Advent Gift Ideas for Him

Happy December 1st, friends! 

Can you believe it’s December all ready?! Neither can I, but here we are, only 24 more sleeps until Christmas day! This year I’ve started my holiday shopping a little early to get ahead and not stress myself out as we near the big day. I’ve also decided to try something new and surprise my (very hard to surprise) boyfriend with a gift a day starting the 1st and ending the 24th. It took some time to plan as 24 gift ideas are difficult to come up with. My boyfriend and I don’t usually exchange presents on holidays, partly because we tend to buy the things we want for ourselves throughout the year, and also because we would rather spend our money going places and doing fun things. I wanted to switch things up this year and surprise him with advent gifts in a gesture to say thank you for putting up with my craziness throughout the year. Guess what, I managed to actually surprise him! I strategically bought items when he wasn't with me and immediately took them to my dad’s house where I would secretly wrap them, tie them up with string, and tuck them safely into an unused closet. It took some planning and time management to get everything sorted before today. I had a lot of fun finding silly little gifts to give him and hope you’ll try it some day, too. Because my boyfriend is incredibly difficult to buy for (another reason we don't usually exchange gifts), I decided to go with fun gifts that made me think of him when I saw them, festive items to get him in the Christmas spirit, and some random odds and ends I thought were cute. Don’t think too much into it if you decide to try this as well, and don't spend an arm and a leg buying luxury gifts, unless you want to of course. The average amount I spent on the gifts was around $10. But make it your own and do what’s comfortable for you.

Here are the things that I included in the advent gifts:

• Lego Advent Calendar -- you can find it here
• Holiday flannel bed sheets -- like these
• Candle
• Books
• Gingerbread House Kit
• Poo-pourri spray -- I got mine here
• Games
• Box of crackers (his favorite snack)
• Socks
• Holiday sweatpants
• Lip balm
• Box of chocolates
• Apple pie kit
• Tree ornaments
• Ugly Christmas sweater -- I picked up this one
• Custom made lighter
• Holiday decor
• Classic holiday movies
• Framed photo
• Miscellaneous items 

Have fun with it and be creative! I kept the wrapping very classic with the brown paper packaging and I added the white and red striped string for that simple and old school feel. I just love how cute they look stacked beside the lit Christmas tree! With the exception of the first day, when I’ll give him the Lego Advent Calendar so he can open that each day along with his other advent gifts, I’m going to left him choose which gift he would like to open that day. You could add numbers to the packages coinciding with day of the month it should be opened on. Another option would be to hide the gift each day and give them a clue to the present’s whereabouts making it a treasure hunt! There are loads of different ways to be creative and make this your own. Leave me a comment if you are doing this, too, or what I could do next year to spice it up. Hope you all have a wonderful first day of December and I’ll see you soon! 

Thanks for reading!

xx J