My sister decided to help prepare me for my move to France by getting me a copy of “Cuisine pour les hommes nullissimes” 
It includes challenging but helpful recipes such as “Oeufs Brouillés”, Steak Sandwich", and “Croissant Jambon Fromage Tomate”, and others of a slightly higher culinary standard.
On a slightly more elevated note I was also given a copy of “Larousse Wine” which is a doorstop of a book
which will no doubt educate me hugely! 
My OH gave me a kilo of Parmesan Reggiano…go figure🤔. And pumpkin seed oil which she thought was citron infused olive oil. Fortunately my brother sent a bottle of single malt.
Among other things, the complete Star Trek Original Series on DVD. Watched the first 2 episodes last night, and was reminded of how it was made in the 1960s, with Kirk unable to articulate management of teenage desire in a way that would be incomprehensible now.
Apart from the usual socks, aftershave etc I got a 1kg box of Barrett’s sport mixtures and the below, my Christmas gifts are practical things for the farm renovation, plus a gift voucher for the AC DC tour when it happens in 2024-5 
Best presents were a) the wonderful reaction of my niece’s girlfriend to the present I got her and b)
Which will be trying out toot sweet.
Very nice - I would love one of those circular saw mitre thingys - on the one we have the safety lock / shield is broken so it won’t switch on.
Occasionally I look at the Festool website and then recoil in horror at the prices
My browser’s auto-translate of that web page is hysterical:
Exclusivity for the Maison Empereur, manufactured by the oldest mussel factory in France, is the indispensable of the gourmands of escape: beautiful round panties, and the evening is walking in the South.
Packed in a sheet of paper, this mussel contains a secret recipe worthy of the best panties of the Estaque.
I wish you many happy evenings walking in the South in your beautiful round panties.
That makes the present even better!
My husband would only use Festo tools, we still have several some 30 plus years later.For the ouvriers and maçons, he bought them cheap tools they could ruin and throw away. I still have his his big Bosch hammer drill that is now 45 years old and the transformer is so heavy I cannot lift, but my goodness does it still work well for breaking concrete etc.
Slippers, for the first time ever.
I think the fact I asked for them makes it even worse 
Not about me but I got my son some socks and after opening them, he produced his foot from under the christmas feast table with his big toe poking through the end of one. For once, something he really wanted. Me, the children are buying me a Hotte for my new kitchen as we still have the tiling to do and the door frames to be varnished but I think they will wait for the sales and get the same make as all the kitchen appliances a bit cheaper.
That’s a rather cheesey present…
Groan 
I got a meat injection syringe, a new wardrobe, slippers (bought by me with Christmas money from mil) and hubby and I got engraved wine glasses from our eldest. Our little one gave me a pen (out of the pen drawer ) and he wrapped a bottle of wine from.the cupboard and some ornaments from DH’s desk for him so cute 
This Christmas my wife gave me her cold.
“I’ve got your cold - thanks very much!”
“That’s OK, I wanted to share it with you.”
Funny, that’s what I came here to say too, although great-nephew’s cold - we both seem to have caught it on Christmas eve. 
At least she doesn’t appear to have given me her gastro, though might be holding that back (so to speak)…
A bottle of my favourite perfume
French Lime Blossom.
Used to be made by Jo Malone…
Now a copy comes from the USA. Takes forever and has duty charges on top.
But it smells rather nice, so worth the wait and airmiles.
My other half’s family get each other vouchers from Teritoria (it used to be called Les Collectionneurs so that’s the name I still call it). I’ve since started asking my family to do the same. It means we get to stay in nice hotels or eat at restaurants that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to justify.
We also got given a bottle of 2014 Cos d’Estournel which I’m very much looking forward to drinking… Although apparently the apogée isn’t until 2034 
Funnily enough my other half has got to know the ex maître de chai from Cos d’Estournel through her work, so I’m hoping this won’t be the only bottle I get to drink 
We bought each other a Tulip tree (we’ve planted two close together for some shade), and a coffee machine to share
