Sorry to make another gift thread...

I'm going abroad again for Christmas. Any suggestions for Christmas gifts that you probably wouldn't be able to find abroad?

My friends are German, Dutch, Spanish, and French... I was thinking food... American candy maybe, but almost all of it can be found over there I think. I'll be cooking some Southern dishes for a family, but something else more unique and non-edible might be cool. Books maybe?

Any ideas?

11/14/2005 6:17:32 PM

Dildos

11/14/2005 6:28:36 PM

devise a method to bring them bojangles

11/14/2005 6:28:40 PM

paris hilton

11/14/2005 6:32:28 PM

you could send them books on NC
or we are making a donation to the American Red Cross since it does relief all over the world in their names and sending a card saying we did that.
you could send moravian cookies

okay, fresh out of ideas right now
~skip

11/14/2005 6:32:42 PM

Some friends-of-friends from Scotland came to the US for a visit and went apeshit over like, $5 t-shirts from Old Navy with American flags on them.

How about clothing with some snarky text on them (in English, of course). I think that would be a great novelty.

11/14/2005 6:45:44 PM

weed

11/14/2005 6:47:04 PM

my french relatives always want necco wafers and velveta cheese becasue they cannot get that over there. Peanut Butter is also rather rare in Germany

11/14/2005 6:49:39 PM

condoms

11/14/2005 7:03:09 PM

money

11/14/2005 7:16:45 PM

I second the velveta cheese, when I went to Europe over the summer I was asked to bring that and chocolate chips.

11/14/2005 7:55:24 PM

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"weed"

Don't think that would impress my Dutch friend

11/14/2005 7:59:36 PM

I knew a guy from Norway once and everytime he went home he would take turkey basters with him. He swore that you couldn't buy them anywhere over there and that he wasn't some kind of perverted weirdo.

His mom bought one on a visit and pretty soon, all her friends wanted one.

Freaky......

11/14/2005 7:59:47 PM

Oil drums

11/14/2005 8:00:47 PM

turkey basters huh?

11/15/2005 1:19:42 PM

I wouldn't recommend giving American candy to Europeans. No offence, but it pales in comparison to ours

How well do you know your international friends? Why not put some thought into it and get them meaningful gifts?

[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 4:25 PM. Reason : .]

11/15/2005 4:18:13 PM

give them a "God Bless America" t-shirt or some random object from Wal-Mart. Its the American way

11/15/2005 6:53:26 PM

pet mexican.

11/15/2005 6:57:02 PM

kool-aide
jolly ranchers
twinkies

trust me

11/15/2005 7:10:15 PM

ldywhodontknow

11/16/2005 7:16:48 AM

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"devise a method to bring them bojangles"

11/16/2005 7:31:13 AM

sorry, there is nothing uniquely american that is worth giving to anybody.

food: europeans and asians do it better

toiletries: europeans

clothes & accessories: europeans

chocolate/candy/sweets: europeans

[Edited on November 16, 2005 at 7:38 AM. Reason : FAST FOOD: americans all the way]

11/16/2005 7:37:44 AM

name brand clothes are cheaper here..

when i visited my friend in germany i brought:

bubble gum
peanut butter
mac n cheese
ralph lauren polo shirts

11/16/2005 8:07:30 AM

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"more like ldywhodoesntknow am i rite"

-ZiP!-

11/16/2005 8:19:47 AM

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"Peanut Butter is also rather rare in Germany"

Ugh, what?

11/16/2005 8:49:42 AM

^ its not that rare just cost more.. its like nutella here.

11/16/2005 9:24:02 AM

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"give them a "God Bless America" t-shirt or some random object from Wal-Mart. Its the American way"

I thought the American way was pretending you were Canadian when you traveled overseas

11/16/2005 10:45:30 AM