Sorry, but I usually get nuttin' for Christmas. BD, Mother's Day also. If I really want something, I have to go pick it out and pay for it too. Othwerwise, I will get somethng like a pot holder or a muffin tin. It may sound like sour grapes, but after 28 years of marriage and 22 years of motherhood, they might just be able to know what I want.........and it is NOT a kitchen appliance so I can cook more stuff for them. It is also NOT a "laundry aid".....(I will admit I am difficult to buy for--no kitchen stuff, no jewelry, no "dead flowers", no Dust Catchers,----see what I mean?) Live animals are OK, but we are up to our limit on those. "Gift Certificates" to empty the dishwasher, clean up the dog poop from the yard, carry out the garbage, mow the yard, do the laundry, etc. would be just fantastic----but they don't think of those things.

I can just see it---"Mom, I promise faithfully to do all the laundry for the next year......"
"Mom, I will clean up all the dog poop in the yard until next Christmas because I love the dogs too!"

Yea, right. Instead, they get me pot holders so I can cook for them.........and yes, I have asked. They laff and think it is a Great Joke.

I have "resigned" more than once---to the point that I couldn't stand it........so I started in again. Best present I ever got was from a friend who went to Ireland and brought me back a large pence made into a keychain..........