Help me by a Christmas present for my host family in Guatemala.
November 23, 2012 8:01 AM Subscribe
Help me buy a Christmas present for my host family in Guatemala.
Back in the summer, I stayed with a Mayan family on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala for a few weeks while I was taking Spanish lessons. I'd like to buy them a Christmas present. Let's say my budget is around $100, though I can go somewhat higher for a really good gift idea. They'd be considered fairly poor by US standards, but by local standards, they're middle class, so this isn't really charity as much as it is a thank you gift.
Some relevant facts:
They own a small, rustic restaurant jin the tourist part of town on the lake shore.
They have 5 kids from the age of 4 to 20.
They own an older model windows pc and they have internet.
Lake Atitlan is really hard/expensive to deliver to, so I think probably ordering something local to them would be better, but maybe I should send them something from my home town in America?
Any suggestions?
Back in the summer, I stayed with a Mayan family on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala for a few weeks while I was taking Spanish lessons. I'd like to buy them a Christmas present. Let's say my budget is around $100, though I can go somewhat higher for a really good gift idea. They'd be considered fairly poor by US standards, but by local standards, they're middle class, so this isn't really charity as much as it is a thank you gift.
Some relevant facts:
They own a small, rustic restaurant jin the tourist part of town on the lake shore.
They have 5 kids from the age of 4 to 20.
They own an older model windows pc and they have internet.
Lake Atitlan is really hard/expensive to deliver to, so I think probably ordering something local to them would be better, but maybe I should send them something from my home town in America?
Any suggestions?
I love the soccer ball idea.
In addition to that, some quinissential American Christmas stuff.
Candy canes, seasonal oreos, crackers (saltines in the metal tin-or is that a Miami thing?) Prehaps stockings with the names of each of the kids and some little tchotchkies in them?
Ho! Ho! Ho!
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 11:19 AM on November 23, 2012
In addition to that, some quinissential American Christmas stuff.
Candy canes, seasonal oreos, crackers (saltines in the metal tin-or is that a Miami thing?) Prehaps stockings with the names of each of the kids and some little tchotchkies in them?
Ho! Ho! Ho!
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 11:19 AM on November 23, 2012
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I don't know what the situation in Guatamala is, but in Paraguay high quality soccer balls are hard to come by (and very expensive). I was able to get a couple on clearance in the U.S., and they're easy/cheap to ship (deflate them and include a cheapo pump if needed so they can reinflate them on the other end).
posted by zug at 8:36 AM on November 23, 2012 [2 favorites]