In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > My mom and I often purchased stuff we would not ordinarily eat during
> > the year, due to price or quality, but we knew the recipient would like
> > it.
> >
> > Such items included canned meats such as Underwood canned ham and roast
> > beef spreads, usually along with a gourmet cracker package.
> >
> > Lindt's dark chocolate truffles and chocolate oranges are also common
> > fare.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
>
> My parent don't really need more "stuff". My Christmas gift to them is
> consumables. Homemade beef jerky, sliced, dried tomatoes, toasted
> spiced nuts, fudge, dark chocolate covered cherries, toffee, garlic
> butter sourdough croutons. On the store-bought side, fancy coffee,
> Abuelita (mexican hot chocolate tablets), artichoke hearts, hearts of
> palm. Stuff they can munch on themselves, or is fit to set out when
> they have company.
>
> Also, reams of printer paper and inkjet cartridges. We got them an
> idiot-proof combination printer/copier/fax machine last year, which sees
> daily use in relation to Medicare and their secondary carrier.
>
> Screw the bubble bath, my mom considers it incredibly posh to be able to
> make copies at home at the touch of a button without having to drive to
> the library and stick a quarter into the side of a machine.

I feel you on the "enough stuff" thing! I'm in the same boat. I plan
to ask sis' for a pan of Baklava for Christmas again. :-) And Lynda for
Brownies... I can freeze that stuff and eat it slowly.

Colored printer paper sounds like a good idea too.

I'm up in the air as for what to get the Nephews. They already have too
many toys! They are 3 and 6.
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Peace! Om

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