There are many things that bring joy (and sometimes chaos) about The Holiday Christmas Season: friends, coworkers, crazy shopping days, religious celebrations, and Holiday Parties. But, above all, the thing that makes Christmas so special is the time we get to spend with our families.
As a retailer, the Holiday Christmas Season is the busiest time of the year for me. However, come Christmas Eve day, I finish my work and spend the entire week with my family. Thus, I am dedicating this week’s column to great Family Christmas Gift ideas.
When you are buying a gift for one person, you can think about their individual likes and dislikes and buy accordingly. However, buying Christmas Gifts for the Family is a whole different ballgame indeed.
For example, I have one very studious son and one very athletic son. Their interests have virtually no overlap. When we add my daughter and my wife into the equation, we now have many disparate tastes. So, how do we come up with a gift idea that the whole family will love? My wife and daughter enjoy clothes and jewelry. My one son values interesting books while the other finds contentedness in the latest Wii Sports Video game.
I find that most of you out there share my situation. So what should we do? Are there gifts out there that the whole family can enjoy together?
Fortunately, the answer is yes. I have compiled a Top Ten Family Christmas Gifts list (see below) but I have two primary recommendations for Family Christmas Gifts this year.
The first Family Christmas Gift recommendation is Trivial Pursuit Family Edition. Unlike some of the Trivial Pursuit Editions, which contain very difficult questions that alienate many people, the Trivial Pursuit Family Edition seems designed exactly with my Holiday intentions in mind: Spending quality time with the family that is enjoyable by all. This game touches on all facets that my family enjoys: sports, fashion, and academia to name a few. They even have some retailing questions which “old dad” does pretty well at.
You should buy the Trivial Pursuit Family Edition soon as Christmas supplies often run low.
My other Family Christmas Gift recommendation this year is board game called Blokus Classic. This game has been touted as one of “the most celebrated games of the 21st century”.
I have to admit that I am not generally a huge fan of Board Games but Blokus Classic really captured me. My whole family enjoyed it as it can be played by those as young as 5 years old.
What is Blokus Classic? Well, it’s a board game that requires lots of spatial type of thought. As such, it is not biased towards any age. In fact, sometimes my kids are better than me! We play it as a group of 4 but it also can be enjoyed with as little as 2 people. The game typically takes about 30 minutes and ends when one player gets rid of all of their pieces. It can be so addictive that immediately after you finish, you will want to play again.
With Blokus Classic and Trivial Pursuit Family Edition under your Christmas tree, you are sure to enjoy wonderful times with your family over these Christmas Holidays–and that is what Christmas is all about!
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