My wife wants me to ask this question...

[Fueling Around]

Wife and I don't do the Christmas Hanukkah gift BS. Children get a big gift check because their birthdays are in the vicinity.

Me and the wife contact our local PD, they set us up with a family in need, buy some small gifts for all, cook a full meal that will feed most for a week, its all no contact between us and them, the officer picks up and delivers. The thank you notes these families get to us via the PD are hart warming to say the least.

I'll have to look into this method.
I have a hard time donating to local food banks. Most of the users drive pretty nice vehicles.
Food bank employees have a 50/50 rule. 50% that use don't deserve. 50% that deserve don't use.

 

[bmudd14474]

Bbq box subscription. Or Dalstrong knife

 

[h8that4u]

I'll have to look into this method.
I have a hard time donating to local food banks. Most of the users drive pretty nice vehicles.
Food bank employees have a 50/50 rule. 50% that use don't deserve. 50% that deserve don't use.

If you can get in contact with a school resource officer, or what ever they are considered in your area, they will know the ones in need that are trying and actually need the help. That has been our experience.

 

[Elf@shore]

Wife and I don't do the Christmas Hanukkah gift BS. Children get a big gift check because their birthdays are in the vicinity.


I'll have to look into this method.
I have a hard time donating to local food banks. Most of the users drive pretty nice vehicles.
Food bank employees have a 50/50 rule. 50% that use don't deserve. 50% that deserve don't use.

HI! Donations status. / Food stamps ....
back in the day here @ the NJ shore, remember 40 yrs ago.
Unfortunately I was on unemployment benefits due to the brutal winter months.
I am leaving the UMPLOY Office, a nice Escalade pulls up, they pile out and enters the office!
Thinking ? What the F ?
I was told by the locals they were the Hotel/ Motel owners elites !? , the entire family !
Collecting benefits!?
Therefore: I will not donate to any Organization ,except for a known local group.
Too Much fraud.
Last note: Washington is not a Stale mate, its who can lie and cheat the most ,as previously posted. . I can say more?
Its not political, Its economical : Feeding my family.

 

[Brokenhandle]

There's always a bag of coal.

Ryan

 

[schlotz]

What is his/your favorite beef cut? Try ordering the Snake River Farms Wagyu version of it.

 

[chopsaw]

Bbq box subscription.

I was trying to find that website , so I could suggest this .
Maybe it's changed , but I didn't recognize the hits I was getting .
Can you post it ?

Anyway , okie sawbones I got a 3 month subscription to BBQ Box from Brian for a throw down prize .
Loved it ! Mine was sauce and rub pairings . If I remember right it was 3 items . All good stuff .
First time I had Lillie's Carolina sauce and rubs . Awesome stuff .

 

[texomakid]

I'm another vote for the gmc2003 Beer Pole! It's a great gift for any outdoor cooking enthusiasts who has everything except a beer pole!

 

[sandyut]

I have been trying to eliminate Xmas gifts in our house for a few years. We need/want, we just buy it.

Thats how I wish it could be. I have my wife buy as many of the presents for the kids and grand kids as possible. I dont like to do it and its not my thing.

 

[clifish]

Thats how I wish it could be. I have my wife buy as many of the presents for the kids and grand kids as possible. I dont like to do it and its not my thing.

I just fill up shopping carts of Jeep parts and cooking stuff and send it to her....although I already have as much as I need.

 

[bmudd14474]

https://www.mancrates.com/collections/best-selling-gifts-for-men is one

 

[bmudd14474]

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[cpaysonc]

Really fine cheese is hard to beat.

 

[chef k-dude]

Tough call. I would just as soon the family didnt buy me gifts. One year I sent a list of charities I want donations sent to. Kinda works kinda didnt.

Gift cards can be lame but one for a rub and sauce place, a local BBQ shop you frequent, for the smoker brand you have.

Grill Grates for your gasser.

I am not a huge Christmas fan, which goes over like noro virus around here. I'll be following.

I'm with you! I have had seasonal depression since I was a kid...I figured that out later in life. My ex and I started the breakup in mid October (many moons ago) and the season change really got to me for years. I do better these days but still dont like the holidays. Starting around October, all I look forward to is January!

I hated the stress and activity of buying gifts and finally my wife (current of almost 30 years) agreed to stop with the gifts. If we want something and can afford it, we get it any time of year and that includes if she wants a piece of jewelry...she's not stupid with money so she wont go too far.

I honestly dont want gifts. Once in a while my wife cant stand it and buys me something. She decided I would like a metal detector for my birthday back in spring this year. Sure, a cool idea, but it has sat in the garage and hasn't been used once since. But that might change...a friend of hers told her we live in a gold belt...an area where gold is found in quartz. We have quartz everywhere! We use the pretty rocks for landscape surrounds, etc.! We will probably start "wanding" the rocks soon hoping to get rich!

Spend the money on a trip... somewhere you both want to go but haven't. Know any needy families that could use a little help... sometimes brightening someone's day is way more meaningful that any object.

Ryan

We donate to Toys for Tots, but I like this idea.

I have been trying to eliminate Xmas gifts in our house for a few years. We need/want, we just buy it.

It's a huge burden off the shoulders once you do. I still sit with the Christmas morning present opening and it doesn't bother me at all to not get anything. BUT...Christmas is the only day I start drinking in the morning! Usually spiking my coffee early then on to a stiff Bloody Mary...then usually regret it because once the buzz wears off I feel like crap the rest of the day and nap...

Me and the wife contact our local PD, they set us up with a family in need, buy some small gifts for all, cook a full meal that will feed most for a week, its all no contact between us and them, the officer picks up and delivers. The thank you notes these families get to us via the PD are hart warming to say the least.

I might look in to this. I got it in my head that since I'm against the materialism of Christmas (so many people dont even remember what the day is supposed to be about) and I'm not a Christian, I should go and serve on Christmas day. I thought delivering meals and a smile to the lonely elderly in my area would be perfect...but then found out, Meals on Wheels takes Christmas day off! Getting in with them is hard otherwise (at least back then), the churches seem to control it all and they are very protective of it. If you arent a member, you can forget it.