Martine,

I hope I can give you some good ideas in my gift guide! I’m working hard on it!

xoox
Suzy

Thank you Suzy! Great ideas and encouragement as usual.

I love your reply! Such thoughtful gift ideas. Also, true confessions, I just added whiskey stones and animal-shaped egg-frying molds to the “Stocking” category of my gift guide!

Thank you!!!

xoxo
Suzy

Yes on stocking stuffers no matter what the age or marital/parental status! Santa has helpers of all kinds in our family, who sneak in to stash their gifts at all times of the night and early morning – the challenge is just avoiding waking whoever happens to be sleeping on the sofa bed next to the stockings (and for that person to faithfully pretend to be asleep and not peek)! Stocking stuffers include things like lip balms, bath bombs, and nice soaps; really good, small chocolates; and little kitchen/bar gadgets like animal-shaped egg-frying molds or whiskey stones. For parents-to-be (or anyone else, for that matter), you could put little certificates in there for things like “two hours of housecleaning/errand-running,” or “IOU for not giving advice unless you ask for it,” or for a meal delivery or two. Lots of options for real thoughtfulness when you go the personal note route – I think I’ll start using that myself, in fact! Our adult children put things in each other’s stockings and in ours, too, which is really fun to see. Nothing at all expensive – just thoughtful and fun. (Okay, there may also have been some very realistic fake bugs a time or two. Naughty elves.)

Martine,

Yes to stockings forever! I do give stockings and those little but meaningful gifts are some of my favorites to buy and give! I think the key is to personalize them. For instance, I have a son who loves bacon, and last year I found some bacon-flavored lip balm for his stocking! (https://amzn.to/3EH4RBe) I think stockings are a great spot for funny/gag gifts that are personalized just for the recipient. Look at this hilarious belt bag for men I’m giving AT LEAST one of the men in our family this year (https://amzn.to/3S2WCCv). 😂

Everything in the Stockings category of my gift guide will be under $30, and most things are WAY under that. (The bacon lip balm is just $5.53 as I type this, and the belt bag I just shared is only $12.78.)

I hope that helps – so glad you asked!

xoxo
Suzy

HI Gigi!

Have so much fun in Austin with your grands! You’re such a precious one!

xoxo
Suzy