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Jackie: It's the first week of December which means one thing. Yes, for this week's podcastsinenglish.com  we're talking about Christmas shopping. Now Richard, you went shopping yesterday.

Richard: Yes, yes, I did.

Jackie: And what did you get your mum?

Richard: Oh, my mum, I got her a box of chocolates.

Jackie: Oh right, ok. What kind of chocolates were they?

Richard: They're actually very special chocolates. Handmade, expensive chocolates. Milk chocolates. She likes chocolates, so um… I think they're really nice.

Jackie: Because when we lived in um… when we lived in Asia um… you bought her some pyjamas, didn't you?

Richard: Well, she loved the silk pyjamas. I bought her two or three pairs of those which she absolutely loved but um… can't buy them here so um… it had to be the chocolates.

Jackie: Ok. What about your sister?

Richard: Sister, Sue, she’s got socks.

Jackie: Oh, that sounds very boring.

Richard: No, these are really nice as well. Lovely, thick, woolly, stripy socks, yellow and green. She… she's a bit of a couch potato...

Jackie: She likes sitting on the… on the sofa and watching the TV.

Richard: Yes, she does and these are indoor socks so they'll keep her feet nice and warm as she watches the telly.

Jackie: Fantastic. Now what about er… Kevin, her husband?

Richard: Right, well I know that my sister has bought him a brand new digital camera.

Jackie: Hmm, lucky Kevin.

Richard: Yes, very nice it is. So, to go with that, I've bought him a photography book. Erm… it's full of photo ideas and how to take better pictures with his new camera.

Jackie: Oh, lucky… lucky Kevin, he's going to have a nice Christmas. Um… ok, so what about um… what about your nephew?

Richard: My nephew, Jack. Now he likes the outdoors. He's very sporty so um… what I've got for him… oh also in England now it's been very cold, hasn't it?

Jackie: So, lots of snow…

Jackie: You haven't got him some skis?

Richard: No, no, I haven't got him skis, I've got him a wooden sledge.

Jackie: Oh, ok.

Richard: So, a wooden sledge for… for going down the mountain on. Um… and it's foldable, so he can fold it up and it packs very small.

Jackie: So put it away when the snow disappears.

Richard: Yes

Jackie: That sounds very good. And then finally, Richard, what did you get

your niece?

Richard: My niece, Joanna. Now she loves gardening. So I was thinking of getting her something for the garden. Maybe some plants or… or um… ornaments or something like that. But in the end I got her an outdoor, garden lamp.

Jackie: A lamp?

Richard: Yes. It's one of those special lamps, a solar lamp.

Jackie: Ok. So the sun is shining during the day, which means it comes on at night.

Richard: Exactly, yes, so I think that will look good in her garden.

Jackie: Probably better for the summer.

Richard: Yes, maybe. But um… I think she'll like it.