What did you buy your parents?

[Nocturnal]

I bought my dad the Phillips DivX DVD player and a cast iron skillet.

I have not bought my mom anything as she doesn't live near me. I was thinking a card and some pictures of the family.

What did you buy your 'rents?

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Dad:
Notre Dame hat
Maglite Flashlight
$100 gift certificate to the pro shop of the local bowling alley

Mom:
Peter Paul and Mary CD
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons CD (She enjoys that Jersey Boys musical)
Silver necklace

 

[Fritzo]

I got ol' mom and dad a 26" LCD TV.


yeah, I'm the good son

 

[IronWing]

Nothing. My parents have made it very clear that they do not want presents and that if there is something they want they can afford to buy it themselves. Cards and letters only. They have six kids, twenty grandkids, and four great grandkids so I can understand their point of view. They would be buried in crap if they were into exchanging Christmas presents.


In years past I've put together CD slide shows as I live a couple thousand miles from them and included them in the Christmas card.

 

[pontifex]

Dad:
European Taxidermy kit
Helped buy a gun safe

Mom:
Silverware set
Helped buy pot & pan set
ice cream scooper
Harry Potter movies 1-5

 

[BabaBooey]

Mom got a PC


Dad = dead since '85 does not really need a present.

 

[Deeko]

Haven't gotten anything yet, haha. Might get them a Roomba. I had to get one for my AI class last year(yes...we programmed vacuums...), and my mom raves about it non-stop. They've raised the prices on this year's models though, annoying.

 

[ultimatebob]

I got Dad Crysis and a SpiderMan 3 DVD
I got Mom a pair of Jill jeans and a $50 gift certificate to a spa

 

[illusion88]

I haven't bought any presents yet

 

[BlackTigers]

My mom's been asking for a mother's ring for a few years, I grabbed her one.

I grabbed my dad a new toolbox for his work. (46"? wide Matco. K, partially because I get his old one..but still!)

 

[BarneyFife]

$200 paper shredder

 

[syee]

Paid for their flight (with my brothers) to HK.

Also got dad a flash for his camera (Canon 430EX)
Got mom some Shishedo cosmetics stuff that she usually uses.

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

Mom got a beauty set from Victoria's Secret, Dad got a coat and other clothes. Yeah, I'm still young and without a career so I have an excuse.

 

[Evadman]

snowblower
new range
electronic picture frame

 

[Lola]

Dad: Hillary Clinton Nutcracker doll, "No to Made in China" shirt
Mom: Spa GC
Stepmom: Restaurant GC

In-laws.... NO F-ING clue.

 

[ponyo]

Mom: Burberry jacket, Burberry coat, Burberry bag, Burberry wallet
Father-in-law: Burberry jacket
Mother-in-law: Burberry coat, Burberry bag

It's Burberry Christmas. Wife got Burberry coat and wallet. No Burberry for me. Just huge credit card bill.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Mom got a $100 HSN gift card + miscellaneous small dollar crap.

Pops only recieves gifts from my daughtter as we are no longer on speaking terms, he recieved some dried fruit and a bag of unshelled nuts.

 

[Twista]

Nothing

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Dad: Hardcopy of this article on his grandfather (died in 1951, 8 years before my father was born).

Mom: A card

 

[KK]

gift cards all the way around.

 

[Mrvile]

Faj - Resident Evil Umbrella...the one where you point and shoot at the screen. I figured he could handle that.

Maj - A whiskey-dispensing globe and...shot glass chess

 

[chcarnage]

For both:
Chocolate
Bottle of dessert wine
Lush "bath bombs"

Dad:
Two bottles of wine
Sudoku book

Mom:
Self-made calendar with family photos
Four teaspoons (why does she wish for household articles?)
Eau de toilette and shower gel (why does she wish for...)

That's from the good and the evil son together.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Dad: Bill O'Reilly Premium Pass

Mom: Nothing yet.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Mom : Cashmere gloves, digital picture frames, DVD player
Dad : Rechargable spotlight, laptop, HT receiver, DD-WRT compatible WAP

I guess I'm working on trying to get in-laws

 

[us3rnotfound]

A surge protector.