Whole Family Gift Ideas!

[GoGoKokiGo]

Okay so as we all know...CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!  I have to get a gift for my husband's family, and I really don't want to do one gift for each cause he has like 4 sisters and the idea of having to go finding a gift for each and every one of them makes me want fake my own death.. So does anyone have any idea of what to get a whole family??? The cheaper the better please! I tried looking this up online and when I put whole family gifts I end up with gifts for the whole family. They just moved into a house so I was thinking maybe something that they can use in the backyard. Maybe a volleyball set or something. Thanks in advance!

[jkhanson]

Not knowing how much you want to spend as the limit for this family gift makes it harder to make suggestions.....

I like your volleyball set idea.....could be croquet or bocce ball too

If they like to grill, how about $xx.xx worth of steaks?  (we used to give the parents a box of steaks each Christmas and they looked forward to it)

A firepit for the backyard?

Another approach we did for years was "The Exchange".  Each person who participates in the exchange brings a wrapped gift -- the price limit is agreed upon before hand by all parties involved.  Men bring men gifts, Women bring women gifts.  (We also limited this to just the adults because kids don't understand the "game"---you'll understand when you read on....)

At the family gathering where we did the Exchange, we placed all the wrapped gifts in the middle of the room.  Numbered slips were made up and drawn.  #1 went to the gift pile and opened a gift.  Then #2 has the option to choose a gift from the pile OR he/she can STEAL the gift that #1 has already opened.  This continues with #3, #4, #5, etc.....each person has the option to choose an unopened gift or steal from those already opened.

We put a limit of 2 steals on each gift (so if "gift A" has been stolen twice, it is now out of play---no one can steal it).

I hope that explanation made sense!

[ancmetro]

   Get a home entertainment center...yes... "an oversized TV". We recently got one for our house. It plays TV and movies. It is awesome. We live in cold country..."Alaska"...and we spend most of our bad weather indoors. Without it, we could spend very boring winter days at home.

[brendy1990]

my family has done family gifts for the past couple of years,, and the one we got i liked a lot was my sister gave my family a basket with a couple movies ,a hot air popper ,pop corn , pop corn seasoning and some movie passes to the local movie theater.. it was fun ,, hope that helps

[Radicalpraiser]

Depends on how much you want to spend...what abour the wii system. They are having great sales on this now.

[ConnorsMom86]

It depends on what the family likes to do... definitely something that will bring them together, if they love movies buy theater gift cards or certificates.... if they like board games for a family night, find a board game.... video games... a wii... playstation 3.. etc... or if they like music, get a stereo system for their living room or a couple of cds for all ages. =-)

[mgarmstrong]

Go w/ a gift card to a movie theater (for each) and a message about a "family night out".