# Help me pick presents for my family abroad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133 "2003-05-28T22:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/1 "2003-05-28T22:45:13Z")
I’m in South East florida right now and I’m flying back to Morocco thursday night (tomorrow) to spend the vacations there. I want to bring some presents with me for my close family (grandmother, uncles, aunts, adult cousins, young cousins). Obviously, I can’t go with expensive stuff but I still want to buy them some stuff you can’t find over there. Even better if it’s typically american stuff. I’m thinking along the lines of $10 per person. Not much, I know, but I’m just a student and they won’t expect anything so it’s ok. The thing is, I can’t seem to think of anything (except the mandatory chocolate and candy and a couple of things for my two brothers). So what are your suggestions fellow dopers? ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/2 "2003-05-28T22:59:13Z")
For the cousins, depending on age, I suggest t-shirts or other items with your school logo. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/3 "2003-05-28T23:33:14Z")
How bout some tacky tourist stuff? You’re in Florida, you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/4 "2003-05-29T01:03:42Z")
Wow, what an avalanche of helpful suggestions! I am frankly impressed by you guys 😛 It’s ok. I’ll just take my wife with me, that should help. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/5 "2003-05-29T01:16:10Z")
You’re giving your wife to your family? You foreigners DO have some strange customs. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/6 "2003-05-29T08:19:33Z")
Heh. We do indeed. But giving wives is not one of them (unfortunately I might add). So, I took her with me shopping and I ended up spending a bit more per person that I had planned. I limited it to my immediate family though. For the rest of them, I just got lots of candy. So that’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/7 "2003-05-29T12:45:43Z")
If you can’t rot their minds with American culture, rot their teeth with American candy! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-presents-for-my-family-abroad/178133/8 "2003-05-29T17:18:43Z")
Amen to that!