What do you give your " starting out " kids for Xmas? I mean kids that are trying to find their way in this world?
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What do you give your kids for Xmas?
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Gift cards are always appreciated.
Coal! Unless they have been really good and then they get a potato.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Carton of cigarettes and a deck of cards.
A good Compass.
Baggy Wrinkle
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A cordless leaf blower. Very traditional.
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Hmmmmmm Guess this was one of those dumb questions
Maybe a bit too open ended? Kids who are just starting out and trying to find their way... Maybe it means kids who have just graduated high school or college? Or kids who are searching for their first job?Hmmmmmm Guess this was one of those dumb questions
How about a digital subscription to a good newspaper or magazine? Always good to be informed.
LoboGunLeather
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A set of luggage delivers just the right message.
Honestly, cash or gift cards.
our son just informed us he passed his Graduate project review presentation today... he will be awarded his masters degree in Aerospace Engineering the week before Christmas... so for Christmas, also his birthday, he will be getting an SKB Un-single trap & skeet setup... as a triple gift... he borrowed the cousin's when he shot competitive trap in high school.
hope he likes it...
hope he likes it...
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We opened a bank accounts for them and said don't ask us for another cent, you have your own money now. All of a sudden they didn't want to spend anything.
Cash. Maybe ammo for my oldest or electronics for his little brother.
But cash always works....
But cash always works....
sigp220.45
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My two sons and my nephew are all grown and on their own, but always say the same thing when I ask: Just get me a gun. Just?
My lovely purple-haired daughter is not gunny. She usually wants some camera gizmo.
With the boys at least I can spread it out all year looking for deals.
Thats the big stuff. I get a kick out of seeing them open presents, even now, so I load them up with lesser gifts, too.
My lovely purple-haired daughter is not gunny. She usually wants some camera gizmo.
With the boys at least I can spread it out all year looking for deals.
Thats the big stuff. I get a kick out of seeing them open presents, even now, so I load them up with lesser gifts, too.
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Son and daughter are in their 40's. So they get gift cards to a nice Restaurant
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bigwheelzip
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Everyone gets Zelle money transfers now but two of my grands had life burdens that were no fault of their own. I opened limited debit card accounts for each when they started university, with the understanding it be used responsibly.
Mission accomplished and accounts closed after they graduated and settled down.
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Mission accomplished and accounts closed after they graduated and settled down.
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For CHRISTmas we exchange pocket knives, always have. This year my son and I are trading pistols, I'm getting back some I gave him over the years that I want back, and he is getting a very good deal on some of mine he has shot in the past and liked.
Tom B.
Tom B.
sigp220.45
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Now I feel like my answer wasn't responsive to your question. I hate that. Lemme try again.
When they were just starting out I'd try to help with the things that usually got pushed back - mostly car stuff like tires and brakes and oil changes.
If they are paying for their own phones, maybe pay for a year of service.
Passes to the movies are nice.
Cash and gift cards. Framed family photos if they have moved away. Heirloom stuff is good. I gave my oldest boy my Dad's watch and he cried.
Definitely not a dumb question.
When they were just starting out I'd try to help with the things that usually got pushed back - mostly car stuff like tires and brakes and oil changes.
If they are paying for their own phones, maybe pay for a year of service.
Passes to the movies are nice.
Cash and gift cards. Framed family photos if they have moved away. Heirloom stuff is good. I gave my oldest boy my Dad's watch and he cried.
Definitely not a dumb question.
I don't have any children, but I have two nephews. One of them is still in college and the other one is an independent adult. Shipping has always been an issue with the older one's presents in the past because I was giving him a few boxes of shells for one of his guns. But now he determined not to risk shooting it. It would be easy to send checks, but I want to show that I did something special for them. So this year each of them will be getting a Christmas card stuffed with a stack of $2 bills in a significant amount. I figured NOBODY else in the family would be doing something like that.
When my younger nephew turned 21 last February, I sent him a birthday card stuffed with 21 $2 bills. Both he and his mother (my sister) thought that was pretty cool.
When my younger nephew turned 21 last February, I sent him a birthday card stuffed with 21 $2 bills. Both he and his mother (my sister) thought that was pretty cool.
DeplorabusUnum
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1)Here in Oregon you can buy a discount golf package that pays their OGA dues and comes with several discounted rounds at some pretty nice golf courses. I did that one year and it was a big hit. If you're lucky they'll invite you to play a round or two.
2)Buy a couple of tickets to a hockey game or basketball game and invite them to go with you as your treat.
I guess it does depend some on what they like to do.
2)Buy a couple of tickets to a hockey game or basketball game and invite them to go with you as your treat.
I guess it does depend some on what they like to do.
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My grand daughter got started doing competitive shotgun shooting in high school. She was using a Remington 870 youth shotgun in 20 gauge I had given to my son 20 years ago. Last week we were talking and my son mentioned that maybe a 12 gauge shotgun would be able to reach out and break more clays.
This Tuesday I swung by their house and gave my daughter in law my Browning Pump shotgun, 8 boxes of skeet ammo, and all the chokes.
Yesterday they went to the skeet range and where before she would hit 29 out of a 100 using the 870 , with the Browning she hit 20 out of 25.
She called to thank me and I told her, "don't thank me, thank Santa Claus"!!
I also mentioned that I wanted my shotgun back in 99 years!!
This Tuesday I swung by their house and gave my daughter in law my Browning Pump shotgun, 8 boxes of skeet ammo, and all the chokes.
Yesterday they went to the skeet range and where before she would hit 29 out of a 100 using the 870 , with the Browning she hit 20 out of 25.
She called to thank me and I told her, "don't thank me, thank Santa Claus"!!
I also mentioned that I wanted my shotgun back in 99 years!!
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To our grown daughter and son. We give gift cards. 12 . Each one in it's own envelope in a nice little decorated box. One to be opened on the first day of each of the following 12 months.
Maddog 521
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A ham dinner and a pecan pie.
My son's in college. He tells me what he wants, and I buy it. He really doesn't "need" anything at this point in his life. It's all about wants. This year he wants a Meta Quest, so that's what I bought him.
His mama bought him a new pocket knife to replace his recently lost Bench Made. I'm still hoping that one will "turn up" somewhere.
His mama bought him a new pocket knife to replace his recently lost Bench Made. I'm still hoping that one will "turn up" somewhere.
