Gifts for the boyfriend's family?

[vixenfoxxy]

The day after Xmas I'm going back to Italy to see my boyfriend and I'd like to bring his family some presents for Christmas. I'm on a really limited budget and I am kind of unsure what to get so I am hoping maybe some of you can toss out some ideas. They've never been to the United States so I'd like to get them something special from here but not something obnoxiously patriotic. There's two sisters w/husbands, and the parents.

My two ideas right now:

1) Stuff from my university, cause they think Georgetown is "cool"... i was thinking maybe little espresso mugs or shot glasses for grappa


or


2) Bottles of American wines - but this freaks me out cause in Italy wine is so cheap... a bottle that costs $20 here costs 6 euro there, and I don't want them to think I spent absolutely nothing.



Comments? Other ideas? Help peas! :D

[Taishou]

Bobbleheads!!








...but no really, if they think Georgetown is cool, just go with the shot glass/mug idea

[retail]

:icecream:

[The Logic Theorist]

Question: European wine may be cheap over there, but how much is American wine? Would that be the equivalent of buying someone a European wine over here?

Just trying to put that gift idea into perspective. I can't think of much that's uniquely American that actually has any value, so I can't seem to come up with any other ideas. :wink:

[betseyxox]

They don't have oreos in Europe. "oreo or or oreo or or oreo what's in the middle, the white stuff"

[Yakko Red]

Make your firstborn.... a masculine child.

[vixenfoxxy]

Originally posted by Yakko Red
Make your firstborn.... a masculine child.



LoL that's not up to me... I only come equipped with X's :bookonraves:





About the American wines - there really aren't any over there. I saw some Gallo wine once and picked it up, and my bf really liked it - again, it cost me 6 euros, but most wine over there is like 3 or 4 euros so he wanted to know why i spent so much on it. *snicker* silly italians ;)
I think it would be a nice novelty though... maybe Long Island wines in particular, since I am from Long Island...?

[DieselErin]

www.thingsremembered.com

Travel Wine Set

The wine travel case is very nice...comes with two wine glasses, chrome corkscrew and bottle stopper all housed in a convenient polyurethane carrying case.... very nice. Purchased 1 for my parents and 1 for my husbands parents!

[elad]

the sopranos dvd boxset :shrug:

[retail]

"ragu" embroidered hand towels and toothpick holder

[elad]

http://www.conagrafoods.com/images/brands/product_jpgs/chef_boyardee.jpg gift basket.. besure to include the BEEFARONI.

:shrug:

[Valencia Styles]

i got his mom this huge honey and almond bath set bc she loves stuff that smells good, i got his dad this really cool foot massager thingie that looks like two slippers stuck together and you just sit there and put your feet in it and it vibrates, i got them a surfin' xmas cd since they were moving to florida, and i got the dogs one of those stockings with all the treats in it.... she actaully cried when i gave everything to her, it was the sweetest thing!

[retail]

did the dad cry?

[Valencia Styles]

no he was just like AWESOME!

i always saw how hard his days at work were so i wanted to get him something that would be relaxing....

[Valencia Styles]

almost time for the simple life :wave:

i didn't get to see the first show so... yeah not missing it tonight

[Mandaba]

maybe a nice scarf for the mama and a georgetown mug for the papa? and nice hand lotion for the sisters while giving the sisters' husbands uhm...i dunno...:shrug: i jus wanna go home :sadblue: work is teh suck

[Tybaltcap]

Get them the Godfather Box set!

[Mandaba]

http://www.pocketchef.com/fruitcake.jpg

[Tybaltcap]

Best Holiday Present EVER!!

[Mandaba]

:yes:

[The Drifter]

I always wondered what the green stuff was.

[zartan]

get them all edible panties. italians are crazy like that.

[iminxtc]

my man isnt gettin shit...and his family are assholes

[Mandaba]

you have a man? :hmm:

[Milkman John]

Originally posted by FavoriteMistake
http://www.pocketchef.com/fruitcake.jpg


yes, turn their son into a fruitcake...

[JOEYd]

make kandie for them!

über-ravetastic!

[iminxtc]

Originally posted by FavoriteMistake
you have a man? :hmm:

its a sticky situation

[Mandaba]

ahhh okie. well i have some 409 to clean it right up!

[iminxtc]

the orange kind right? the other smell is yucky!

[Valencia Styles]

i just got done watching my big fat greek wedding.... use some windex :D

[Mokey]

Originally posted by dabigfro99
I always wondered what the green stuff was.

Green stuff = cherries. I noticed this the other day when I went grocery shopping.

[discoball]

Go with the wine! It would be really petty if they calculate the exchange rate if you happen to leave the price on the bottle or packaging it comes in.

[numbskull]

you should totally bring them a framed poster of you and their son gettin it on. that would rock their world. insist on hanging it in the living room. or better still, their bedroom. :thumbsup:

[vixenfoxxy]

Originally posted by numbskull
you should totally bring them a framed poster of you and their son gettin it on. that would rock their world. insist on hanging it in the living room. or better still, their bedroom. :thumbsup:


omg! :haha:

so many of these responses totally cracked me up :afterbuzz:

My sister actually had a really good idea, she said apparently i can get like, little gift boxes that have two three little mini bottles of wines/liquors, which would be perfect, cause they won't be as likely to break in my luggage. woo! :D

Then again, an indestructible, everlasting fruit cake is a pretty tempting option heheheh

more ideas! more ideas!
:thumbsup:

[Alexis]

Originally posted by zartan74
get them all edible panties. italians are crazy like that.

:spit:

[Mitaic]

Originally posted by elad
the sopranos dvd boxset :shrug:

they won't play unless they have a region-free dvd player.

[Alexis]

I had to learn that the hard way


I ordered Battle royale and had to get it converted and burned...my roomate can Download them, change the code then burn the CD...but it's annoying.

:thumbsdown:

[EurotrashEve]

don't get them anything that plugs into power sockets..their voltage over there is waay lower than ours.
I went to hong kong and bought a zen bamboo water fountain thing that had a marble that was supposed to float on cascading water but, instead when I plugged it in when I got back to the states...It shot straight up and got stuck in the cieling.
Seriously bring pic. albulm if you traveled the U.S. or of DC sites and stuff and show them instead of buying ridiculous patriotic tourist stuff. I'd buy the mom something from Illuminations for the house or spa type stuff..mothers totally love that stuff..
or I'd do baskets with wine and peanut butter chocalatey stuff or chocolates(since they don't have PB there)and aromatherapy candles or massage oils or republic of china teas and stuff

[BestBoardHooker]

my "boyfriend" and I have been dating on and off for seven years. I'm close with his family but I wasn't planning on getting them anything til I saw this little christmas ornament in the shape of the pink breast cancer ribbon so I bought that and had his sister's name written on it since she passed away last week...all in all, what I'm getting at is that you just need to figure out something from the heart that just seems to fit.