“I'm grilling out with my dad. I haven't bought him a gift yet, but every time I do he tells me to save my money.”

— Kati Finch, dental office assistant, Kansas City, Kan.

“I'm actually shopping for him right now. I bought him some 'Seinfeld' DVDs, but I thought I'd look around some more. We're having our grandparents over so we can all have dinner.”

— Andrew Schulte, Boston College student, Boston

“I'm going to make a very long-distance phone call to Malaysia. I'll have to call the day before, because they're 13 hours ahead of us.”

— Elaine Lyons, radio account manager, Kansas City, Mo.

“He's temporarily stuck in bed, so I'm just going to do some grocery shopping for him and cook him dinner.”

— Sean Prater, Duke University School of Medicine student, Lawrence