Xmas is coming - feck!
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I need help. You guys and gals must have some decent ideas for interesting xmas gifts for the family? Don't ya? Please?
Oh, and no TVR drivers in the family!
Have you tried the Gadget Shop?
www.gadgetshop.com
All kinds of things there to suit all budgets etc. etc....
Ditto here, Big M! I have an excuse, though...my family travels from all corners (£££ $$$) to get home to Canada, therefore eliminating the requirement for pressies. We do exchange stocking stuffers, little things, but the large gifts are a thing of the past 
Makes for a more enjoyable time not having to stress over buying!
Makes for a more enjoyable time not having to stress over buying!The Podie household has elected to buy eachother presents to a maximum of £10... and donate some money to a charity.
Actually quite good fun trying to find stuff for £10, but it is out there, and it's not all tat.
Last Christmas was expensive, and was just as good as it normally is, so we figured that we were all pretty lucky and decided to do something different this year...
Actually quite good fun trying to find stuff for £10, but it is out there, and it's not all tat.
Last Christmas was expensive, and was just as good as it normally is, so we figured that we were all pretty lucky and decided to do something different this year...
Here's another couple of good sites:
www.johnlewis.com/
www.wellbeing.com/
Failing that, Amazon is always excellent - books and CDs are always a great copout if you can't think what to get for people!
Guess what I've spent the last couple of weeks doing!
www.johnlewis.com/
www.wellbeing.com/
Failing that, Amazon is always excellent - books and CDs are always a great copout if you can't think what to get for people!
Guess what I've spent the last couple of weeks doing!
Well, first of all - and this is what I'm buying this year - for Parents, Grandparents, Aunts etc..: My First Euthanasia Kit
I need help. You guys and gals must have some decent ideas for interesting xmas gifts for the family? Don't ya? Please?
Humbug
Edited because I'm not quite with it yet this morning...
>> Edited by CarZee on Tuesday 26th November 09:26
PC Canadians rule out Christmas
TORONTO (Reuters) - Christmas is becoming an endangered word in parts of Canada in a rash of politically correct behaviour -- such as renaming a Christmas tree a "holiday tree" -- that even non-Christians dismiss as silly.
Toronto city officials began the flap last week when they called the 50-foot (15.2 meter) tree set up outside City Hall a "holiday tree." That sparked much derision and prompted the city's mayor to set the record straight.
"Our special events staff went too far with their political correctness when they called it a holiday tree," said Mayor Mel Lastman. "They were trying to be inclusive and their hearts were in the right place, but you can't be politically correct all the time."
The mayor plans to introduce a motion in city council this week that will officially put the word Christmas in front of the word tree in all future city documents.
The name change led to complaints from Christians and left many non-Christians wondering what all the fuss was about.
"To take a generic term, slap it on a symbol that really only has significance to one religion..and then say we're being multicultural does not really fit," said Anita Bromberg of the Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada. "Whatever you call it, it's still a Christmas tree."
"You're not being inclusive when you try to apply one religious symbol to everybody. You call it what is."
Toronto has become the most multicultural city in Canada, with communities from around the world and residents who speak more than 100 different languages.
"I'm not sure what they're trying to achieve," Ahmed Shoker of the Canadian Islamic Congress in Saskatoon said on Monday. "Everyone has the full right to celebrate in their own way."
Toronto is not alone in its efforts to stress a holiday spirit rather than talking about Christmas.
The Royal Canadian Mint has a commercial in which it changes the old holiday standard "Twelve Days of Christmas" to "Twelve Days of Giving." But Mint spokesman Phil Taylor said the wording was merely meant to "position coins as a great gift for the holidays for whatever faith."
"It's the same kind of over the top political correctness," said Bernie Farber, Ontario executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress. "There seems to be a fear within certain circles in Canada that people are going to react to Christmas in a negative way. But it's not the case.
"It's time to sort of get on with life, accept everybody for who they are and revel in their holidays as opposed to look for ways to deny people's holidays. It's just plain silly."
TORONTO (Reuters) - Christmas is becoming an endangered word in parts of Canada in a rash of politically correct behaviour -- such as renaming a Christmas tree a "holiday tree" -- that even non-Christians dismiss as silly.
Toronto city officials began the flap last week when they called the 50-foot (15.2 meter) tree set up outside City Hall a "holiday tree." That sparked much derision and prompted the city's mayor to set the record straight.
"Our special events staff went too far with their political correctness when they called it a holiday tree," said Mayor Mel Lastman. "They were trying to be inclusive and their hearts were in the right place, but you can't be politically correct all the time."
The mayor plans to introduce a motion in city council this week that will officially put the word Christmas in front of the word tree in all future city documents.
The name change led to complaints from Christians and left many non-Christians wondering what all the fuss was about.
"To take a generic term, slap it on a symbol that really only has significance to one religion..and then say we're being multicultural does not really fit," said Anita Bromberg of the Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada. "Whatever you call it, it's still a Christmas tree."
"You're not being inclusive when you try to apply one religious symbol to everybody. You call it what is."
Toronto has become the most multicultural city in Canada, with communities from around the world and residents who speak more than 100 different languages.
"I'm not sure what they're trying to achieve," Ahmed Shoker of the Canadian Islamic Congress in Saskatoon said on Monday. "Everyone has the full right to celebrate in their own way."
Toronto is not alone in its efforts to stress a holiday spirit rather than talking about Christmas.
The Royal Canadian Mint has a commercial in which it changes the old holiday standard "Twelve Days of Christmas" to "Twelve Days of Giving." But Mint spokesman Phil Taylor said the wording was merely meant to "position coins as a great gift for the holidays for whatever faith."
"It's the same kind of over the top political correctness," said Bernie Farber, Ontario executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress. "There seems to be a fear within certain circles in Canada that people are going to react to Christmas in a negative way. But it's not the case.
"It's time to sort of get on with life, accept everybody for who they are and revel in their holidays as opposed to look for ways to deny people's holidays. It's just plain silly."
try the discovery store
got some good gadgets and ideas i wanted to buy half the shop at the weekend Mrs m wouldnt let me
www.thediscoverystore.co.uk/corporateinfonew.asp
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