Holiday Gift Giving
Gift-giving feels different this year, both because of continued COVID holiday disruptions and delivery delays. Christine and Asha talk about mindful gift giving, removing the “should” pressures around the holidays, and their favorite gift ideas.
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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)
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