# What are the kids on your holiday gift list getting this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270 "2009-12-14T21:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/1 "2009-12-14T21:09:17Z")
I just finished shopping for my two nieces, ages 3.5 and 22 months. My sister told me that they wanted some toy kitchen utensils and play food, so that’s what I got for them. (I got them some toy pizzas, and that made me hungry, so I ended up having pizza for lunch) What are the kids on your gift list going to be getting this year? Does anyone have recommendations of what to get for a 4-month old? Our newest nephew was born at the end of August. We don’t really know that much about babies and what they like when. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/2 "2009-12-14T21:12:07Z")
I have a 4-year-old girl to buy for and have no idea what to get her. Last year we got her a baby doll that came with a play pen, swing, and other accessories, which she loved. I’ll be scanning this thread for ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/3 "2009-12-14T21:12:30Z")
For wee little babies, I like to go with a nice mobile. The great thing is that you can get 'em in various price ranges - and most babies love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/4 "2009-12-14T21:16:01Z")
My 4 year old God-daughter wanted ‘Girly pink things’ according to Mom so she has some dress up stuff and a sleeping beauty Disney Princess with Horse - mainly because I am determined to get the girl on horseback just like her **Aunty ems** has always had horses 😃 6 year old God-Son aka Big Brother asked Santa for a remote control car so he is getting a remote control all terrain Dune Buggy maily because he will love it and have loads of fun with it and it will annoy Daddy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/5 "2009-12-14T21:16:50Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > I have a 4-year-old girl to buy for and have no idea what to get her. Last year we got her a baby doll that came with a play pen, swing, and other accessories, which she loved. I’ll be scanning this thread for ideas. For 4 year olds I don’t know too well, I like dress-up toys. For example there was this pirate dress-up set I saw - comes with a pirate hat, a plastic sword and a hook. In my experience, 4 years old is a great age for dress-up. I try to choose gifts that could be enjoyed equally well by boys and girls (unless I know what the kid in question likes). ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/6 "2009-12-14T21:19:24Z")
I can see her digging the dress-up clothes. Play food is another good idea. When she and I are together (only a couple of times a year) at her grandparents’, that is often what she wants to play with. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/7 "2009-12-14T21:29:24Z")
I got my buddies 3 yo daughter a 7’ tall teddy bear. It’s fantastic and is going to fill his entire house so I get the double bonus of her loving it and him hating it. I’m not sure if I’m going to get the 9 month old anything. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/8 "2009-12-14T21:51:33Z")
Every time she see a commercial for it, The Littlest Briston goes utterly nuts about the [Fisher-Price GeoTrax Transportation System Remote Control Timbertown Railway](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BWPWCQ/ref=ox_ya_oh_product). I have a feeling Santa will be brining it for her. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-kids-on-your-holiday-gift-list-getting-this-year/521270/9 "2009-12-14T21:52:59Z")
I’m getting all of the kids (they’re my friends’ kids) savings bonds, every year. They will find me boring for a long while but when they go to college and need spending money, they’ll thank me! I think for my 3-month-old niece, tho, I am getting a musicy thing to put in her crib.