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Christmas Gift Ideas For the Elderly

It can be hard to buy Christmas gifts for the elderly people in our lives that we love. Many of these wonderful people are not capable of participating in the hobbies they once did, they have all the household items they need and the clothing items they need. At first thought, we may be at a lost at what to buy them that they will not only like, but may actually need.

Yet, there are a number of different things you can buy and a number of different services you can offer or you can pay someone else to do, that will not only brighten their holiday season, but may make their holiday season a little easier for them.

Christmas Gift

Here are a few suggestions.

--Offer to clean their house once a week or help them to maintain their yard. If you don't have the time or think they would prefer a stranger to do these services for them, you could hire a cleaning service or a yard care service for them.

--Do you have a child in your household who always needs extra money? Is the child old enough to wash dishes? Discuss the idea of the child going over to the house once or twice a week to the dishes for him/her. You pay the child.

--Do you love to bake or cook? Bake a cake, pie or prepare a meal for the person.

--Give a gift basket filled with bath supplies. Include items such as sponges, lotions and soaps. Make sure the products are filled with moisturizes. As we age, our skin becomes dryer and dry skin can become rough and irritated.

--Give food baskets filled with anything from cookies, candies, meats, breads, wines, and crackers and cheeses and everything in between. Make sure anything that needs to be refrigerated, gets refrigerated as soon as possible.

--Offer to take the person to the grocery store or even to do their grocery store shopping or them.

--Visit them early (before the actually Christmas holiday). Ask if they need help decorating. Give them a whole afternoon of your time. Be sure to also help put the decorations away after the holidays are finished.

--Would the person enjoy a massage? Do you have a massage therapist in town? Old bones tend to hurt, especially in the cold seasons.

--Want a gift they can unwrap? Think about warm robes, warm slippers and even warm throws. Yes, they may have these all ready. But with age these tend to lose their softness. Be sure to buy the softness one you can find.

--Check and see if the person still has a working record player. Yes, record player. Older people still have a collection of records from their past. But many may not have a working player. Yes, you can still buy these. Sometimes they come in combination packages that include a CD player and radio. If the records are in storage, offer to help the person get them out and then set up the player for them to enjoy.

It can be hard to buy for the elderly. For one thing, they may feel like they have everything they need and want. In some cases, they actually may have. But we still have to take the initiative and we still have to try and find a special Christmas gift and special gift ideas for the elderly people in our lives. It is one way we can show them how much we love and cherish them.

Christmas Gift Ideas For the Elderly

Top Ten Christmas Stocking Stuffers for the Whole family

Soon every person will be searching for ideas to put in this year's Christmas stockings. So what are the most beloved types of stocking stuffer ideas are habitancy seeing for? generally "cheap" top the list, followed by "for men", " for children", "fun" and "adult stocking stuffers",

In an exertion to make your holiday shopping easier, I have created my Top 10 Stocking Ideas for each man in the family. This, I hope, will save you time and the stress of searching endless ideas and recommendations. After all, Christmas shopping should be a fun, enjoyable and stress-free experience.

Christmas Toys

For Boys

Most boys will wish for toys and games from Santa. I would leave the "big" costly remote controlled toys as the main gift. There are many fun, cheap stocking gifts that will thrill your little one and put a smile on his face. Here are my Top 10 ideas:

1) Small little toy cars or planes.

2) Make yourself paper/wooden planes. These are reasonable and loved by kids.

3) The infamous Slingshot Flying Monkey. These are highly fun and will keep them entertained for a long time. The slingshot is also available in other characters such as cow, frog, pig and chicken.

4) Yo-yos.

5) Magic cards.

6) 3D puzzles

7) Gift certificate to their beloved store.

8) Bath toys such as Animal toady Capsules and Gelli Baff will keep them entertained in the bath.

9) Colorful pencils, erasers, glue sticks, chalk, rulers and stickers. These school supplies are likely in need of replenishment at the start of the new calendar year and

10) And of procedure don't forget candies and chocolates.

For Girls

Girls, like boys also like most toys and games but they tend to be a little more practical and like their mom would probably love to dress up and look pretty. Here are my Top 10 stocking stuffers for Girls:

1) Jewelry. Items such as, hair clips, vigor bead anklet and other hair decorations will go down well.

2) Girls tend to be more outpatient and creative and many love to paint, draw or make things. Hence, items like make your own jewelry, arts and crafts, putty are very well received.

3) For the glamorous girl, tubes of flavored lip-gloss, glittery body gel and neon nail polish will put a sparkle in her eye.

4)Branded toys such as Barbie and Hello Kitty. Leave the big toy items for the main gift but small accessories such as Barbie stickers, pens, notebooks make great stocking stuffers.

5) Colorful pencils, erasers, glue sticks, chalk, rulers and stickers.

6) Gift certificate to their beloved store.

7) Bath toys such as Animal toady Capsules and Gelli Baff are great fun for kids.

8) Handbags or purses.

9) little cuddly soft toys and baby dolls and

10) Throw in a few packets or bars of her beloved candies, chocolates and juices.

For Men

Traditionally stocking stuffers are relatively small, fun, prudent gifts, but for the extra man in your life I see no speculate not to be a bit more lavish with your gifts that are useful, practical and guaranteed to be appreciated. Here, you can mix and match a selection of economy items as well as one or two more costly gifts that are on his Christmas list!

1) iPod or Mp3 player. The smaller gadgets are great for runners and for non-runners they are small adequate to carry nearby in his pocket.

2) i-Tunes gift certificates.

3) Subscription to his beloved newspaper or magazine

4) Gift certificate to his beloved store.

5) Accessories that comes as part of the main gift. Yes, this is boring but it is practical! For example, if an electronic gadget gift requires batteries, then rather than wrapping this up with the main gift, throw it in the stocking.

6) Favorite Cd/Dvd.

7) Fun and novelty gifts to make him laugh such as a shocking pen, slingshot toys.

8) Car air freshener. This may sound boring but we all know that guys don't keep their cars as clean as the ladies!

9) wholesome munchies such as raisins, dried fruit and granola bars and

10) Golf balls (for golfer), running socks (for runner) or other sporting accessories.

For Women

It is without doubt that women like to be pampered. Meticulous selections of gifts that match her personality, interests and needs will go down well. My top 10 ideas for Women are:

1) Gift certificate to a spa or saloon.

2) Pamper, romantic and personal care gifts such as massage oil, organic soaps and bath salts.

3) Scented stress balls to take away the stress of Xmas shopping! 4 Mood glow candles. These are distinct and more lively than former candles.

5) Her beloved chocolate and candies.

6) Digital Photo keychain so that she can carry with her at all times her beloved photos of the kids.

7) Theatre tickets.

8) Small picture to remind her of something memorable whether it's a holiday or an event.

9) evening meal for 2 at her beloved restaurant and

10) beloved Cd/Dvd.

The list of Christmas stocking stuffers can be endless, but I hope there is something for you and your family in my Top 10 List. Happy Stocking Stuffing!

Top Ten Christmas Stocking Stuffers for the Whole family