# Christmas present recommendations thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033 "2010-11-09T14:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/1 "2010-11-09T14:38:55Z")
I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s going to ask for this kind of advice, nor am I the first this year… I’d like to get the shopping over with before Thanksgiving, so please, help me! We are attending my aunt’s family Christmas, and I’d like to have small gifts for her grandchildren. Please recommend something to me that is in the $10 or less range. Since we need to spend so little, gift cards don’t seem like the right thing for any of them. The ages and genders in question are: Two little boys ages 5 and 3, with wholesome Christian-type parents One little girl, age 7, likes everything girly and pretty and pink Two boys ages 11 and 13, love to play Gears of War on Xbox One girl age 14, I don’t know much about her at all One girl age 17, likes to play Shock Jock on Facebook and hates people who “haven’t been hurt by life” Bonus points if I can order everything from the same website or get it all at Target. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/2 "2010-11-09T14:48:08Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > One girl age 17, likes to play Shock Jock on Facebook and hates people who “haven’t been hurt by life” How about an hours worth of therapy for this little joy? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/3 "2010-11-09T14:48:48Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > How about an hours worth of therapy for this little joy? Heh. Would totally do it if not for the price limit. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/4 "2010-11-09T15:18:10Z")
The seven-year-old: one of those tiny play sets, like the animals one or the Polly Pockets type, if they still make those. The oldest two: iTunes gift cards. The youngest boys: something in the Hot Wheels range. The middle boys: I don’t know. That’s a rough age. My twelve-year-old son is jonesing for a set of multitool keychains that he saw at Costco. I’ve seen one-off small multitools in your price range. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/5 "2010-11-09T18:07:14Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > . . . > **One girl age 17,** likes to play Shock Jock on Facebook and hates people who “haven’t been hurt by life” > > Bonus points if I can order everything from the same website or get it all at Target. > > Thanks! > **[The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence: de...](https://www.amazon.com/Other-Survival-Signals-Protect-Violence/dp/0440508835)** > > The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence \[de Becker, Gavin\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence Seriously, she’s likely to need this sooner than later. . . ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/6 "2010-11-09T19:58:50Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Two little boys ages 5 and 3, with wholesome Christian-type parents I would get them a chalkboard, chalk, and erasers. **TruCelt** , that’s a _perfect_ gift for that poor, poor girl. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-recommendations-thread/560033/7 "2010-11-10T00:35:28Z")
For the 5- and 3-year-old boys, LEGOS!! Perhaps, if the littlest is too small, Duplos, but my siblings and I loved Legos by that age.