How to Select a Gift for Your Grandfather
Grandpas often can't think of a thing they need and can be fussy about what they get. A practical gift is often the best bet.
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Things You'll Need
- Bookstore Gift Certificates
- Picture Frames
- Scrapbooks
- Gourmet Foods
- Red Or White Wine
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Gift Certificates
- Movie Tickets
- Cameras
- Telephone Calling Cards
Instructions
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Ask him what he wants. If he says "a new trash can," get it.
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Buy a gift basket filled with his favorite beer, wine or foods.
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Give him a prepaid phone card so he can talk to the grandkids without running up his phone bill.
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Hire someone to do his yard work.
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Buy a gift certificate to a local restaurant, movie theater or bookstore.
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Arrange for a round of golf or a fishing trip.
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Buy a year's pass to national or state parks.
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Put together a book about his life. Include photographs, news clippings and letters from friends.
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Give him a magazine subscription or buy him a book about a subject he's interested in. Choose the large-print edition if necessary.
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Buy prepaid tickets to the local car wash.
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Give him a family photograph in a nice frame or give him a "point-and-shoot" camera and film so he can take his own pictures.
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Tips & Warnings
If grandpa doesn't already own a computer, an answering machine, an electronic organizer, a VCR or a CD player, he may not be interested in learning how to use them. Avoid buying such things unless you are sure they'll be appreciated and used.
An inexpensive tape player makes a good gift for grandpa. The grandkids can make tapes and send them to him. Be sure the tape player has a record function if you'd like grandpa to send tapes back to the kids.
