My food blogger friend Sandhya Hariharan’s Christmas Gift Guide tempted me to write this post. I was hesitant to do this post as I am not paid by any companies. Then I thought what’s harm in sharing the things I loved and gifted this year.

Again, this is not a sponsored post. 

Christmas Gift Guide :

For a baker, sending a baking package from King Arthur Flour can make anyone happy.

Christmas Gift Guide For a chef

• Apron
• Organic spice mix (homemade or local) –
• A good quality chopping board
• A sharp knife (my personal favorite is J.A. Henckel)
• Copper measuring cups 

Christmas Gift Guide For someone who likes camping –

• REI gift card
• Flash Torch
• Swiss Army Knife
• Headlamp
• Gloves
• Light-weight coffee mugs
• Flask

Christmas Gift Guide For a globe trotter –

• Neck pillow
• Passport holder
• Luggage tags
• A small notebook (I use Moleskin)
• Portable charger
• Neck Pillow (I LOVE them big time)
• Compression Socks

Christmas Gift Guide For the gardener

• Ceramic Planter
• Wooden Planter

Christmas Gift Guide For someone who loves staying at home and reading books

• Books
• Cotton Fleece Blanket
• Cotton Knitted blanket

*Note: I would stick to cotton rather than synthetic as many people are allergic to synthetics like me J

• Aromatic or plain candles

• Or a amazon kindle
• Scented Pillow

Christmas Gift Guide For beverage lovers

• Wine
• Organic hot chocolate mix (homemade or local)
• Tea mixture (Recently I sent a homemade tea blend to my blogger friends and they absolutely loved it!)

  

• Assorted tea blend – my personal preference is a local tea shop called tealuxe from Harvard square. Don’t go to fancy brands like Teavana, please try to support your local tea store (if you got any)
• Local Coffee
• Espresso pods

Christmas Gift Guide For skin conscious

• A gift basket from your favorite shop. I have a few personal favorites – L’OCCITANE, Origins, Lush, Body Shop.

However I never gift makeup gift baskets – as they are very much personalized.

Christmas Gift Guide For someone local or colleagues:

• Flowers
• Homemade baked goods
• Nuts Mixes
• Fruit baskets (for them who prefers healthy)
• Organic Nut mixtures (unless the person has nut allergy)

Anyone and everyone love chocolates. If you’re buying gift for someone who lives thousands of mile far from you – Local Chocolates is your best bet. I only trust Lake Champlain Chocolates‎ and L.A. Burdick.

It’s okay  to give gift cards or checks with a handwritten note or inside a holiday card.

One last thing I want to mention! Don’t give gifts just because you have to. Many times I got gifts from people, which I could not end up using. I ended up donating them. In that case, just give a handwritten note – trust me gesture matters – not a clunky tea mug.

All of my gift options are under 50.

Here are a couple of other gift options from other bloggers:

1. Sandhya’s gift options.
2. Paroma’s gift options
3. Prerna’s edible gifts
4. Neha’s food gifts
5. Pavani’s gift idea