Well, about a month before his dog passed away, he took her picture and put it on a TV test pattern. (He restores old TVs for a living.) So I asked him to email me the test pattern and I had it put on a sweatshirt and t-shirt for him. There’s an antique television convention in May and I’m sure he’ll be the talk of it.
Nothing. My husband and I do not exchange Christmas gifts with each other anymore. We buy the family and friends stuff, yes, and we receive stuff from them, but for each other, we’ve decided from here on out - we have enough. We have each other, and our health, and neither of us could possibly ask for more. I mean, we wouldn’t turn down a couple million dollars, right? But the chances of that happening are pretty slim. 
On Christmas day, when all the visiting and unwrapping and feasting is done, we will sit together, cuddling up, looking at all the stars on the bluff… enjoying the bliss that nothing can bring. Peace, quiet, and happiness.
'Cause next year there just might be the pitter-patter of tiny feet… and loud yowling and teething and slobbering and garish plastic toys and diaper changes and… and…
This might be the last year we get to enjoy nothing for a long, long time! :eek:
He’s getting a Heinlein book and a DVD of a danish TV-series with a huge, agressive, fascistic purple hippopotamus as a main charachter. Yes, we’re a bit strange.
I’d love this!
Good luck.
Due to our one incomeness at the moment, rather than buy each other stuff, we are gtting lost season 3 and 24 day 6 for both of us, from both of us.
At his request, a DVD of Total Balalaika Show, featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir. The real Red Army Choir :eek:
I love him. Honest.
I went self-employed at the start of the year which gave me a major increase in salary. Prior to realising this she was quite stressed about it so we’re having a bit of a blow-out.
New iPod (lovely red nano with hurlingly cute inscription)
Some boots - very, very hot. Combination of knee high, lovely leather and the whole style. Oh yes!
A DAB radio to listen to at work
A vast selection of cosmetic/beauty products from her favourite store. How can face cream cost over £50?
Some books - she’s not a great reader whereas I feel naked without a book in my pocket. Trying to encourage her.
One of everything at her favourite beauty spa.
I have the sneaking suspicion that I’m getting a most desirable EEPROM programmer from her 
Geek heaven.
But my favourite christmas-time gift is new years eve which is my Dads birthday. For the past 5 or 6 years I’ve taken my brother & sisters (and SOs and one niece), a couple of friends I’ve had from childhood and my Dad to our finest chinese restaurant where we eat, drink, drink, drink and be merry. It’s better than any present and is normally my favourite day of the year.
I’ve got the best surprise ever lined up for next year. We’re going away to a little cabin in the woods where we’ll sit in front of a log fire, watch the snow fall and scare ourselves to death telling spooky stories of bigfoot, aliens in the forest and axe murderers
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We agreed to only buy small gifts for each other this year - we were going on a coach tour of Europe on Boxing day with our kids and her son+partner over from Oz… but I broke (ignored) the rules and got her a Wireless media player and speakers, to allow her to put music on without turning the TV on.
But now I can’t go on the trip - our son is not well enough to travel. So she is letting me buy a Firewire Audio interface (Alesis Multimix 12) as a consolation 
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I paid for the Bluetooth headset he picked out and ordered himself. For Christmas Day, he’ll get a drill (he said he wanted one, but I picked it out), a belt (his nice belt is cracked), and a tin of pistachio nuts without shells. I’m also planning to get him one of those seen-on-TV doohickies that dice onions for you. When we cook, he does most of the prep work because he likes to chop things, but onions bother his eyes a lot. It’s kind of lame, but I want him to have at least one thing he’s not expecting.
Ex-SO…
I thought a court summons would warm her heart. 
We saw Neil Young’s concert at the Palace Theater last night. That kicked some serious ass. I also got us tickets to BAM’s spring season (including Patrick Stewart in Macbeth on Valentine’s Day), but I’m trying to think of that as just taking care of our theater needs in advance instead of as a holiday gift.
5 reusable grocery bags
A “picture” of our dog my friend machined out of wood with a CNC
Some Godiva chocolates
You’re so thoughtful.
A new fuzzy (that is a quilted, lined, flannel, plaid shirt for those who are unaware.)
A new hoodie to go under it.
Socks.
A set of Ryobi drill bits in a roll up case that he saw at Home Depot.
A job box maybe - that’s a really big plastic locking box with wheels he can keep all his tools in and just move all of them at once instead of making trip after trip to the van. We’ll see - it might end up being too heavy - it will be up to him.
A Green Bay Packers jersey.
We also got him a DVD player/recorder/VCR player/recorder - but we already returned it. He said it was too tough to figure out. He’ll wait on that.
I got him a humidor and put a bunch of cigars in it, but he got me a scooter, so he wins the holiday.
I’m another who is married to a Doper. My wife may not post much, but she does look in, so I’m not saying a word.
My wife inherited a ruby ring from her late uncle’s estate; unfortunately, the ring was much to large and masculine for her to wear. A local jeweler cut the ring down and converted it into a beautiful pendant. I’m giving her the pendant and a bunch of music (Harry Connick, Mark Cohen, Michael Buble) that she likes.
A cruise and granite countertops. Man, is she ever going to be disappointed next year.
I think this is a great idea as long as you make a day of it – take her out shopping and treat her to a fabulous lunch or dinner.
All I could think of was to renew Mr. S’s Dirty Linen subscription, which he had allowed to lapse. So I just plain asked him, expecting the usual, “Oh, a book or CD or something,” but he confessed to wanting a silly little train set, something to goof around with. So I ordered him this one. I looked at several different ones, but this one had the most consistently good reviews. If I have time, I’d like to find an engineer’s hat, train whistle, and red bandana to go with it. (He already has the overalls.)
I hope he’ll like it; I don’t think he’d ever spend that much on one himself.
A used PS2 to replace the one that started spitting strings of melted plastic onto the discs. I would’ve bought new but I wasn’t sure how tight our budget would be (and I still have no way to access the bank account anyways–the guy I’m buying it from is letting me pay whenever I can)
A breadmaker, to replace the one that broke a year or so ago (I’ve had to stop her from buying a replacement, so I think she knows about this gift).
A gift book about Broadway musicals.
Probably a Chico’s gift certificate, unless I find something there that I’m sure she will like…
And two tickets to Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway for the weekend after new years, plus two nights at a hotel in the city (boy, I’m hoping she’ll take me along!)