Well, since we usually just buy what we want during the year, we have a real hard time coming up with Christmas (and BD) gifts for each other. We take a state map and draw a circle with a 200 mile radius centered on our location. Each of us look for something in that circle we want to visit, and we would write the names on slips of paper and put them in a bowl. Then we would draw one, and take a two or three day trip there...
OBG -- that is a terrific tradition!!
Most Americans (including me) already have way too much stuff. Much better to give the gift of time together.
Excellent!