Parents - Christmas Gift

[Dana49]

I'm looking for some Christmas gift ideas for my 80-year old parents. They have almost everything they want or need, and are therefore very difficult to buy for. I'm looking for something that will be unique and they will definitely use. They said that they had enough clothes. I would like to get them restaurant gift certificates but there's really not much for restaurants near them. I'm at a loss for the first time. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[mommytotwo]

How about a massage pad?
We have one and we just put it on our lazyboy.
Another thing that we have along that line that we enjoy is a foot massager.

 

[KarenAylwood]

I swear there was a thread just like this in the Budget Forum but I can't find it!!

One thing that my grandmother LOVES is the make your own calendar. You pick out 12 pictures and have OfficeMax (or somewhere else I'm sure) put it together in a calendar. I did this for my grandma one year and she keeps asking for me to keep doing it!! I put pictures of me from all ages and they went with each season- one of me picking apples when I was 4 for September, one of me with my first bike that I got from her for my bday in June, etc. It was great and she loved it. Not too expensive and something parents could definitely use.

If you have kids you could do it w/ pictures of them, or you could do it with pictures of your parents and you or when you were younger, etc.

Goodluck!

 

[christineann]

I think the calendar idea is great, too. We give our parents a collage frame of phots of the grandkids from the previous year and some other things. They love the photos!