Gift-giving feels different this year, both because of continued COVID holiday disruptions and delivery delays. In Episode 251, Christine and I talk about mindful gift giving, removing the “should” pressures around the holidays, and our favorite gift ideas.
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Minimalist Parenting (our book)
- Parent Hacks (Asha’s book)
- Christine’s CNN piece on consumerism
- The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by James MacKinnon
- Etsy (use their location filter to find artists near you!)
- Christine’s all-pie Thanksgiving 2020
- 21 family games that are actually fun for adults too
Christine’s Favorite Things
- Easy homemade food gift ideas
- Christine’s favorite granola recipe
- 26 independent Massachusetts makers
- Awesome clutter-free gifts
- Pandemic-worthy gift ideas, vol. 1 + vol. 2
- Best gag gift of 2021: tortilla blanket
- Headlamp hat Christine recently bought for herself (one of Oprah’s favorite things!)
- Prosperity Candle
- Neck reading lamp (the one material thing Christine really wanted for her birthday)
- Yoga tune up balls
- Handmade soaps by Dear Botanicals
- Goat chocolates and caramels by Big Picture Farm
Asha’s Favorite Things
- Quick Pickled Onion Recipe (Bon Appetit)
- Optimistic Soap (handmade, beautiful, creatively named soaps)
- Fluffy Uniqlo fleece jacket — “Mens” (larger size, more neutral colors)
- Fluffy Uniqlo fleece jacket – “Womens” (smaller size, brighter colors)
- Fluffy Uniqlo fleece jacket – Kids sizing
- Signed books by Jenny Lawson, for sale at HER OWN BOOKSTORE, Nowhere Bookshop (listen to Episode 230 with Jenny Lawson)
- Strange Planet and Stranger Planet by Nathan Pyle (great gift for older kids, teens, and adults)
