Question for Jewish DU'ers: Ideas of what to get parents for Hanukkah

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

this year? We're having a get-together on Dec. 11th and we're thinking of maybe getting them a Hamsa hanging for their house, but not sure. Any ideas?

Non-Jewish DU'ers, feel free to give ideas as well.

[BoX o BooX]

1. If it goes with the decor,

It's a good gift.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Last year, we bought my dad a tallis and my mom a gift certificate, I

believe.

[BoX o BooX]

3. See, tallit go with everything.

Gift certificates, too. ;)

That's the problem with a hamsa.... it's got to coordinate.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

4. Exactly. We're looking at this one maybe (if all three of us (me and two

sisters) to agree on one).

http://store1.yimg.com/I/silverimpressions_1817_9306443

[BoX o BooX]

5. That's pretty!

Mama would be proud!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

7. :) Thanks. There are a lot to choose from on that website.

[iamjoy]

6. Charity!

Another idea, especially if your parents are financially comfortable: donate the money you would have spent on a gift to a charity (in their name). Something like a Holocaust Memorial Museum (if you have one in your area) or an organization that helps the homeless/poor in your area (such as a local Jewish Family Services).
That's what my husband and I plan on doing with my father.
None of us needs more junk, we'd rather help people who need it.

About the Hamsa: Unless some one is overly particular, a religious item always goes, regardless of decor.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

8. You're right about the decor sentiment.

I like the idea of charity (sedekah) as well. We gave them a beautiful sedekah box one year, as a matter of fact.

[sakabatou]

9. My brothers and I pooled our money together...

so that our prents could go to a nice spa.

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12. Welcome to DU, sakabatou. Spa....ahh...........

[DaveinMD]

10. I usually go the Borders route

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11. There are no Borders where my parents live, though there are Barnes

and Nobles.