As a carer I would be so excited to 'get' something like that!!!!!I bought an 'oxfam unwrapped' donation that I felt was relevant and would resonate with the workers - it was an educational package including paints, pens etc for children in a refugee camp. DD painted christmassy squiggles which we turned into a card for each worker, and we put a note about the donation in each card saying that it was 'on behalf of all our wonderful carers'. Thought it might be more meaningful than just buying something 'token', and didn't want to do consumables as I know at least 2 of them are trying to watch their weight!
I've got little things like home made cards (so cute!), bath pamper sets, really nice tree ornaments, chocolates, candy canes, and a kids book for the room. Other things I think would be really cute and useful are a calendar that I could hang in the room next year, I really like the kids book idea, cheap kids CDs with sleep music or nursery rhymes or something, even a kids cook book. That's just me though, theres not much I want personally so things that I could use at work the next year would be cool
But don't feel like you have to, a sincere thank you and maybe a home made card are just as good as anything you could buy at the shops. I don't expect anything at all
ETA: Most people just bring things for the carers in the room, sometimes people bring things for all the carers (that's usually chocolates or biscuits or something).
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