Secret Santa gift idea

December 20, 2011 9:47 AM

Secret Santa gift idea, help!

Family Secret Santa gift idea for male in his 30's living in London (originally from Ontario). Price limit is $25.00
Stats: Works at a bank, likes to go to the pubs, has a 1.5 year old and a wife, commutes to work on the subway, has a blackberry.
Not sure about interests, haven't hung out a lot since we were kids (we are cousins), but he has a good sense of humor, jokingly requested something "expensive yet sentimental" for his secret santa gift, so gift could play to that.

Any ideas?

posted by devonia to Shopping (9 answers total)

Gave my husband these when he was a banker in London, and he loved them. Fits the price limit too.
posted by defreckled at 10:11 AM on December 20, 2011

Get a pair of plain cufflinks (like these) and take to a local jeweler to have one engraved with a dollar sign and one with a heart. Expensive, yet sentimental!
posted by argonauta at 10:50 AM on December 20, 2011

blackberry case/protector
posted by leigh1 at 10:53 AM on December 20, 2011

My husband is very difficult to shop for, so when he complained about always getting sweaters in his family's secret santa exchange I asked him what would be a good gift for the price range. He said: "maybe a cool flashlight or something similarly useful for my toolbox".
posted by CrazyLemonade at 10:54 AM on December 20, 2011

A fish in a fishbowl, for his desk. Include a small aquarium treasure chest.
posted by troika at 11:42 AM on December 20, 2011

Response by poster: I like the cufflinks idea, with the engraving, any more ideas for funny/interesting engravings? Small gifts are good, as he will have to transport any gifts back to England from Ontario, and with a baby in tow they will have a lot of stuff already.
posted by devonia at 11:53 AM on December 20, 2011

You could also do the words "CAVIAR" and "LOVE"
posted by argonauta at 12:41 PM on December 20, 2011

These are nice, I think. Virtuous, attractive, appealing to any beer drinker, and in your price range.
posted by bearwife at 1:01 PM on December 20, 2011

Things Remembered has engravable Christmas ornaments and flasks. If there's no Things Remembered location near you, they're doing next business day delivery but it's $25 a pop. My suggestion for the engraving: "Expensive, Yet Sentimental."
posted by slmorri at 3:17 PM on December 20, 2011 [2 favorites]