Have You Written Your Gift / Wish-List For Christmas ?

The Pressure of choosing the perfect gift !

In case you have missed it, the Holidays are approaching at break-neck speed. The shopkeepers have done a mostly successful job, displaying all those big and small reminders around and in their shops. The choices are often overwhelming, resulting in, " Oh, this is cute "..." this is perfect for ..." throughout the shop. What to buy ?

This is where the wish-list is so ingenious. Surely the children invented it ? When you are young, you know what you want and you are not really interested in a compromise. I think that explains all those news reports of desperate parents queuing up outside Toy Stores, and then being involved in ardent battles over the last toy on the shelve. Of course, children are a wily lot. To ensure that " Father Christmas " gets the message, they sometimes post more than one letter ! Oh, the parental pressures...

What about your own wish-list, to your spouse ? Parents are luckily off the hook when we reach advanced adult age ! They can buy you what they think is appropriate for you. No more wish-list demands on them.

Just from observing life, it seems to me, that husbands always come off second best when it comes to receiving gifts. Women somehow tend to get wonderful bits of Jewellery ( mostly due to our blatant and frequent hints ), expensive perfume, trips to the Spa ( eh..Hello Bob, there is an idea ) and oh the list is endless.

So what do the men get ? The eternal favourite on all Holidays ( Father's Day included ) are :

• Socks...granted, with a funky design
• Ties...again with same funky design
• A Tool for his garage...lest he gets bored of watching TV in his spare time !
• An item of clothing that he won't actually wear, because we chose it according to our own taste.
• Of course let us not forget this one : The new underwear we give, hoping we can pry away his favourite pair of ' old & faded ' undies...

Well, I can only say, " Men, start writing your own wish-list."
The canny ones will include lots of expensive gift ideas, interspersed with inexpensive
( that we can give ) gifts....such as gift certificate for ' alone time '...

Biggi

Amazon UK :Gifts for Men - Man Tin - leads, screws & other pointless stuff I must keep - ideal gift for him

Amazon USA : Flingshot Slingshot Flying Screaming Monkey