My brother is impossible to shop for I need help!

Other than a gift card he can use for the kind of clothes or Apple things he wants…

Maybe you could put together a gift basket with an assortment of little things he’d like. You could have a theme, like edible goodies or things he’d need in the cold like a nice scarf and gloves, gourmet hot cocoa and marshmallows, and extra warm socks.

What about accessories for his gadgets? A new case/bag for his laptop? Could you and some other family members all go together to buy him the xbox? I have no idea how much they cost!

Does he still live at home, or does he have an apartment or house he might need something for? Even if he lives at home, is there some kind of framed print or art he’d like? New bedding?

Apple gift card is a very good idea from Miss Austen. Depending on your relationship you could also go creative: i.e. a simple scrap book of pictures of you two, a nice meal.

A few years ago, me and my best friend who I count as a brother wrote each other checks for a huge amount of money (that we of course would never cash), that was always a fun thought.

How about a donation in this name to people who really need something? He might get some pleasure out of that.

Bake him some cookies… ;)

Does he have a car? Something for his car.

Buy something practical and nice that he wouldn’t think to buy for himself…or nicer than he would buy for himself… Does he have his own apartment? Nice bar glasses, beer glasses, ice bucket. Nice new sheets for his bed. Pair of TV trays.

There are lots of things like that, that when people open them, they think “what a dumb gift” but they keep using them over and over, and after bit it turns into “what a great gift!”

A one way ticket to paradise? lol

Hmmm…. he’s a guy, how ‘bout a gift card from Home Depot?

You could also make a gift card of your own offering to clean his house and make him dinner or petsit if he is out of town or…?

Most people like to eat (although I’ve found the rare few that eat for sustenance only) so a nice gift basket of jellies and marmalades, fancy pasta sauce, cookies or quickbread (like pumpkin, gingerbread or cranberry orange) and spicy nuts would be good. Or a gift certificate to Trader Joe’s, Bristol Farms or something similar from his area. If he barbecues (most men will at least do that) a good barbecue cookbook containing lots of sauces and rubs or a chef’s apron and hat or some new barbecue tools. Maybe a gift certificate for his favorite fast food restaurant like In and Out or a barbecue joint that he likes. How about some movie tickets (does he still go to the theater to see movies?) There’s a lot of fancy new chocolates with interesting things added in, how about a set of 5 or six fancy chocolate bars. Does he camp? I just got my brother one of those new Coleman LED lanterns and he loved that. How about a framed photo of your family? A gift certificate for the carwash that he uses. If you’re willing a home made coupon book from you where you go to house and vaccuum or clean the kitchen or whatever it is that he doesn’t like to do. Or a coupon for the 2 of you to go on a nice drive to the mountains or the beach or wheverever he likes to go, and then you take him to lunch.

Get him an xbox 360 somehow then its the best way dammit! :P

Does he have a charitable cause he supports? A donation in his name might be nice.

Give him a memory.
Do something You normally wouldn’t do. Pick up a game controller and play a game he wants to, for no reason. You interact with him doing what he wants that’s a presant he’ll remember. Communicate on a nonintrusive way. Good luck

Get him somthing from Exotic Meats
or Figi’s Gifts

Get a used Xbox 360?

This one is $140 with two games he probably won’t ever play.

Do you have other siblings? Maybe all of you go in on the Xbox? Or, your parents buy the Xbox, and you can buy one of the games.

The gift card for Apple is an obvious one, but it sounds like you are not inclined towards giift cars, but rather gifts.

How old is he? High school, college, graduated already?

Thank you for all the suggestions, he’s been married for a little over a year but he’s still a kid.

If he’s an Apple junkie, and owns one of the new iPod nanos, he might be interested in this high-end watch kit which is only $25 to $50, depending on which model you’re ordering.

I’m so glad in my family as a general rule we only give gifts to the children in the family during the holidays.

@gorillapaws I want that even though I don’t have a new Nano.

A nice Starbucks mug filled with goodies and a gift card, wrapped in pretty cellophane with a big bow.