2005 Chirstmas Lists
Mom's List:
Suet and seed for my backyard birds - especially for the Cardinals, woodpeckers, blue jays (I hope the bird flu doesn’t reach this species or us!!)
Strong coffee
Wine – especially German – I lean toward sweet, but not Mogan David sweet
Fannie Mae Trinidads
Godiva or other nice truffles – I am a dark chocolate fan
Gift cards – Blockbuster, Starbucks, movie theaters in our area
A book from my Amazon list – I don’t mind used in good condition or trade sized paper backs – but some used are priced so high that by the time you add shipping you could have a new book from Books A Million
A DVD from my Amazon list
A wallet – any color, rectangular in shape
Wind chimes for the deck – pretty tinkling sound
Inexpensive wine glasses – I keep breaking them
Cute or funny wine bottle corks
Renz Xmas List:
XXL flannel nightshirts
humidifier
old fashioned oil lamps (2) simple glass with hurricane shade is fine.
slippers (I'm a men's 9 wide)
a calendar for the kitchen, a calendar for work, and a day by day desk
calendar for my study.
reading blankets or throws
rack to hold firewood
photo frames (sm to med sized)
CDs - opera (a complete recording of any of the following)
Rigoletto, Madame Butterfly, Magic Flute, Fedora, Norma)
Celtic music - The Chieftans, The Rankins, Great Big Sea
DVDs - Season 2 of any of the following M*A*S*H, The Waltons, Ellen, Mad
About You, All In the Family, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Xena.
Season 3 of Everybody Loves Raymond
Season 4 of Northern Exposure
OR Season 1 of I Love Lucy, Bewitched, Wild Wild West, Beverly Hillbillies.
Tom's list
-Gift card to Menards or Home Depot
-Book of the "Fellowship of the Rings"
-Movie Kingdom of Heaven
-Gift card to Kohl's or Cost Plus World Market (home decor)
-Craftsman 12V or 14.4V Cordless drill
-Black & Decker JigSaw
-Book (Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire)
-8 inch stainless steel frying pan
-Just Good Coffee!
Sara's list
-Gift Card to Hobby Lobby or Michael's
-"Heavenly" perfume from Victoria Secrets
-Gift Card to Kohl's for Kitchen Aid Mixer
-DVD "Beauty Shop" with Queen Latifah
-DVD of "Bridget Jone's Diary" 1st and 2nd
-Long bathrobe...I like them big, XL or XXL
-Gift certificate to Menards for paint
Lou -
black leather belt - silver buckle - basic
itunes gift certificate
fannie may pixies or brach's turtles or both
wireless mouse and keyboard - microsoft brand... simplest kind - no fancy bells and whistles.
starbucks gift certificate
latest (or only) jim gaffigan dvd
Any of Jim Gaffigan's comedy cd's(except for The Last Supper and More Moo-Moos)- As far as I know they can only be ordered from his website jimgaffigan.com
Same thing for Jake Johannsen - jakejohannsen.com
Older Comedy CD's - like Bill Cosby, George Carlin, Steve Martin, Steven Wright, or Robin Williams.
DVD'S - The Matrix (only the original), Babe
Angie -
cds -
"I heard it on NPR" - at home in the world, jazz for blue nights,
down to the roots, or singers songs and sessions. Available on npr.org, or probably
on Amazon or at Target too.
books -
"A million little pieces"
Interesting parenting / child development books
slippers - size 7
I've seen a lot of cute blazers lately - great for dress up, or just with jeans. Probably small or size 6. Eggplant/brown/pumpkin/navy/black/teal/biege. Have seen cute ones at Target and the Gap.
Always love new unique earrings.
A donation to CARE, or a charity that is close to your heart is fine.
Gift cards are Ok too! Much love to all of you. Please know that my most treasured gift is being able to spend time with all of you over the holidays.
Jackson-
sled
snowsuit - he's 24 lbs and almost 31 inches as of Nov 20th. 12-18 month size will probably be fine.
comfy play clothes - pjs, sweats, cute long sleeve onesies, blue jeans.
definitely loves new toys. He seems to love anything with buttons, cords, strings, latches, zippers, wires, etc. I wondered about a baby version of a laptop?
He loves the baby einstein videos - he already has mozart, bach, shakespeare, and discovering water.
wagon
books - he's more interested in books lately (loves to be read to and looks
at the pictures and text more these days - instead of just trying to eat them!!).
Board books or squishy books. Likes books that have sound effects or textures
to touch.
Pop -
a"Walkman" styled CD & MP3 player. Best Buy had several from Sony
that went from plain CD, CD-R, & MP3, to several fancy ones that include
AM & FM tuners as well.
Totes brand slippers size 11.
Compact disk operas featuring Maria Callas;
Verdi: Il Trovatore Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Maria Callas; Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf: Eugenio Fernandi; Tullio Serafin Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
/ Callas, di Stefano, Pnaerai, Zaccaria; Karajan (I already have her in Tosca,
La Traviata, Carman)
DVDs - Box sets of Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection ,Bogart, The Bogart Collection (Casablanca/The Maltese Falcon/To Have and Have Not/The Big Sleep/The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Other single DVDs with auto chase scenes, (i already have Bullit, French Connection, and Ronan)
Mid length White socks (or Grey).