What are /r/christmas' favorite Products & Services?

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I like Christmas Gift List. It helps me track my spending and because I like to buy gifts early, it helps me keep track of what I've bought already.

I know you asked for computer wallpaper, but this is my favorite one for a phone! It's a moving image that alternates between a sparkling, rotating Christmas tree and a countdown.

It's an awesome children's lift the flap book that takes you around the world at Christmas time. It has a bit of an advent calendar feel to it as several of the flaps are numbered through 25. It gave me the idea to pick a country each year to learn about and celebrate its Christmas traditions as part of our celebration. Here's the Amazon link to the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Walk-This-World-Christmas-Time/dp/1783702761

Maybe a brew your own beer kit? They sell them on Amazon and I’ve seen some under $50. My dad loves hunting and I just got him this awesome hoodie for his birthday. (I’ll post the link) Deer Hoodie Maybe something like this?

My favourite is Merry Christmas from the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Esquivel.

I also like the Home Alone 2 soundtrack. It reminds me of Christmas' growing up, my Mom always played it.

It's from a cassette tape called "Precious Moments - Brightest Star". It was released in 1993 by Golden. But I can't seem to find any online copies anywhere.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PRECIOUS-MOMENTS-Brightest-Star-cassette-tape-Christmas-1993-Sam-Butcher-/361152491333

http://www.worldcat.org/title/brightest-star/oclc/29513871

All of the Doctor Who episodes are great. A Christmas Carol and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe are perfect for someone who is not familiar with the show.

Doctor Who is a Christmas tradition in my family... various episodes through December, and then the big new Christmas episode on Christmas night. Most of the stories occur on Christmas, rather than being Christmas-themed, which is why the above two mentioned stories are extra special.

Edit: You can also stream them via Amazon Prime. Search for the "Doctor Who Christmas specials."

When we were kids we’d go to my dad’s work Christmas party every year. The owner’s mother always came with what we called “Snowflake Cookies” because they looked like snowflakes to us. They’re actually called pizzelles

When we got into middle school we started helping the church make cookies for the Christmas fundraiser. They had the right machines to make the same cookies.

The work Christmas parties and church cookie bakes ended by the time we entered high school. The woman that made them when we were kids moved into assisted living and gave us the maker and her recipe when she was downsizing.

You can buy the maker online or probably in a lot of stores around Christmas time. I found one on amazon

I have one of these (or at least a similar one) that I bought on Amazon.

My dad bought it for me. But I think I found it here for you. I assumed my dad bought it from amazon. Got lucky by searching ‘Batman Christmas sweater’ I think this is it.

It’s really comfortable.

I always put this on my Android devices around October.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dualboot.apps.christmas&hl=en

Especially the outdoor one. I fiddle with it so it's just plain winter, then I can add Christmas stuff.

Google's Santa Tracker app is good as it has little games and stuff in it.

On iOS there's an Advent Calendar from many years ago. Don't know if you can still buy it but that stays on my iPod Touch all year round.

I've got a crackling fire noise on A Soft Murmur right now, and my new Christmas lights on over the back of my armchair in the corner of my study, and I'm feeling pretty Christmassy. Also yesterday I spoke to one of the members of the local folk band I always go to see in early December for their Christmas gig. So I'm in quite a Christmassy mood too.

Edit: oh yes, and I just remembered, a customer in the shop I work at (which sells dried fruit and nuts and similar items) yesterday came in and bought a bunch of dried fruit and told me she was using it in her Christmas pud!

In addition to these five, he wrote a number of other short pieces set in the holiday season. These were mostly published in the periodicals of the day. Amazon has a collection for free, here.

I actually found it at a thrift shop for 49 cents. But it was originally from GameStop. It says 2017 on the bottom. But I found it on amazon super Mario Christmas sweater cup

Or I found it here on eBay eBay link

That tree is all white.

When you find the tree in your order history, what's the name of the product? It's surely not "white slim tree with silver glitter," because that's not the photo you shared, unless Amazon has screwed up.

If so, what's the name on your invoice? That name shouldn't change. When you click through to the product page, does Amazon state it's no longer sold?

Solar lights (you can buy these cheap nowadays)

Paper snowflakes strung up from tent to tent.... (you can actually make them yourself if you have patience - there’s tutorials on youtube)..... or just buy cheap ones from amazon: Christmas Snowflakes String Decoration 7 Feet - Pack of 6 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056GZCG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DibdDbCNAGPS8

Sure! Here’s the site: https://www.scentsicles.com and here’s an amazon link: Scentsicles Tree Ornament White Winter Fir Scented Sticks https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014J7UQ9E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Sz3RDb08PB1GN

Yep. "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham. Quite a departure from his legal thrillers but this was cute.

This app seems to be a pretty good alternative.

I used it for keeping track of some smaller gifts last year and it worked great, in all honesty. It's got links to Amazon searches too.

You can actually hear what they talk about. There is a documentary called I am Santa Clause which chronicles these meetings.

I Am Santa Claus https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N31E176/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dkxJBbSFC946K

Closest I could find.

Or this?

I have bought this set from Walmart several times (we do color coordinated trees) and am happy with the quality/price. $17 for 50 ornaments isn't bad! One set should be enough for the tree if you space them out. Too 'fill out' the tree, you can also buy ribbon and wrap it around the tree like this

i told a guy i worked with last year how i was into retro christmas stuff and i couldn't find the right blowmold santa. he said he had one laying around in the basement that his landlord didn't want so he would hook me up. he brought it the next night to work. i didn't notice till i got it home because the parking lot at work is super dark. it is a black santa. i live in a very rural area thats about 99% white and i'm surrounded by farms. i thought it was hilarious. he actually looks nice when hes lit up. like he spent a week tanning on the beach.

i got the fake led C7 and C7 strands last year from walmart. they were pretty cheap. pretty durable. i like that i can run all my strands of lights to one extension cord and into one outlet without blowing a circuit. and they're a lot cheaper to run. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Holiday-Time-Ultra-Bright-LED-C9-Christmas-Lights-Ceramic-Multi-25-Count/51707842 they definitely don't look as good as the real thing but i think they're a great value. I only have one inflatable. just a 7 foot santa because i have a large enough covered front porch that he fits comfortably on one side of the door.

Photo by <strong>cottonbro</strong> from <strong>Pexels</strong>

Sure did! Here it is on Canadian Amazon, may have to reload it in your countries’ version.

These are all great. We have a new one this year where we count down the top 10 Christmas songs and movies/specials, as chosen by our friends. We just released episode 2 (#9 in the top 10), so there are only eight more episodes/weeks until Christmas!

We'd love any kind of feedback. Thanks!

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/snowinsouthtown/episodes/2019-10-25T20_38_15-07_00

In college I wasn't allowed to hang anything from the ceiling so instead I draped Christmas fairy lights wall to wall up near the ceiling. Then I made these paper snowflakes with my roommate and hung them from the fairy lights. It was legitimately the most cozy mood lighting. We left the lights up until the end of the year (we did take the snowflakes down after winter though!).

Lenox makes a &quot;Our First Christmas Together&quot; ornament.

We don't allow linking to specific Etsy shops here but if you do a search for "custom Christmas ornaments" there, you can have whatever you want put on different shapes.

After years of struggling with live tree allergies and "cat"-astrophies we designed and built our own handmade and uniquely designed Christmas Tree. It is also available for sale on Etsy and Amazon. Allergy Free, Cat Proof, and easy to store. No assembly either! Obligatory Link: TREE LINK

If you merely want a large bar and don't care about a hammer, there is a Hershey's bar on Amazon. If the shipping dimensions are a tell, it could be 19"x9". You could use the 'Have a question?' function to ask for the dimensions.

Also, try googling 'large chocolate bar hammer.' And maybe swap out large for giant.

I found a couple similar bars from other chocolatiers, but one was discontinued and the other one you had to buy in bulk. I didn't keep scouring the search results though.

hi! sorry for the late reply - it's from the christkindlmarket in chicago. not cheap... i think that was like $165 when i bought it last year. really cool, though. weirdly, the candles burn away, no wax remains. they are also somewhat expensive, like $29/box of 50. i got it for my husband for christmas - might have been two years ago now that i think about it. anyway, it's really fun! we love it. you can find them on amazon if you are interested - this is just one design but there are more on there. i'd guess they are on ebay as well.

If you keep the boxes your ornaments come in you could just get one or more of those plastic tubs with lids.

Generally find em at stores like Lowe's or target, and amazon.

For example...

https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Commercial-BRUTE-20-Gallon-FG9S3100GRAY/dp/B001B1C4G0/ref=sr_1_4?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1547838560&amp;refinements=p_n_material_two_browse-bin%3A11618101011&amp;rnid=11618050011&amp;s=Home+%26+Kitchen&am...

https://www.amazon.com/Sterilite-19889804-Quart-Latches-4-Pack/dp/B001RCUNJ8/ref=sr_1_1?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1547838593&amp;refinements=p_n_material_two_browse-bin%3A11618101011&amp;rnid=11618050011&amp;s=Home+%26+Kitchen&amp;sr=1-1

So long as you don't over fill them you shouldn't have to worry about them having a tight seal. There are also some that have rubber gaskets to make a better seal.

Most of those mini trees are only about a foot or so high. But places that sell them garden centres, TK Maxx ( need to check fairly regular ), amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harbour-Housewares-Artificial-Christmas-Stand/dp/B0151HYMNM/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=mini+christmas+trees&amp;qid=1572531554&amp;sr=8-5.

Finally Tesco and Asda will have planted live ones in shortly, water every day put outdoors after Christmas. You'll have a tree for many many years

Not the exact same one but here

Heres what I would most likely do, get a ESP8266 NodeMCU Board And WLED And find some compatible Led's, (they have some listed in the repository) and look for some quick start guides to help you on youtube. It may take awhile but the outcome is 100 percent worth it.

This one from Amazon is affordable, cute but also somewhat traditional looking, and it can go around the tree where the branches are or at the bottom as well TEMI Christmas Train Toys Set Around Tree, Electric Railway Train Set w/ Locomotive Engine, Cars and Tracks, Battery Operated Play Set w/ Lights and Sounds, Christmas Spirit Gift for Kids Boys Girls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XLWK3XH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_l6EvFb13W4VXS

We always have a quasi-gag gift for the winner of the pickle search.

This year, it's a copy of "Effin' Birds." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NKPF88L/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1

I got this one and it works like a champ.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DMKZW4G

>120 Inch 16:9 HD Projector Screen, P-JING Portable Video Screen Widescreen Foldable Anti-Crease Indoor Outdoor Projector Movies Screen for Home Theater Support Double Sided Projection

How about a gardener's tool set and portable bench/kneeler? I got one of these for a family friend who's a big gardener and she still uses it years later. https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Kneeler-Seat-Bonus-Pouches/dp/B07FMJ3QBP/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2VE5D7ECQK8U6&amp;keywords=gardener%27s+tool+seat&amp;qid=1575911133&amp;sprefix=gardener%27s+%2Caps%2C214&amp;sr=8-7

theres a book that uses physics and science to porve santa exists its call the indisputible existence of santa claus. great read.

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https://www.amazon.ca/Indisputable-Existence-Santa-Claus/dp/1468316125

No, these are for a ceramic Christmas tree. The "bulbs" are like this, https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Hobbies-Plastic-Christmas-Ornaments/dp/B0161INLN2/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1OSXU13IBYMT7&amp;keywords=ceramic+christmas+tree+replacement+lights&amp;qid=1573224194&amp;sprefix=ceramic+christmas+tree+re%2Caps%2C165&amp;sr=8-2-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE2N1pMU1RMUDdCU04mZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA5MDAzMTYxQ1JYTjdIREk5NFY3JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5MDUxMzQyVDhGQ1RVRkRZVUtVJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

I've now got this fella on order https://www.amazon.com/Funko-POP-Holiday-Krampus-styles/dp/B074NX38M4

I did look at buying a Krampus tree ornament from Esty which looked brilliant. However it was $25 with $25 postage, which for a single ornament is way too muc. I can decorate a tree for £1 from poundland

I wanna know about Ikea's and SMart TV deals. Really need someone to provide anything worth buying. Till now I have got a router, Smartphone and PureVPN from sale. The most amount i managed to save was on purevpn uptil now. Need to spend the saved amount on other items now. lol

Pet Shock Mat - 60”x12” Pet Training Mat for Cats & Dogs, 3 Training Modes Pet Shock Pad, Indoor Use Dogs & Cats Training Mat for Sofa w/LED Indicator, Intelligent Safety Protect, Long Battery Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077QBQNL1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QsJrCbJDAJS0Q

Darn. Was going to recommend the work apron.

Does he do anything near the water? Fish? Boat? Etc? Drypacks are really cool https://www.amazon.com/COR-Waterproof-Backpack-Padded-Laptop/dp/B01JGR70A0/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1545270381&amp;sr=8-2-spons&amp;keywords=waterproof+backpack&amp;psc=1. They are basically waterproof and can protect anything if it starts pouring, etc.

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I am with you there. It is for lazy people, and the result doesn't fell christmassy or cozy. Only thing i can tolerate are this kind of projectors (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0756CZDKD). But even then it is not my thing.

I promise I'm not here from Amazon to sell you tat, but if you want one that's still kid friendly (I have younger family members, I'd love a proper one, too) but pretty: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009R8PAO2/ - this is the one I set up under mine!

My 2.5 year old daughter is watching this at least once a day, so Christmas is still alive and well in our house!

Something like these? (or the clear version)

Edit: in case you can't see, there are links on the word "these" and "clear version" - the links look the same as the text to me so I didn't want you to be confused.

I always used multicolor lights until just a couple years ago when I switched to these warm white mini lights. I really love them, and now that I have too many ornaments to fit on the tree, I have been pairing these white lights with all "natural" materials ornaments (glass, wood, cloth) to give it a little bit of a rustic feel without having too much of a theme to dominate the look of the tree. I like the mish-mash of having lots of colors and disparate ornaments at once. I still have the multicolor lights, and decide between those and white every year though. I use a lot of lights (like 8 strings on a 6 foot tree), and was starting to find the multicolor lights were overwhelming the ornaments.

I just saw this one in a store and it looked pretty cute. Also, the music stops when you press the button again, which is, as any parent knows, a huge bonus!

Mr. Timothy was a good read. It's somewhat of a sequel to A Christmas Carol.

The Story of Santa Claus. This is an adorable book about Santa's childhood/growing up to be Santa. Not religious at all and my personal favorite from my childhood. It's still available on Amazon. I ended up buying it as an adult for my own future kids. 10/10! The Story of Santa Claus (Golden Books) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307620972/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kwSXzbDKB6WHB

The last calendar you ever need, a perpetual block calendar. Lots of deferent designs for perpetual calendars in general, pegs, circles, cards, etc...

It's for sale on Amazon right now! Here it is.

I'm tempted to buy a copy myself.

I bought some cable clips and cord wraps to put in all the adult stockings.

Are you looking for something similar to the campfire centerpiece on amazon?

https://www.amazon.com/Beistle-57322-Campfire-Centerpiece-12-Inch/dp/B00DMEA87Q/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1478108737&amp;sr=8-14&amp;keywords=fake+fireplace

My GF and I designed these cards and think they are funny. Hopefully you do too :)

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All proceeds go to my Holiday Season beer fund ;)

Ok - so what I have is this guy: Leviton 1403 Two Outlet Socket Adapter, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F71O70/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_VsAxwbXJCQ4TB

You screw it into your light socket and then you have outlets - but it's just two pronged. Which is fine for Christmas lights but not fine for extension cords.

Elf Bowling, I just found out today you can still buy it! Kind of lame now, but back in the day it was so cool.

If you need an idea for one of the cheaper things, might want to look at this: CH Hanson 03040 Magnetic Stud Finder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IKK0OI/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_5earwb83A36MH

It's a real basic but handy magnetic stud finder. Good stocking stuffer too.

This version of The Night Before Christmas gets read at every single one of my family Christmas celebrations: http://www.amazon.com/The-Night-Before-Christmas-Hallmark/dp/B000BYTMWC LOVE IT! It's clearly not super long, but it's definitely my favorite :)

I am trying to think of small things because I'll need 25 gifts, after all. Here are my ideas (so far) in no particular order:

*homemade coupons for walking the dogs (we always "fight" over this late at night or early in the morning)

*homemade coupons for back scratches (he loves them, I hate to give them lol I'm lazy)

*scratch off lottery tickets

*Andes mints (his favorite; he only eats them at Christmas)

*homemade truffles, chocolate dipped peppermint, and cookies

*Gift cards to places he likes to eat lunch at (Subway, McD's, etc)

*some hair pomade that he likes

*pocket hand warmers

*A cheap mug that I decorate with a Sharpie for work

*Pics of our dogs in little frames for his desk at work

*a sentimental letter (probably my last gift) telling him how much he means to me

*a new thumb drive

*book of brain teasers (he loves these)

*homemade infused olive oils

*http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDD70VI?keywords=conversation%20starters&amp;qid=1444956764&amp;ref_=sr_1_3&amp;sr=8-3 This because the last 3 times we've gone out to eat we've sat there playing on our phones because we don't have anything to say to each other! lol

This site has a lot of great ideas: http://www.my-adventcalendar.com/

I really like handmade stuff. I thought about doing just an entire month of little coupons that he can "cash in" during 2016...but then reconsidered because 25 favors anytime he feels like using them throughout the year makes me feel exhausted. lol

There are pre-programmed plug & run boxes like this and this out there. Cheaper and easier than a full-on Light O Rama type setup, but the drawback is that you are locked into the pre-programmed shows and the lights will only animate a full string of lights at a time.