Apart from other festivities, Christmas celebration primarily includes a family reunion. The old, feel a sense of completeness on meeting their children while the young, enjoy the warmth and affection of their parents. In such happy moments, your gifts for your dear ones should be able to express how much you love and appreciate them.This gift guide includes 10 such items that would be ideal for them. Select one of these and present it, so that it either remains a memorabilia for them by which they can recall their various stages during their existence, entertain themselves or enjoy relaxed moments that they have missed in the hustle of life.
1. Sony DPF-D830 – Digital photo frame
BRAND : Sony
PRICE : USD 105
This digital photo frame by Sony is a beautiful present displaying your pictures and videos to keep memories alive forever. It has an 8 inch display with a backlit LED. Sony DPF-D830 – Digital photo frame is portable and battery operated which easily lets you share photos and SD videos even when you are on the move. With an embedded capability of both video and music playback, its 2GB internal memory can store up to 400 pictures. Also, the clock and calendar modes provide date and time with the photographs.
USP
With a varied choice of slideshow viewing modes, this 8” inches LCD panel gives a nice full screen display to your pictures.
PROS
It has multiple direct card slots, enabling easier sharing.
2. Modern Fish Hotel
PRICE : USD 38
This ultra-modern, stylish fish home can decorate your living area with its beauty. It is an award winning glass bowl for fish by Umbra. The exterior is constructed of white plastic shell containing asymmetrical windows. A square glass bowl is fitted inside, making a perfect home for your small fish. The inner glass bowl is removable to enable cleaning. Designed by Teddy Luong and winner of Canada’s Build A Better competition, this FishHotel measures 7.5×7.5×8 inches.
USP
This product is modeled keeping a contemporary condominium in mind. Thus, you can stack more fish studios on top of it and maximize your space.
PROS
The outer shell can be painted to match the surroundings.
3. Dinner Cruises (in selected cities)
PRICE : USD 225
Make your parents enliven the lovely times of their youth by presenting this romantic dinner package on cruise in one of the selected cities. This pleasurable evening will contain gourmet food and live entertainment while taking a magnificent view of the city. The cities can be Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Seattle, New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Norfolk and Austin.
USP
Let your parents dance under the canopy of stars and celebrate the best Christmas of their life with this cruise package.
PROS
This cruise dinner comes with a magical setting, where you will be escorted to a candlelit table after stepping aboard and can enjoy till the night ends.
4. Stone nativity scene, ‘White Christmas’
BRAND : Novica
PRICE : USD 42.99
This exquisite masterpiece designed in Andean stone marks a religious stance to your gift for your parents on this Christmas. The Andean stone items are available in various forms and colors and each of them are handcrafted by skilled Cusco artisans. Sculpted by Juan Licas Coronado, each of his carvings involve tremendous labor and skill. The material is selected keeping its translucent elegance and beauty in mind. This scene is crafted from Huamanga and its texture is considered pure and similar to alabaster.
USP
The hand-crafted products provide quality and warmth. It also recalls old days, when production using hand crafting involved effort, pain and love.
PROS
It depicts peace and love for Christmas.
5. Cinnamon Swirls Gift Box
PRICE : USD 24.99
These sweet nutty pastries make a perfect Christmas celebration. Filled with walnuts, cinnamon, applesauce and topped with chopped walnuts, these handcrafted sweets are wonderful and serve a ready to eat snack dish. These are baked with such perfection so as to remain light and crisp on the outside and buttery sweet on the inside.
USP
The pastries are rolled by hand to achieve a home-style quality. These are the best gift for a sweet Christmas.
PROS
It has an exquisite taste, being moist and full of nuts.
6. Champagne flutes, ‘Confetti’
PRICE : USD 83
This magical creation of Javier and Efrén will surely be liked by your parents for Christmas. The colorful addition of confetti to the brown champagne flutes, create a festive mood to launch the celebrations with full fervor. The imagination and art involved in creating each glass, personify great craftsmanship. Each piece of the Champagne flute set is handmade, therefore the size and shape of each of them may vary slightly. The tiny bubbles inside the glass make it more appealing.
USP
The hand blown technique used in this, makes each piece unique and depicts personal effort put in transforming thoughts into reality.
PROS
The glasses pose uniqueness as no two pieces can be completely alike.
7. Wood Outdoor Rocking Chair
PRICE : USD 319
This wooden rocking chair is a reclining seat to enjoy comfort with gentle motion. Not only this, the chair features exceptional visual appeal with its simple smart design, complementing any home décor very well. It is constructed of premium grade Eucalyptus Gradis hardwood which is certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council). This lovely chair, serving well as a patio rocking chair, is contemporarily styled and has an oil rubbed finish. Eucalyptus is known for its strength and durability. It is resistant to the daily wear and tear and also remains unaffected by weather changes. It, thus, styles your home exterior with its versatility.
USP
This piece of furniture is harvested from protected forests and is mold, mildew, fungi, termites, rot and decay-resistant.
PROS
It has a simple assembly as the hardwood grows naturally in Asia Pacific forests in plenty.
It serves perfect for decks and patios.
8. Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display
PRICE : USD 199
Kindle Fire is a 7 inch tablet featuring a wide collection of digital music, video, magazine and book services, browse internet and the app store through Amazon’s web-based services. Developed by Amazon, the device serves as an excellent value for money. It is wireless enabled, has a full color screen with 16 million high resolution colors and multi-touch display. Designed with a simple and intuitive interface and a fast dual-core processor, it also features the revolutionary cloud-accelerated Amazon Silk browser. You do not have any memory constraints as the K
indle provides free storage of the whole digital content in the Amazon Cloud.
USP
Kindle is a revolutionary and affordable small-screen tablet containing all the features of an iPad in color.
PROS
This tablet features an extra durable scratch resistant display.
Amazon Prime members can enjoy unlimited streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows.
9. Microsoft Xbox 360 250 GB S Console Game console
BRAND : Microsoft
PRICE : USD 297
For parents fond of digital gaming, this Microsoft Xbox game console will be a worthy gift for them on this Christmas. With its controller-free connection with Kinect, you don’t just play the game, you are the game. Built-in Wi-Fi allows instant streaming of HD movies and TV and makes it the centerpiece of your home entertainment. It comes with a huge space of 250GB to store plenty of games and movies. The console works quietly with its a shiny sleek design, matching controller and headset.
USP
With touch sensitive power, disc tray, five USB ports and onboard optical digital audio, the Xbox brings home a new generation of gaming.
PROS
It provides an excellent gameplay and graphics
The console is fun for all age groups, for parents it will serve as the best entertainment machine.
10. Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker (Built-in FM Radio) for iPod and MP3 Player
BRAND : Motz
PRICE : USD 39.98
Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker entertainment device is a special gift for parents on this Christmas that will make them happy as they will cherish their favorite playlists during their post-retirement time. This tiny Motz speaker produces rich powerful sound. It includes a USB connector for charging purpose and a standard jack to connect to an audio source. The Motz Acorn speakers are cut in the shape of apricot and contain a built-in rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery.
USP
This speaker is a wooden handicraft product and it makes listening music a luxury.
PROS
It produces amazing sound quality.
The FM reception is good.
