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Gift for secret Santa: I got my Great Grandma and I don't know what she would like!
Okay so I'm my great grandmas secret Santa. I don't know what to get her, but I don't know what she likes. She doesn't really do anything but lay in bed and watch the news. My mom told me to just give her money but she pulled me as her secret Santa (yeah I know, my family doesn't keep secrets very well) and the bugdet was $25 so if I just straight up gave her the $25 back (oh yea btw she gave me my gift early, we are really messed up) then it wouldn't really make sense. That's why I want to buy her something, but I just don't know what, please help!!
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You could get her a pair of pajamas or a nightgown.
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Usually, when we get to that age, there's nothing much we need or things we've never had so it IS hard to buy for older people. One thing that has helped me is think of what collections she has that she might enjoy having added to. Examples: collections of trinket boxes or containers,(found one that had the bottom of Noahs ark as container made of resin and the lid all the animals sticking heads out of windows) the tiny blown glass animals, anything about owls, butterflies, hummingbirds or whatever her favorite thing to collect, then chose a figurine, a mug with it on it, a kitchen towel and mitt with the favorite thing on it. Warm slippers or socks are always a good bet. Some families get nothing but slippers and socks and others like mine are doing without and need them so in my family this year, almost everyone is getting slippers from me. Ask your mom for help with picking out her favorite cologne if she still wears any. If nothing sounds right and she is not diabetic, buy a Christmas mug and fill it with Christmas treats and tie a baggie of more to the handle. I did that one year when I couldn't afford much. Hope this helps. Times almost up so hurry to the stores.
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Some of the things I can think of are;
A bed Jacket, skin lotion to prevent bed sores, subscriptions to large print magazines or the Large Print edition of Reader's Digest if her eyesight is still okay. If not some audio books would be a nice gift.
You could also go to AARP.com for some gift ideas.
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well get her things that a person who "does nothing but lay in bed all day" can do! maybe some perfume, or a gift card for some books to read if she still has good vision or someone to read to her, or some nail polish someone ELSE can apply. just anything to make her feel pretty even though shes old and run down now. women like to feel at the very least "presentable" still. even in old age.
You dont have to get her expensive perfume, theres some at macys for well under 25 bucks. maybe if someone else helps her bathe, you can get her some bath salts from a store in your local mall. theres a whole WORLD of stuff you can get for someone thats in her condition still.
what you might do is just ask her if theres anything she would really want or NEEDS or something shes been thinking about that you could tell her secret santa to get for her??
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