marge954

DH & I have been together so long that it's hard to come up with Christmas gifts. Last year I drove around town for about 2 hours trying to come up with something. I decided to give up for the day. As I came to the intersection for home I quickly turned into Bojangles. I went in and purchased $100 of $10 gift cards. I asked for 10 of the little apple pie boxes and ten bags. The ladies in Bojangles know DH really well so they loved my gift idea. I assembled the "gifts" rolled the top of the bag down, put a bow on the bag and put them under the tree after my DH went to sleep. He though it was hilarious and still thinks it was the best gift ever since I fuss at him all the time for eating to much fast food.
This year he's getting a .99 cent plate made for eating tocos.
What was your best offbeat gift (given or received)?

M.Elizabeth

My husband and I quit buying for each other at Christmas. We, too, have been married for many years. We spend on groceries to give a needy family (someone we know personally) which is far more satisfying than buying gifts for each other. And - we really don't need anything. We both have been retired several years.

needles3thread

M.Elizabeth, I believe you are right.

ManiacQuilter2

Cute stores. I always enjoyed doing something fun with boyfriends. Like wrapping a box, in a box in another in another box.

gramajo

My husband bought a '67 Mustang convertible (her favorite car ever). I didn't know he had done this so was as surprised as she was. He wrapped a package to give her with instructions to go to the garage. There was a big wreath there with a note to go elsewhere, where she found another note. After several more notes, she was in a neighbor's garage looking at her '67 Mustang convertible!
All of us at the gathering were following her by this time. BTY It's still here favorite Christmas gift. And she still has it after 40+ years.

orangeroom

My favorite gift that I received was a bean bag chair back in 1975-ish. I was ~5 yrs old! I loved it! DD gave me a scarf a few years ago that I still wear when I walk our beast of a dog on her twice/day walks no matter what the weather. She hand made it and loves the fact I still use it.

tranum

When I was about 12, my parents bought me a horse. That was cool. After I was married, my husband bought me a top and pants matching set. It was something a very old lady would wear and I never could make myself put it on. That was not cool. We stopped buying each other gifts about that time !

lynnie

I got a pet rock 40 something yrs ago.
My son would save his bottle and can money and buy me jewelry.
I was in jewelry sales at the time, so when he was 3 1/2 he got me a charm then a bracelet
with all his return money. It was , is, 14 kt gold. Over the years, he bought me 36 charms for
that bracelet. he thought it was a good deal, because he never had a problem buying me gifts.
he just got me charms. that was back when a charm was $10. The vendors at the flea mkt always gave
him a good deal on the charms. I still have it but it's heavy now 1 oz. of gold,so I don't wear it.
I want to shadow box it now.

gramajo

I just reread what I wrote. Car was bought for DD for her 16th Christmas in 1979.

BETTY62

My husband and I haven't exchanged Christmas gifts in many years. We donate funds to help provide Christmas to the needy families in our community.