Alternatively, maybe yours is a "give me underwear" family. These men's boxers are bright, comfortable, and affordable.
https://amzn.to/3GzyZ2i
This dress looks really good, is as comfy as a favorite t-shirt, and IT HAS POCKETS. I wear it regularly. Even better, the sizing is loose enough that I think you could make a reasonable sizing guess for your friend.
https://amzn.to/3OiZ3Rh
Got a guy who needs a bright Hawaiian shirt? This one is super-comfy and hoo-boy it looks really good.
https://amzn.to/3OnlmVG
Surely you cannot go wrong with a wine opener corkscrew set? This one even comes with a gift box. I've done a lot of empirical testing with it, and I like it a lot.
https://amzn.to/3Gw3vKv
You know I own 500 cookbooks. When I saw this Easy German Cookbook, I felt compelled to add one more. (Re-reading my review now... yeah, it's time to make that Fleishchsalat again.)
https://amzn.to/3AwapLQ
Barbara Hambly has long been among my favorite authors. She rewrote "Bride of the Rat God" into Scandal in Babylon as a historical mystery. A good read for curling up by the fire with a cat, a book, and a box of cookies. https://amzn.to/3TSvzeb
Killers of a Certain Age by @deannaraybourn
Are your friends not-so-serious, in search of a fun action-movie style beach read? This book is a hoot.
https://amzn.to/3GvtRMx
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy: A Novel by @SusanMacNeal
A good choice if your recipient is serious-minded and political, because this novel is a reminder that America has already endured traitors-from-within.
https://amzn.to/3hQUsJL
A stocking stuffer for your coffee-loving friends
They may care about the WDT technique of stirring the ground coffee before tamping, before it goes into the espresso machine. An inexpensive "thinking of you" gizmo.
https://amzn.to/3tMPxwh
King Charles III's new cypher is a design classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZL7H7WCzM
Here is the original account of the first Thanksgiving. It’s only three short paragraphs.
https://memoriesofthepeople.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/on-this-date-thanksgiving-1621-massachusetts/
It's time to listen to the classics: Stan Freberg's history of America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgxmlw43pw
Hear the nature of the Rosetta Stone’s message explained by British Museum curator Ilona Regulski. “It was a priestly decree that was drawn up on the 22nd of March, 196 BC,” she says. https://www.openculture.com/2022/10/what-the-rosetta-stone-actually-says.html
The only time to use pie charts is when charting Americans' favorite pies. https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/11/21/united-states-favorite-thanksgiving-pies-pumpkin-p
Along the same theme: It's all fun and games until someone loses a wattle.
Here's something you can talk about at the Thanksgiving table besides politics.
https://www.inverse.com/science/candied-sweet-potatoes
I accidentally swallowed a handful of Scrabble tiles...
My next bowel movement could spell disaster. #jokes
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