Calendars.

[Vulture]

I still have the calendar from 2001 my mum sent me up on the studio wall. It has two Scottie dogs, backed by sprigs of white heather, a horseshoe and a tartan bow. One dog wears a Tam-o-shanter, the other a Glengarrie.
The motto says "Twa wee mascots, white heather-old horshoe- together mean lots of luck for you!

Like just about every present my mother ever bought me specifically, it's dreadful.

It sounds lovely you ungrateful git.

You tell 'im, Diane.

Malc, you're a grown man (if that's not an oxymoronic statement): SPEAK to your mother. Tell her you hate things like that (whatever it is that she buys you that you think is dreadful). Say you'd rather she didn't buy you anything; to send the money she would have spent on you to a charity!

Although, the fact that you still have something dreadful from 2001 still hanging up on the wall does make me think that the calendar can't be as bad as you make out.

[Malc]

Tell her you hate things like that...... Say you'd rather she didn't buy you anything; to send the money she would have spent on you to a charity!

Vulch, are you really a woman?

[Bren]

My mother used to buy me things I hated, but that was OK as I used to buy her things she hated.  No malice either side - our tastes were just 10 miles apart.  Mind you, I wouldn't actually put the things she gave me on the wall, and she used to stuff my presents in the back of a cupboard (generally unopened).

[Vulture]

Tell her you hate things like that...... Say you'd rather she didn't buy you anything; to send the money she would have spent on you to a charity!

Vulch, are you really a woman?

This is a very personal question but, Yes, I am.
AND I'm a mother of two sons and a daughter.
AND I have told my children that something they've bought me is 'not me' and they've changed it.

[Diamond Lil]

Well!  I've  certainly picked the right time to rejoin the club....calendars, a photo of Callander (a mere 20 miles south of me), boiled rice, a brief look at the huge amount of baking going on....it's good to be back amongst sensible folk again. 
Just to answer the original question...I have a Montana calendar on one wall (guess where that came from...the answer is NOT Montana) and on another, Neil Diamond shimmering his way through the months

[Diane CBPFC]

I'm glad you're back amongst sensible people too - lord knows how few of us there are left.