Christmas gifts?

I've started my knitting project. It's a simple but quite big dog blanket and it will take forever to finish it. I was planning to give it to my dog on Christmas day (!) but it is very unlikely that I will be done by next week. I'm an absolute beginner and I'm as slow as as turtle. I enjoy it, though. It doesn't make me think which is good for a volcanic mind like mine. The dog blanket is almost the only Christmas gift I've thought about (it tells a lot about my priorities, isn't it?!). I have two good excuses: I spent 10 days in Canada and then I had a surgery and now (even three!!), I'm recovering. I can't go out waisting money, what a blessing! I want to buy something for my partner, though. I'm planning to buy him a flight to London. I'm going there in April and he has never been there so it's a good chance to come over with me and spend 3-4 days in the UK. As for my girlfriends, I'll bake some cookies and yummie muffins. We don't exchange gifts but they've been so nice to me when I was in the hospital and I'd like to do something with my hands for them. I already bought a hat for one of my best friend (male) in Canada. My parents? This is tough, I have to think about it. I don't really care about Christmas gifts to be candid. Unless they are for me, of course.