Christmas Gift Guide 2021

Given that I know lots of my readers start their Christmas shopping in October, I have put together a list of a few ideas for this Christmas. I know that lots of people have high hopes for this Christmas, after not being able to spend time with loved ones last year. Whilst we are yet to know if COVID-19 will place any restrictions on celebrations this Christmas, it should be a significant improvement on last year.

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Christmas Preparation: wrapping and tagging your gifts

This year I am loving my Christmas present tags. I love a good rustic theme with my gift wrapping. I’m loving all the brown paper wrapping with simple designs and these tags are just perfect. They come on stretchy elastic strings, which are also ideal to thread around gift bags if you are using any of those for wrapping your gifts this year. These Christmas present tags are from Aura Print, who can make you custom made tags for all your gifts. Why not take a look and see if anything catches your eye? They also do bespoke Christmas cards if you haven’t bought yours yet. I love bespoke Christmas cards, they feel so much more special.

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Black Friday Tips

Black Friday is nearly here folks – will you be buying anything this year? What’s your experience? Have you picked up some bargains in the past or is it a load of hype over nothing? You decide, but, if you need a little guidance, here are a few thoughts.

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Advent Calendars for Teens

Teenagers can be hard to buy for full stop. I know lots of parents really struggle with gift buying for teens, in particular teenage boys. It might be that your teen isn’t especially interested in having an advent calendar and that’s fair enough. My teenagers love an advent calendar each year still – this does mean though that as parents we have to get a bit more creative.

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