Christmas present ideas! What are you getting people & hoping for?

[bby]

for the past few years now, i just bake something for my loved ones instead of buying them something. i'm going to be making two different banana puddings (one with meringue and one without) in a couple days, but in the past i have made creme de menthe and pecan pies among other things.

i do buy stuff for friends and loved ones who aren't local. like this year i bought my partner some stuff online since we won't be together for the holidays. and a lot of my friends play games online so they'll be getting stuff from their steam wishlists.

i will also be buying some treats for my pets! 

as for what i'm hoping for: nothing. if i want something i usually just buy it for myself when i can. i already got two gifts early: $150 gift card to target and some skincare and makeup. if i had to guess, i'll probably be gifted some chocolates, dvds, steam currency, and lego. that's usually the type of stuff i get gifted from my family. i'm also getting gifted a pizza from a local place tomorrow. i always heard growing up from the adults in my family to just gift them things that they need anyway, and i agree with that. one year, my groceries were paid for the month and that was so nice!

i don't really like this time of year for numerous reasons: if it was up to me i just wouldn't do xmas. but i feel like an ass being gifted something and not having something for them in return. so that's why i do the baking cause at least it's homemade and won't be wasting money or food.

[dotmidi]

Christmas season is around the corner so it's a good time to be getting presents for people!
I was talking in the cafe chat about getting Tamagotchis for some people, but they are so expensive 
Everyone else will be getting nice foods and coffees from the market!

The tamagotchi stuff is understandable haha, I have a very big friend group so it would be really expensive to buy presents for all of them and my family so me and my friends this year decided to do a sticker secret santa, everybody filled out a list of their interests and we all bought stickers for each other!
I got some keith haring stickers along with aliens and some funny joke stickers to put on my things from a friend. I bought one of them a print of chibi-robo and some yumme nikki stickers so I am excited to see what they think next time I see them!