I think people should register for Christmas

[MoniqueU]

Like a bridal registry only for christmas presents. I have several people on my list that are so friggin hard to buy for I would like some ideas!!!
I wonder if I can write that on their Christmas card. PS could you please register for Christmas next year at your local Target or Pottery Barn. Thanks!

 

[sha_lyn]

I think it is a good idea too, but have found that many think it is tacky to register for Xmas, B-days etc. some even think it is tacky to register for a wedding or baby shower.

 

[disykat]

Don't think it hasn't been done. I don't like the idea. If I don't like someone well enough to enjoy selecting a gift, they're not getting a gift from me. I'm lucky, I don't have any obligatory gifts on my list.

 

[Daisy Duck 5]

Check and see if the person has a wishlist on amazon.

 

[Mishetta]

Like a bridal registry only for christmas presents. I have several people on my list that are so friggin hard to buy for I would like some ideas!!!
I wonder if I can write that on their Christmas card. PS could you please register for Christmas next year at your local Target or Pottery Barn. Thanks!

Oh I just love your idea!!

BTW....my one friend's family is picking names this year. Under that person's name is listed 3 different gifts they would like to receive. She is sooooo excited because shopping was so easy this year since they had items listed!

 

[zulaya]

I don't think it's tacky IF someone asks you to make a list first. I always ask my family members who are hard to buy for for some ideas, things they might like. Then I usually get a list...handwritten usually.

I do agree that pushing your wish list at someone completely unsolicited is not good.

I ask for a list because I want to get them something they like or want. For example, my sister is SO hard to buy for. She's mid 20s, a medical professional and lives at home still. She has next to no expenses so she can buy whatever she wants whenever she wants to. She's actually gotten a little better this year because she's gotten into NASCAR.

Anyway...to sum up...I'll give a list if someone asks me, but I will never make a list to just hand out.

 

[MoniqueU]

It isn't that I don't LIKE these people or enjoy selecting gifts. A few of these people just have a house full of EVERYTHING yet collect nothing. They have tons of clothes, kithchenware, electronics, computer stuff on and on.
I have some gift certificates but it doesnt help that their birthdays are also this month LOL.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I think it goes towards materializing the holiday more than it needs to be.

I hate making lists so I certainly wouldn't register. I'm getting better at picking things that I think people would like.

You can always have the option of making Christmas lists in your circle of friends.

But in general I do not favor making gift registries that are not wedding or baby related.

 

[Rozzie]

great idea. I become so stumped trying to buy. I always try to see what they need, or really want.

I actually "need" some stuff this year, small, inexpensive things. I just wish a family member would ask me what I "needed" this year. But no, they buy impratical gifts and spend more money than they should.

 

[georgina]

We have pretty much stopped buying gifts for everyone at Christmas. We go out to dinner with friends instead of buying something. For far away relatives, we make donations to a charity of their choice. I buy for my kids and parents, that's it. It makes the holidays so much less hectic. I never liked getting gifts I didn't want in the first place, so I don't want to get people stuff they don't really want or need. We make some food gifts for friends also.

A distant relative used to send us Wilton Armetale stuff every year - platters, pitchers, picture frames. We don't like the stuff (kept it in a box in the attic) and I finally gave it all to a church flea market. I decided if she gave us stuff we hated, she probably didn't like what we sent her either, so suggested we stop sending gifts and go with the charity donation.

 

[kerrynic78]

My brother and his family make a wish list on Amazon and it is the best thing in the world for me. I click on what I want to buy them from the list and it is wrapped and sent to them...can't get much easier!

 

[MoniqueU]

Well lets just say I am giving tivo out to all those that I can. One person I want to give it to I can't because you have to schedule an appointment for the thing to be installed. It's a different brand then tivo through a sattelite company.
And another person who likes christmas decor and likes garden stuff is getting 2 six foot tall lighted topiarys. Now if that person doesn't like what I give them they are going to have a heck of a time getting them back in their little suv to the store!!!
I don't have a large list of people to buy for i really dont but the people I have on my list I have to get more then one present for in a short amount of time, i.e. birthday in dec and or they are just loaded with their own stuff.

I did book tickets for 2 of them and my family on a boat for a parade of holiday lights on newport harbor in california with dinner to follow. I hope that goes over well.

 

[jekajekalynn]

I really like that idea. I don't think it's tacky at all. I mean , I think of it more like guidelines to give ppl an idea. I mean, who wants to get stuck with a Hickory farms sausage gift package ?

 

[Papa Deuce]

I say, get 'em a gift card.... wait, no I don't!

 

[golfgal]

Don't think it hasn't been done. I don't like the idea. If I don't like someone well enough to enjoy selecting a gift, they're not getting a gift from me. I'm lucky, I don't have any obligatory gifts on my list.

So, then, what do I do about my DH? I certainly like him but his is IMPOSSIBLE to buy for. He never wants anything, rarely uses anything we buy him, just impossible. I never know what to get him. I would LOVE to make him register for gifts but he thinks that is tacky (he didn't even want to register when we got married). He doesn't use gift cards/certificates because he never goes shopping.

 

[crz4mm2]

So, then, what do I do about my DH? I certainly like him but his is IMPOSSIBLE to buy for. He never wants anything, rarely uses anything we buy him, just impossible. I never know what to get him. I would LOVE to make him register for gifts but he thinks that is tacky (he didn't even want to register when we got married). He doesn't use gift cards/certificates because he never goes shopping.

Dh and I decided not to do gifts to each other this year we buy what we want all year long and it's not really about the gifts anyway. We would rather enjoy the time with family and buy for others. So that's what we are doing.
Maybe he would rather do that?
OR, you could give him a 'personal' GC (you know, one you make to give what only YOU can give )

 

[Marseeya]

We wouldn't need that in our family...

my sister already tells everybody what to buy for everybody else.

 

[Meriweather]

I have a wish list on Amazon and Build-a-Bear.
They are there all year. My family knows about them.
DH, DS, DDIL also have Amazon lists all year. That gets me the start I need and I can usually wing the rest.

 

[castleview]

Oooh! Then I wouldn't have to return all the clothes I get from my step mother.

 

[swilphil]

I think it's a great idea. Are the stores accomodating this idea? Aside from the Amazon Wish Lists, I have only seen Bridal and Baby registries at the big box and dept. stores. You wouldn't have to buy somebody a present from the registry if you didn't want to, but if someone asks you what you want for Christmas, you could tell them where you're registered.