Christmas Eve has to
be one of my favorite days of the year. The anticipation, the holiday spirit,
the quality family time.
Most Christmas Eve’s
we don’t typically have anything super special planned during the day (except
for tracking Santa on Norad Santa Tracker!!), but at night we always go to
church and then come home and eat a big meal with a few other
families. After eating way too much ham and cheesy potatoes, all the kids go outside
and spread reindeer food (fun craft for little kids!), which includes dry oats and glitter mixed together! The
story behind it is that the reindeer will be guided by the glitter and then
they can eat the oats! It’s a tradition we take very seriously in our
household.
Occasionally, on
Christmas Eve, I will run out and do last minute gift shopping. I always regret
it the second I turn into the parking lot and spend at least 20 minutes finding a
parking spot! However, some of the best gifts are the ones you can’t find in a store! You
can buy some of the most meaningful gifts online and there are so many options that don’t require shipping! So don’t panic, you still have tons of options to get
your family a gift that they’ll remember forever!
For your mom:
Moms are some of the
most deserving people out there! Plus who wouldn’t want a gift certificate to
get their nails, toes and facial done?!
My mom and I both
love musicals! We have a few really great theaters in the Raleigh area that get
great productions too! For Christmas, I got my mom (*stop reading here mom*)
tickets for us to go see the musical Wicked! I bought them through
Ticketmaster, so look and see what’s coming to your area!
3. Framed Photos
This is always my go
to gift for anyone. I love pictures and I have so many framed throughout my dorm room.
You can easily get your favorite picture of you and your mom printed online and
most of the time Walgreens will have it printed in a matter of hours! You can
also get posters and other cool products printed too!
P.S. Target always
has cute affordable frames!
For your dad:
1. Sporting Even
Tickets
Is your dad super
obsessed with a certain sports team? Use a site like Ticketmaster to buy him
tickets to a game!
2. Concert Tickets
My dad loves music, way more than sports! So a
few years ago my family got him tickets to go see his favorite band U2. The
expression on his face when he read the tickets was priceless! Check out
Ticketmaster for great concert options too!
For your sister:
1. Buy a magazine
subscription
I have a few magazine
subscriptions that I've gotten as gifts and I love all of them. I typically
pick up my mail and by the time I get back to my dorm room, I’ve already
finished going through the entire magazine! But let’s be real, who doesn't love
getting mail?! Here are a few links to my favorites:
2. Monthly Beauty Subscription
Because who wouldn't want to get a few new
nail polishes every month?!
For your bother:
My brother loves our
Netflix subscription. It’s fun to be able to go back and watch episodes of your
favorite T.V. shows at any time and plus they have great movies options as
well! Also perfect for any college student!
Does
your brother love music? If so, it’s the perfect gift! I use Pandora almost
every day when I’m at school doing my homework and the commercials get so
annoying (and I always) run out of
skips. With a subscription you don’t have to worry about those 30 second
commercials!
For the entire family:
My family has always loved doing
adventurous things together. We've gone Zip lining multiple times, white water
rafting (oh you should have seen the laughs we got out of this one), we've been
on Segway tours! All of these things are great options and so much fun to do
together. The memories you make will be priceless! Way better than anything you
could buy in a store.
For
someone special:
Secretly I’ve always wanted to do this.
It’s surprisingly super affordable and who wouldn’t want to get a star named in
their honor?!
I hope this gives you some ideas!
Sometimes it’s the things you can’t buy in a store that make for the greatest
gifts! So don’t panic if you haven’t bought anything yet. Plus remember, if you
really want to surprise someone usually local animal shelters are open on
Christmas eve, and who wouldn’t want to open a cute little puppy or kitten on
Christmas morning?! Just another idea ;)
Wishing everyone has a great holiday
season!
xoxo
Shannon
Great list! I finished buying all my gifts last weekend, but these would make great future ideas!
ReplyDeletexo, Scarlett
The Trendy Chick
this list might just save my life! so many great ideas, well done :)
ReplyDelete--jill
http://thejjreport.com/
These are such clever ideas! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteXo
Alex
mrsmasondixon.blogspot.com
Great ideas :)
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I'm an avid Santa tracker as well-I had all the little kids gathered around my phone tracking santa at our get-together on Christmas Eve-so priceless!
xoxo, SS
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