gifts for father in laws (or fathers for that matter)

[Anonymous]

What are you getting (or did you get) your father in law (or father) for a holiday gift.

My husband bought some things off a very short list for my FIL but I wanted to add something myself.

Hobbys include golf (but we've run through about every golf gift out there), beer drinking, and working the grill in summer. Lives in cold climate but starting to take trips down south.

[Anonymous]

the correct plural of father-in-law is fathers-in-law.

[Anonymous]

Okay but I posed the question to "you" which is singular as I expect each reader will answer the question for themselves and not the greater DC urbanmom community. That is, I want to know what YOU got your FIL and I am assuming you do not consider yourself plural but maybe the voices are loud enough that you do.

[Anonymous]

Got these for my father-in-law who lives in a cold climate: http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-accessories-filter-category-gloves_mitts/men-39-s-etip-tnf-apex-glove.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay but I posed the question to "you" which is singular as I expect each reader will answer the question for themselves and not the greater DC urbanmom community. That is, I want to know what YOU got your FIL and I am assuming you do not consider yourself plural but maybe the voices are loud enough that you do.

NP here. Actually she was correcting your subject line.

And for my beer drinking dad, we got him a frosted glass beer stein that we put a current photo of him and the grandkids on (from their visit earlier this year). He'll use this every day, so it will be a good gift.

[Anonymous]

My FIL loves a particular baseball team. Last year I got him the NYT book that contains news stories for that team over the past 100 or so years. He LOVED it.

[Anonymous]

Luxurious slippers. A book. A yo-yo. An ornament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got these for my father-in-law who lives in a cold climate: http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-accessories-filter-category-gloves_mitts/men-39-s-etip-tnf-apex-glove.html

lol, i got my dad very similar gloves. FIL is getting a gift card to Starbucks (he loves) and he and my MIL are getting a photo book with pics of our son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay but I posed the question to "you" which is singular as I expect each reader will answer the question for themselves and not the greater DC urbanmom community. That is, I want to know what YOU got your FIL and I am assuming you do not consider yourself plural but maybe the voices are loud enough that you do.

NP here. Actually she was correcting your subject line.

Ah, okay. I stands corrected.

[Anonymous]

ideas:
golf shirts
GC to a good golf course for a round
DVDs of a TV show he requested
Tilly hat
NYT Sunday subscription

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got these for my father-in-law who lives in a cold climate: http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-accessories-filter-category-gloves_mitts/men-39-s-etip-tnf-apex-glove.html

I got the following for myself (I'm a guy). Although these are called liners, when I bought them from a different company last year (they're out of stock there) they didn't call them liners:
http://www.skis.com/Manzella-Power-Stretch-Glove-Liners-2013/245461P,default,pd.html

I wanted thin ones that could still give me some precision but enough to protect from the medium cold (I have heavier ones for the very cold). These are a great compromise.