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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE - ANTON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS - DECEMBER 18 - 24, 2013
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Come Back To The ’50s…
By Christy Hinko
Chinko@AntonNews.com Each Christmas, some of the easiest, most practical gifts are given as stuffers found in stockings of those young and young-at-heart. The time-honored tradition of hanging Christmas stockings above the fireplace may date back as far as the 4th century and has clearly been very popular ever since. Gifts for stockings don’t need to be fancy or expensive to be fun and useful. Some of the most basic things to keep in mind is to consider the recipient, and choose relatively small and classic items. It’s important to note the recipient’s interests, preferences, and expressed wishes when putting together the items for the stocking. Consider what you think the person might like. Once you’ve settled on their preferences, pick a theme for a set of gifts. Well chosen gifts need not be costly to be meaningful, helpful, or fun. For children, pick items that are fun, interesting, and likely to keep them amused for hours. For adults, select items that are both small and useful, such as kitchen accessories and office gadgets. Choose toys for kids and kids at heart. The classics are great additions to any stocking: crayons, modeling clay or play dough, a Slinky, miniature Lego kits, travel games, decks of cards, mini jigsaw
puzzles, wind-up toys, tops, squirt guns, balloons, beach balls, high bounce balls, small stuffed animals, toy cars, and even fancy shoelaces. Online blogger Jenna, of Jenna’s Journey, shared some of her top stocking stuffer ideas: 1. $5 gift cards (Starbucks, McDonald’s, Amazon, Borders, etc). 2. A favorite candy (my mom always got us those plastic candy canes filled with M&M’s) 3. Decorative cupcake liners 4. A favorite magazine 5. A camera strap cover 6. Packets of flower or herb seeds for planting 7. Personalized stationary 8. Slipper socks 9. Silly putty (another thing I always got as a kid) 10. Rubber coated paddle attachment for a mixer 11. Monogrammed iPhone Case 12. Nail polishes 13. Sharpie Pens 14. Chapstick 15. Hair bands 16. Small crosswords puzzle book 17. Crayons 18. Body wash 19. Piggy Bank with coins 20. Personalized M&M’s that say Merry Christmas “I hope you enjoyed these and got inspired to make your Christmas lists,” said Jenna. For the complete list of her stocking stuffer ideas, visit Jenna’s blog at www.jennablogs. com/2011/10/150-stocking-stufferideas.html
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