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What's a cool Secret Santa gift for a man up to US$10?

Asked by aprilsimnel (30754points) December 9th, 2010

I’m attending a Christmas party with some expat UK friends (Chrimbo, she called it. hee!). I have to get a guy a Secret Santa gift costing no more than $10 / £6.

So what sort of prezzie do you blokes (and others who buy things for them) reckon I get?

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chyna's avatar

Gloves or a knit hat.

Afos22's avatar

@chyna Im a guy, and i wouldn’t be happy with either. @aprilsimnel Do you know him? How old is he? What does he do?

chyna's avatar

Aw, I was just being practical.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

Magic 8 Ball
Pin Up girlie pen

El_Cadejo's avatar

Gift cards are made of win. I know its not super special for that person or whatever, but id rather you give me a giftcard then try and be cool and get something that I totally hate.

aprilsimnel's avatar

@Afos22, it’s going to be any one of a group of men between 30–40 years old. They’re mostly from England, but I think there’ll be one or two Scots in there, if that makes any difference.

deliasdancemom's avatar

Lotto tickets, they are fun and who knows, the$ 10 could always turn into$ 100!

mrentropy's avatar

This is $7.99 in US dollars.

YARNLADY's avatar

My husband likes flash drives.

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Neizvestnaya's avatar

I 2nd @uberbatman‘s statement about gift cards. Also, I wonder if men enjoy to pry open free counter samples of colognes?

jameson245's avatar

I like the loto ticket idea but if that is not aan option, here is another idea. Take ten dollar bills clamp them to a piece of cardboard and use rubber cement to glue the tops together. When all is dry, remove the clamps and put the bills in anempty checkbook. A simple gift tjat pays off big whe he triess to spend the money. It is perfectly good money,easy totear off and give a cashier… but thecashier re alwaays hesitant to take them since they never saw them in book form.

zenvelo's avatar

a good reusable water bottle, like those sold at REI.

Afos22's avatar

Wrap a box with that amount of money inside? that way they can get whatever.

BarnacleBill's avatar

Harmonica is fun.
Bungee cords

buckyboy28's avatar

A donation to the Human Fund would be a nice gift.

But in all seriousness, I would agree with @deliasdancemom about the scratch tickets. There are a lot of tickets now-a-days that have scratch off games such as crossword puzzles and bingo.

zenvelo's avatar

Joke present: I got a present of 25 scratchers once, with all of them scratched off, “to save me the hassle!”

Kraigmo's avatar

Go to Trader Joes and get him a case of Beers of the World

Kinda like this

deliasdancemom's avatar

An inexpensive bottle of liquor wine or a 6 pack of beer? I liked the idea someone put up of one of those small flash drives…a box of some assorted coffees?

Neizvestnaya's avatar

My guy brought home a bag of fireworks, several packets for a $1.00ea and he couldn’t wait to go out to the yard and set them off.I’ve seen him that excited about few things

aprilsimnel's avatar

Thanks, you guys! I’m at work now and I’ll get to thank you individually later!

answerjill's avatar

I like the travel mug idea. Or, maybe a nice assortment of teas?

chyna's avatar

@aprilsimnel So what did you get as a gift?

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