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| Great Ideas for 60th Birthday Gifts |
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In a few weeks, my dad will be sixty years old. However, he isn't
taking it too well because he has noticed that more gray hairs are
protruding from his scalp. He has also experienced more aches and pains
in recent years.
I think that he's actually dreading his birthday this
year. Anyway, my eldest sister suggested that we should throw him a
surprise birthday party and make a big celebration out of his 60th
birthday.
We decided to have it catered and that it will be held in a hotel's conference room. I was amazed when I found out that we will only be paying about $300 for everything. I have also been racking my brain with trying to come up with some ideas for 60th birthday gifts that won't be insulting to him.
I hope that the guests will not leave him feeling even more depressed than he already is by turning his birthday into some gag gift evening.
However, I was unable to come up with many games and ideas for his 60th birthday party. I don't want my father’s birthday to be boring, but it’s difficult to make a party for a sixty year old man exciting. I also don't want people to bring 60th birthday gifts that are based on the age.
Of course, the party shouldn't be about bringing him gifts. It should be a celebration of the milestone that my dad has reached. Giving him 60th birthday gifts that are all gag items would just remind him of all of the gray hairs on his scalp.
Fortunately, I was able to find some really great 60th birthday gifts for my dad. I found a really nice gift basket that has items from the year of his birth. The basket contains a CD with songs that were popular that year, a newspaper headline page, coins with the year, and some other items. The basket cost nearly $100, but it’s a lot better compared to some of the other 60th birthday gifts that I have found. It is a great choice because it something that he will appreciate. I thought that it would also be nice to put together a nice photo album for him. You see, my dad doesn't have many of his childhood photos all in one place. His pictures are scattered around the house and stored in some old boxes in his mother's house.
I know a friend who is very skillful and creative at scrap booking. I am considering asking her to help me decorate the cover of the album and perhaps some of the photos on the inside. The album and the gift basket are incredibly meaningful 60th birthday gifts that my father can really appreciate.
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