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46 Days Until Christmas - entertainment to last the whole year


Gift idea: At home entertainment 

This week's gift theme: Gifts for him.

For the next seven days I will post ideas for gifts that should please the man or men in your life. 

Makes a good gift for: Dad, husband, teen, tv-lovers, techies

In a stroke of what I thought was genius, I decided to get Jonathon a Wii for Christmas a couple years ago. He ended up exchanging the Wii for a Play Station 3, and that PS3 has turned in to a glorified Netflix-watching machine. If only I had known that the video-game loving kid in him had grown up, I would have just gotten him an Apple TV or a Roku Box.

Apple TV

$49.00 - $99.00


You could also pair one of these tv-boxes with a subscription to Netflix or Hulu Plus. Both systems sync with both Netflix and Hulu Plus.


Netflix - $7.99 for one month - $95.88 for one year 


Hulu Plus - $7.99 for one month - $95.88 for one year 




54 Days Until Christmas - organization with character


Gift idea: Book ends

Makes a good gift for: Anyone who has books!

Anyone who has books (or magazines or anything else roughly book-shaped that might be stored in a bookcase) can use a cute pair of bookends. Bookends are also a nice gift to give someone who works in an office - so they can have a little something with some personality, but also functionality away from home too. From quotation marks to mermaids, here are some unique ones I have found online:















55 Days Until Christmas - everyone likes a good story


Gift idea: Books 

Makes a good gift for: Anyone

Whether the recipient is old enough to read or not, books can make a great gift for anyone - as long as you get the right person the right gift. I usually get someone a book that I have already read and think they will like, or a book by an author I know they like. So, without further ado, here are a couple novels I read and enjoyed this year that I think other readers would like.

I have provided links to these books on Amazon.com, but they should be readily available in your local bookstore (assuming Amazon.com has not killed your local bookstore). Going to a local bookstore (or Target or the like) is a great place to browse through some books - especially children's' books.

This book is a really great non-fiction story of President James Madison's slave, and his experience living on the plantation and in the White House:

From Amazon - $18.48

This fictional story tells the story of The Tiger's Wife - I think it will appeal to men, women and teens alike.

From Amazon - $10.20

This fictional story is told from the perspective of one orphaned twin brother who was raised in and around an Ethiopian hospital. A traveler or medical buff would enjoy this story, or just someone who likes a good story with a bit of mystery.

From Amazon - $10.85

It's A Wonderful Life was based on this wonderful Christmas novella. What a great book to buy for a child, young adult or a family. 


56 Days Until Christmas - a mug for everyone


8 More Weeks! 

Gift idea: Initial mugs

Makes a good gift for: Anyone

For my birthday a couple years ago I got an “S” initial mug. I love it – its big and obviously “my mug” – except Jonathon kept swiping it as a coffee mug (he drinks lots of coffee). So I had to get him his own “J” initial mug. Now we have a cute matching pair. The mugs we have are from West Elm, but they don’t carry them anymore (at least not on-line) but there are lots of other initial mugs out there:


Anthropologie Monogrammed Mug - $6.00 


Target Monogram Mug - $15.99 

Pottery Barn Alphabet Mug - $10.00


Etsy Initials on a Tree Mug - $10.99 

You could do one mug for one person, a pair of mugs for a couple, or a whole family’s worth of initial mugs! You could pair the mug or mugs with some hot cocoa,nice coffee or tea.

57 Days Until Christmas - a club for everyone


Gift idea: monthly club subscription

Makes a good gift for: Anyone - seriously!

A monthly club is a great gift to give a person who has everything, or the beer/wine/chocolate (or whatever else) enthusiast! With most of these clubs you can sign someone up for one month, a whole year, or anywhere in between. Who does not love getting presents in the mail? The certificate or print-out confirming the subscription could also be folded up and put in a Twelve Days of Christmas Gift Box!

If there is someone on your list who has a certain interest, there just might be a monthly club subscription out there that caters just to that interest. Here are some of the more mainstream clubs I have found, but if you know someone who loves hot-sauce, there is a club for that too! 

Beer of the month clubs:


Amazingbeerclub.com Beer of the Month Club - 3 month minimum for $101.85 


Greatclubs.com Beer of the Month Club - $36.95 per month


Beermonthclub.com Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club - 2 month minimum for $73.90 


Beermonthclub.com International Beer of the Month Club - 2 month minimum for $93.90 


Beermonthclub Rare Beer of the Month Club - 2 month minimum for $89.90 

Wine of the month clubs:


Amazingclubs.com Wine of the Month Club - 3 month minimum for $101.85 


Greatclubs.com Wine of the Month Club - $42.95 per month 

Chocolate of the month clubs:


Amazingclubs.com Chocolate of the Month Club - 3 month minimum for $92.85


Greatclubs.com Chocolate of the Month Club - $32.95 per month 


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