What was your best present this year?

A Christmas Box from both DDs, containing lots of of small, wrapped surprise presents for DH and me,including best of all a homemade photo album labelled (in suitably Christmas colours) I Remember When.... full of photos of Christmases past from when they were both children. Some including pets and family members no longer with us and bringing back very happy memories.

Have been given a magnetic necklace and bracelet by my kids. Problem is that they keep attracting things like pieces of cutlery and paper clips as I'm walking around the house. If I go ouside wearing them I might find myself attached to someone on a bus or try to get on a bus but find myself attached to the bus stop . Oh, and if I put my hand next to my neck they attack themselves to each other; if I had two bracelets they would look like handcuffs.

Pieces of cutlery...? Sounds like that scene from 'Carrie'

My best Christmas present every year is when my daughter and her family come up and I have everyone under the same roof, all safe and sound. I love that feeling.

But actual present wise, I have a pair of bearpaw sheepskin boots from DBH to replace the ones the mice ate when he left the eaves hatch door open one day. They are beautiful and so warm. Almost as wonderful is a beautiful canvas and leather gardening apron with a large leather pocket at the front that takes secateurs, a pair of which were in the pocket as well, I hope the apron will mean that I shan't leave yet another pair in the garden, left to rust unseen for months. A close third is a beautiful big hand crafted blue glass star, my first ever Christmas present from my son bought with his own money. I was very lucky this year, I had some lovely gifts and my notoriously picky mother actually liked hers, a double bonus! I hope my sisters were as lucky.

Blimey; I hadn't thought of that. Perhaps they're trying to get rid of me to inherit my vast fortune !

I love the image of you going around collecting all metallic objects. I am now worried about a friend with ME and can't handle earrings, I bought her several sets of metallic earrings to try out. I hope her earrings don't get pulled off her ears if she bends too close to a pushchair or even a car.

Sorry, meant MS, she has lost feeling in her hands and feet.

Tegan!

My best present was a lovely little silver handbag pen with my initials engraved on it. It is from Tiffanys and I dropped a very big hint to get it.

My 3 DCs clubbed together to get me a Kindle Paperwhite to facilitate my reading while we're on our travels.
And MrA, very unusually, spotted a small shiny object in a jeweller's in Newcastle that he thought I might like and bought it

I was happy with all my presents but have decided I need to rethink my image. I received 2 bottles of red wine, 2 bottles of sparkling rose, 1 bottle of champagne, 4 boxes of chocolates and perfume. It appears that all my friends see me as a smelly fat drunk

Dunno what my presents say about my image....?

Sausage making machine
Light workmate from B&Q
Electric blanket
Song books
'Tenko' first series DVDs
and no less than 3 boxes of Elizabeth Shaw mint crisps

Sunseeker - just enjoy it!

Gosh thats a really hard one as I had so many that I really love....I guess the most practical one was my new sat nav - since my old one died I have had to use the old fashioned way of maps - not easy when driving so when hubby bought me this I was pretty pleased and relieved.....for pampering I guess the very large bottle of Baileys Orange and also the gorgeous smellies of which I had quite a few! Have had loads of soaks in the bath since to try them all out! lol

Forgot hamper from my DD. A lovely old wicker hamper filled with goodies for us both. Everything we love and enjoy. A lovely thought.

Father Christmas left a stocking on my doorstep. It included a Memory Game card pack. When I thanked No. 3 Daughter, she said, "Well it was either that or Old Maid".
Also in stocking: big magnifying glass, bottle of Matey, walnut whips, a book, a local magazine, Christmas socks, a Knitting Nancy, Christmas tissues, pyjamas, slippers, a cracker, hand warmers, a scented candle, a sew-on Pug patch.
They also gave me dinner, cooked by excellent cook son in law.
Nos 1 and 2 came a long way, No 4 hosted Boxing Day lunch for 14 despite having tonsillitis and two toddlers ( she's the only one who can fit us all in)

A calendar of local men naked! - hmm - not sure what to do with it, but it will have to be displayed to avoid giving offence to the giver.

My two lovely daughters organising a surprise family meal for my 60th and arranging for my Dad, Sisters and all their families to come up to Norfolk just before Christmas (my Birthday is 23rd).

It was so good to be all together for the first time in years

Happy belated birthday nannymoocow

Yes nannymc and for your birthday.....................oh go on then and

I thought I had had all my presents and very nice they were too. Suddenly, today when DD2 returned from Christmas with the in-laws, DH and I were presented with - tum, te, te, TUM - 2 Tickets for the closing ceremony at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in August. I knew the DDs had applied but they kidded on they had been unsuccessful in the draw In fact they got 4 tickets so they will be coming with us . For once I really am 'Over the '. [X] , < nearest I can get to the big Saltire I will be taking along to wave. Whoopee Doo

DVDs Seasons 1 and 2 of Borgen. I love it on two levels - the political stories 'cos I've been involved in politics a long time, and the Danish language which I try to understand from my knowledge of Yorkshire dialect (heavy Norse influence) and German.

Oh and of course there's those gorgeous Danes..... If I'd lived there as a young 'un I'd have been a VERY naughty girl!!!

Not the best present I have ever had, although nice enough, but certainly the most surprising one. Shortly before Christmas my landlord spent a couple of hours one afternoon spraying the weeds in the drive – no that wasn't the present. When she had gone we found a box wrapped in Christmas paper on the doorstep. It contained 1.5 kg of luxury biscuits – and they are pretty luxurious too. I thought that was extraordinarily friendly. I didn't even send a Christmas card to any of my tenants in the UK.

Mishap; oh dear. if you bump into any of them you'll have to do the classic joke thing of 'I didn't recognise you with your clothes on' [ which they will all be sick and tired of by the end of the year!]

Our favourite gift was a calendar from the grandchildren. It contains a family photo for each new month.