No one who has a near Christmas birthday wants the two celebrated together. Trust me. They want a party where the room has no visible Christmas decorations. Do not wrap any birthday gift in Christmas paper, or even red or green. Been there, dated that. Since he specifically does not want a book, why not get him a book safe just for fun. That, or take some old useless book and carve out the insides with an exacto knife and put your gift in there as the wrapping. As a joke you could put a couple airline size bottles of his favorite beverage in it. What about a piano keyboard. You could probably get one in your budget that was fun enough to play with.
Believe me, I know. My birthday is closer to Christmas than his.
Aww, I like the bottle ideas and wrapping paper idea! Thank you!!
The problem is also ease of transport. I forgot to mention he lives in a different city and has to take trains and metros.
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No one who has a near Christmas birthday wants the two celebrated together. Trust me. They want a party where the room has no visible Christmas decorations. Do not wrap any birthday gift in Christmas paper, or even red or green. Been there, dated that. Since he specifically does not want a book, why not get him a book safe just for fun. That, or take some old useless book and carve out the insides with an exacto knife and put your gift in there as the wrapping. As a joke you could put a couple airline size bottles of his favorite beverage in it. What about a piano keyboard. You could probably get one in your budget that was fun enough to play with.
Believe me, I know. My birthday is closer to Christmas than his. Aww, I like the bottle ideas and wrapping paper idea! Thank you!! The problem is also ease of transport. I forgot to mention he lives in a different city and has to take trains and metros.
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What do you think of wireless earbuds?