Christmas Presents

What presents are you buying?? I have only started shopping and dont know what to get the girlfriend or family members.

Photography stuff, you're talking about?

photography gear for family?.. at the most i'm going to buy my niece a larger SD card for her point and shoot.. My family doesn't buy eachother gear.. (kind of wish mine would though)..

sari

Girlfriends' mother is into Photography, but going in on the parts to build her a new PC this year.

Everyone else is difficult, but mostly done. Non-photography gear. Mom likes Wal-Mart gift cards, but thats a pretty lame thing to open on Christmas morning. So I just usually buy her odds and ends and she ends up taking them back - putting the credit on a - yep, Wal-Mart gift card. Dad is getting electronic gizmos and gadgets.

I usually buy my photo gear as I need it, nothing that can wait for Santa and the elves to deliver to me. Might ask for a Fong Lightsphere because if I don't ask for *something* I'll get socks.

milleker wrote in post #2394922
because if I don't ask for *something* I'll get socks.

and whats wrong with socks???

Well to stay along the line of photography, my mom and I are thinking of getting my step father the 580ex or 550ex. He has an xt and we swap equipment back and forth all the time, so I might get him a nice portrait lens instead.

My siblings aren't getting squat from me, other than love and compassion.

My elder brother is getting a DVD set, from the new 007 collection.

My younger brother is getting a 'proof set' of coins, from his birth year, and some other little things, like a mini-lava lamp.

My wife is getting a silver dollar x-mas ornament, a couple of computer games, a soduku game, etc.

Mom -- two silver dollar hologram coins (very cool, I might add...forgot to take pictures of them, when they arrived though...bummer).

Dad -- sweater and a nice shirt...

And the kids, well, they are the lucky ones...all sorts of toys, games, etc. That's what it's all about...

I am so tired of buying into the technology hype...as it's just a waste of time. I did buy my nephew the three games that you can get at Burger King, for his xbox...so, I got my self a set too. Couldn't resist.

bought my parents a Canon SD800 IS camera and a toaster than can cook eggs.
bought my brother a Coach wallet and for his gf, a Rabbit wine opener kit.
bought a Tiffany's necklace for my gf.
bought my grandma a cashmere scarf/shawl thing.
bought myself nothing!

My girlfriend has bought me a new lens. She knows nothing about photography or what I need. I hope it is a good one or the store has a returns policy.

I did buy 7 G7's, all with deluxe accessory kits, as gifts. Daughters, son in laws, and future son in law.

Other than that:

Easy bake oven, cabbage patch doll, Dora the Explorer VW beetle, Dora the Explorer Fort, footballs, basektballs, sleeping bags, lamps, fisher price digital cameras, fisher price mp3 players, and other assorted items.

rklepper wrote in post #2399500
I did buy 7 G7's, all with deluxe accessory kits, as gifts. Daughters, son in laws, and future son in law.

Other than that:

Easy bake oven, cabbage patch doll, Dora the Explorer VW beetle, Dora the Explorer Fort, footballs, basektballs, sleeping bags, lamps, fisher price digital cameras, fisher price mp3 players, and other assorted items.

Deep pockets eh, Doc.

perfume for aunt, blue collar comedy movies for uncle, Shel Silverstein poetry books for nieces, "McCall sweatshirts" for out of state family, ordered prints for those that asked, a couple of purses for sisters, jack in the box gift card for little brother.. that's about it.

sari

My nephew is getting a plane ticket home for Christmas and an iPod Nano, sister is getting a sweater, dad is getting a gun rack for his ATV, mom is getting a massaging seat cushion for the car (she has a bad back), and stepmom getting pie plates and a sweater. And they are all getting calendars made from photos that I have taken this year.

sd600's with extra batteries and SD cards for my two daughters and my niece, ipod nano for my son-in-law, sd800 is for (me)
lots of little things for the girls,
nothing for my grandson (he'll be less than a month old on Christmas)
now- what to get for my grandaughter- she's two and has everything!!
AND - horrors- i need to get something for my parents!!
oh- havianas and a picture for my sis-in-law, & sushi bandaids for my brother,
oh, and i guess i should shop for the little nieces...

Let's see . . . My wife just bought me a:

1. Slingbox AV
   
2. Canon A710is
   
3. 488rc2 ballhead
   
4. Sneakers
   
5. a few sweaters.