Well, that’s Christmas over for another year! Trying to buy gifts for the men in our family was particularly difficult, what on earth do you buy a man who has plenty of socks and ties?! The old standbys for women like flowers and cosmetics are not really suitable, so that leaves… not a lot!. Well, this year I found a gift that went down very well with our men folk: gifts with their family coat of arms. I found a shop that does the usual prints, but it also glazes the coats of arms onto various bone china items like pint tankards and mugs. I bought a framed double coat of arms for my auntie and uncle, one coat of arms for his surname, and the second for auntie’s maiden name. Cool! Then I bought pint tankards with their respective coats of arms for the rest of the men. They can use the tankards when drinking their beer and nobody else is going to use their tankards as they have their names on! I could even get a message glazed onto the reverse side of the tankard, which nicely personalises the gift. So I managed to buy a very successful range of gifts this year. Now, if anyone has any suggestions for next Christmas please let me know!