest pattern, not too "busy" for days when he has meetings. From what I could tell when he unwrapped it I do believe he liked it. I gave my dad a pull-over sweater with a stripe design that's close to one he already has, so that will get exchanged. I gave my best friend a pickle ornament for her Christmas tree. My mom received one about 10 or 12 years ago, when my youngest nieces were little, and they loved finding the pickle and getting an extra little gift. My best friend's niece is 15 months old now, so her mommy helped her find the pickle this year to start the tradition off in their family.

[JenBKR]

We gave spme personalized gifts this year, grandparents got gifts with pictures of the grandkids, etc. Two of my neices got clothes from us, one got some art supplies. The best, though, were some gifts to a couple of foster kids (through a friend of mine who is a foster care caseworker) and a movie to my mom - she has been looking for "The Christmas Tree" for years, and we finally found it!