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33 Best Christmas Gift Ideas Everyone Will Love

If it’s nearing Christmas there is one thing on everyone’s mind: what is the best gift to get? While everyone’s “big item” will be a little different, there are some quintessential Christmas gifts that most people will be utterly grateful for and completely blown away when they see it under the tree. So here are some ideas to get your holiday shopping season on the right track.

A New 4K UHD TV from Sony

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Best Artificial Christmas Trees

If it’s getting close to Christmas getting the perfect tree is top of mind. Artificial Christmas trees have made significant advances in recent years regarding their apparent realness and as a result they have become hugely popular. You can even add special scents on them to bring out that magical Christmas tree smell. But how can you be sure you are getting a good one? The best artificial Christmas trees are plush, easy to store, and very realistic.

You’d be amazed how many varieties of...

Gifts for Writers

If you know a writer and are trying to find a great gift, initially this might seem like a really difficult person to shop for. However, there are a core set of very practical problems they can use your help with and will be eternally thankful for. You might even wind up in their next novel—and live!

Basically gifting a writer involves giving them something to help them with their main tasks:

Focusing Relaxing (which is a different way to focus) Storing their thoughts (notebooks) Actually...

Best Electric Fireplaces

If you are looking for ways to capture that classic log cabin or ski lodge feel and comforting warmth without all the effort of chopping wood, cleaning up the ashes, and embarking on the risky endeavor of starting a fire, then the electric fireplace is an excellent place to start. But since there are so many by so many different brands, which one is the best?

Electric fireplaces usually come in a few different styles:

Wall mounted Insert Traditional floor heating unit

Electric fireplaces are also made to appeal to two...

Gifts for People Who Are Always Cold

As someone who is always cold ❄despite my best efforts to keep warm, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to find things to help. Personally, it’s my hands and feet that are forever frozen (even when I’m inside). To that end, I’ve gathered a set of gifts for people who are always cold!

 

Ember Heated Coffee Mug

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23 Best Philosophy Books

Philosophers seem to have a prodigious output. One masterpiece follows upon another. And in order to understand one you usually have to read all of the others that came before it. So you can imagine the difficulty of winnowing down the list to the absolute best books in the genre. I’ve settled on including the most alluring works that will hopefully lead you on a journey through each thinker’s larger body of work as this is often necessary to really understand the fundamental thinking of each...

21 Best Sci Fi Audiobooks to Listen to Now

Audiobooks have surged in popularity which is no surprise as so many great books are published each year and everyone is increasingly mobile and busy. They are absolute game changers when it comes to making your dreaded commute or those pesky household chores a more enriching experience and I think it’s doubly true when you throw in some good science fiction.

So, from mind-bending time travel stories to edge of your seat galactic space opera, I’ve rounded up the best sci fi audiobooks.

 

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10 Secretary Desks

The beauty of a secretary desk is that it offers a great amount of storage while also not taking up too much space, even while it is being used. Most of these desks have an antique look and appeal, and easily fit into any living room or small space. Full of hidden cubbies, drop down desktops, and pull-out drawers usually concealed by a roll-top, its easy to see why these are popular as both a piece of working furniture and piece of décor that has a bonus of added storage capabilities.

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11 Narrow Bookcases

The narrow bookcase is something near and dear to my heart, having owned a few of them over the course of my years while living in apartments. Just when you think you’ve done everything possible to save space, think again. And if you are wondering just what type of furniture you can use to fit in a small space, you might not have ever considered using a bookshelf to store things other than books, but they make great places to store and even showcase a whole host of different items.

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Audible Free Trial: Start Now and Get 2 FREE Audiobooks

If you are looking to get into audiobooks, but not sure where to start, the Audible Free Trial is a perfect way to test the waters. It offers a vast catalog of titles and podcasts and the 30 day trial is risk free (meaning you can cancel at anytime and you still get to keep your audiobooks!). This is definitely something worth exploring to make your commute WAY more enjoyable and enlightening or even just making your household chores a little bit more fun.

 

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