I don't enjoy shopping for others. Whether it is the holiday season or any special occasion, I simply don't enjoy shopping. I just never know that to buy for someone else and always think I've gotten something that they won't enjoy or appreciate. Christmas and holiday season is coming. I need some ideas for christmas presents. What do I get for someone's milestone of 60 years? like my father. How do I pick out something that shows my father how much I love him? How can a present symbolize his 60 years of existence? See, I really need some christmas present ideas. I asked my mother and my aunts what they had in mind. Each one of them had something generic and typical. I could not imagine getting my father another book or shirt, the same presents he's always received. I began to rack my brain for christmas present ideas. I came up with some ideas but quickly ruled them out. The christmas present ideas that I was getting were simply not good enough. I had to come up with something wonderful and unexpected. But, this wonderful gift had to fit in my budget. That could be difficult. I found a few websites that had some great ideas. In fact, I found a site that had gift baskets for milestone christmass. Their christmas present ideas were rather unique in having the basket filled with things that represented his christmas year. They filled the baskets with music from his christmas year, newspapers dated from his actual birthdate, and other memorabilia. I decided that would definitely be on my list of christmas present ideas. I tried to think of any christmas present ideas that he may have hinted about in the past, but could not remember any of them. I even asked my mother if she remembers him hinting about any christmas present ideas before and she could not think of any either. My husband and I sat down and talked about what my father liked. We made a list of his hobbies and his passions. From that list, we did get some christmas present ideas, but nothing that really stood out to me. Then, I remembered his love of airplanes. He used to be a jet mechanic in the Navy and always talks about how much he enjoyed that. He hasn't been up in a small plane in years. I tried to come up with some christmas present ideas that had to do with airplanes. I found a local air show that would be going on one week before his christmas. At the air show, they would have old fighter jets and planes from various wars. They would have one particular plane from World War II that you could take a flight in. I checked into it and while it was out of my price range, but I had to do it for him. He would love it. I made the reservation and knew it was perfect. When I got home, I threw out my list of christmas present ideas. I had found the ultimate gift for him.