It´s always hard to come up with good, fresh ideas for what to give to family members. (friends are usually more on the same wavelength as yourself, which makes it a lot easier).

I´ll be celebrating Christmas with my dad, mum, sister, grandma and aunt. Here´s a little bit of information about them:

Mum: 55 years old. Interested in arts, culture, outdoor activities, reading, writing and social events of different kinds.

Dad: 54 years old. Interested in strange technical gadgets, golf, music, movies, theater and travelling.

Sister: 25 years old. Interested in design, visual arts, events out of the ordinary (such as art performances etc), philosophy, history and interior decoration.

Grandma: 83 years old. Interested in listening to the radio, reading, gardening, tv, outdoor activities and nature in general.

Aunt: 37 years old. Interested in music, movies, computers and other technical gadgets, clubbing, partying, meeting people, but also staying at home relaxing.

I guess you think all this info would make it easy for me to find presents for them, but it´s not. I´ve already tried (and succeeded) to match their hobbies on numerous occasions. So now I would need to come up with something new for them, but that goes along the lines of what they already like.

Any ideas?

Money usually spent on each person: around $40 US (can vary greatly though, depending on what the present is).

Get one of those "tasteful" nude shots taken of yourself and provide them with a framed copy.

They will never want another present from you again.

I dont know how much it is, but you can name a star after someone, that would be a cool thing to do for grandma. After 83 years here on this earth maybe she would like to be honored that way
Good luck

bkw said:

...and I would be to embarrassed to show up again for any family event ever. It would save me a lot of money and also I wouldn´t have to put up with the "aren´t you going to find a job?" comments... They´d think they have a pretty good idea where my career is heading.

nakedpianoplayer said:

Are you serious? Can you actually do that? Get the name officially registered and the star specified and all I mean? In that case, wow!, it´s a great idea!

Vibrator said:

Settled then? You going to do it?

One condition is that because you got given the idea here on the org you must post the photo here.

Vibrator said:

Yes you can. It happens around the holiday time, i would try looking it up on the net. Or send me your email address and i will get you the information.

nakedpianoplayer said:

Thanks. It´s what I thought it would be, i.e. not an actual international, scientific register but rather a company having a list of their own and selling products with sentimental value. They´re very straight-forward about it though, and don´t pretend to be anything else. I don´t know...maybe I´ll go for it. It´s still a nice thought.

And thank you for showing it to me!

bkw said:

I´ve actually been thinking about posting my pic here sometimes (and a tasteful nude one, hmmm why not?). But most of the time I think it´s more interesting to stay anonymous and let people keep assuming things about me. It´s weird, because before I started using Sigourney weaver as my avatar most people assumed that I´m a woman. Now most people assume that I´m a man (not including you though, I guess). Why Sigourney Weaver would make them think that beats me.
[This message was edited Wed Dec 3 2:10:16 PST 2003 by Vibrator]

PEJ said:

Thanks. It´s not a bad idea, but I don´t really like getting flat presents myself so I don´t want to force them on anyone else either.