Cheap things you want you've already bought, expensive things you want cost too much for a gift
Everyone needs them, so a dollar spent on socks is a dollar they don't have to spend themselves
Socks come in many paterns and styles, so you can indiviualise them
Socks can be found for a wide range of budgets
Socks are a minimalist/anticonsumerism option, they can be ecofriendly, and are small for easy transport
If they don't like the pattern you picked then no problem, they will be inside shoes anyway

[–] deadbeef79000 3 points 11 months ago

This is true. Anecdotally.

I've asked for (specifically wool) socks for the last few years.

The runners up is a bottle of wine, or a six pack of beer.

They're all around the same price point $20-ish. All trivial to acquire.

Perfect presents.

Bonus option: anything hand knitted by the giver.

[–] liv 2 points 11 months ago

I want socks. I rely on xmas for socks. Unfortunately no one else does. One person wants chocolates and likes getting a t shirt though, so that's good.

One of the people I most like to buy for is whoever's on the receiving end of mission/women's refuge christmas presents. This year we got them a mermaid barbie.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I decided this year we are no longer buying Christmas presents for adults. There are more kids now in the extended family and they're getting older and asking for more expensive presents each year. The stress of trying to figure out what to get everyone is also very annoying as we're all grown up and can get the things we really want anyway (usually too expensive for gifts).

Not to complain about generosity, but we always get stuff we don't particularly want or need and it just feels wasteful. So I told my side of the family our plan and to only get gifts for the kids.

[–] liv 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Low key envious right now. I tried to do that a few years ago but then I found out all the adults were still going to get each other and me proper presents so I had to scramble.

So now I've gone back to trying to get things people like and being stressed.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I've been wanting to do it for years and decided I need to be the change I wanted to see in the world :)

Some people really enjoy gift giving, so if they sent something I wouldn't complain. But I'm not expecting anything and have made it clear that I won't be getting adults anything.

[–] liv 2 points 11 months ago

Good on you!

[–] NoRamyunForYou 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same! Got some family coming over to stay with us, and because we've only recently moved in, theres a whole bunch of stuff to get sorted before then!

[–] liv 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good luck with it all!! Ugh do you still have lots of boxes to unpack? Why is packing so much easier than unpacking?

[–] NoRamyunForYou 3 points 11 months ago

Haha, just a few large plastic boxes, which we've been stashing away downstairs, but they'll be staying downstairs so gotta get rid of em somehow lol.

The thing is, those were those "too hard to do, so we'll leave them for now" boxes..... Gotta think about it.