Best Presents for Dads.....

[MisterTommyH]

Basically I'm absolutely stuck for what to get my old man for Christmas.....

Suggestions please.....

Age: 64
Price Range: Up to £40ish

[maviczap]

What hobbies does he have?

[andrewsmith]

What Mavi says!

[Littlepeahead]

Bought my father in law a tour of a brewery which included lunch, this was Meantime in London but I bet there's one local to you. He loved it, and part of the gift was I gave him a lift home from the station so he could sample all the beers.

[Bluepete]

Buy him a handmade pen.

I happen to know someone who might be able to help!

Click the link below or PM me. Glenfiddich cask oak on a heavy desk pen would be a good choice.

[Mark_h]

Magazine subscription

[GowerSV]

Interesting thread. Your old man is 64 - so am I! It probably seems old to someone a lot younger. When I was in my twenties, 64 would have sounded like ' one foot in the grave' :) Now I'm there, I would not give a thank you for a hand-made pen!. Go on use your imagination. Just think of all those boring 'old man presents' he's going to get - make his day and buck the trend!!:smt020.

Ticket to an Iron Maiden concert?

[Littlepeahead]

Good plan, as well as the Brewery I've also taken dad in law to the Alice In Chains gig a couple of weeks back, and his birthday present this year was a day at Lord's for the Ashes. That cost well over £40 but if he likes sport then tickets for you taking him for a day out could be a laugh.

I also bought him a cookery course. That was a jokey present for him and my husband as I was going to New Zealand for 5 weeks so wasn't there to cook but seriously there are some brilliant short courses available, anything he's always wanted to learn?

Also bought mum in law a gliding session. She'd always said it looked like fun when we saw them overhead but was shocked and scared silly when she realised what her present was. However, afterwards she couldn't get the grin off her face.

[dizzyblonde]

Sometimes the best presents aren't the most unusual or expensive with the emphasis on 'look at me, I bought you that with my materialistic masses of money'.


My dad is 64, and the gods honest truth he is far more content and appreciative of spending Christmas Day being fed decent grub at the hands of myself and being plied with nice amounts of whisky by Pegasus(much to his quarter of sole kidney suffering the consequences), in front of the tv with the grandkids using him as a bouncy castle.

Christmas isn't always about commercial nonsense just for the sake of trying to impress. Simple gestures can bring a much wider smile.

[Littlepeahead]

I think you should get him a pipe and slippers, really cheap nasty ones, and then when he looks all disappointed give him his proper present - whatever you end up getting.

Each year I do my sister a photo calendar - it only costs about £10 from Truprint but she loves it as it's a great reminder of all the fun we have had with her sons. It actually takes me a whole day to choose and edit the pictures and do the layout as there are always hundreds to choose from, but it's worth it as I see them them turning over each page and laughing at the selection of images from the previous year.

Dizzy is right though, it seems now like everyone is trying to outdo each other and it's all about spending. That's why I prefer that if I am going to spend money it should be on an experience they will enjoy and have good memories of.

[rictus01]

inline skates

[Teejayexc]

21 year old blonde nymphomaniac!

[andrewsmith]

21 year old blonde nymphomaniac!

:winner:

[Sir Trev]

inline skates

As a dad who has skates can I suggest quads - they are a bit more stable than blades for those of us of, er, a certain age..

[STRAMASHER]

An elastic feckin band.