For the past four years I’ve posted holiday gift ideas and the response has been very positive.
It seems we all have those hard-to-buy-for people and a few extra suggestions are always welcome.
So I once again went into my Amazon order history and picked out some ideas based on what I liked (from my orders the past year).
The list to choose from is bigger each year as I’ve continued to increase my Amazon orders substantially.
But I just picked the best of the best to share with you.
And I’ve arranged them by category just to help.
FYI, there’s a special surprise at the end of this post as well. 😉
Let’s get to it! Here goes:
Books
I think you all know I’m a big reader/listener. Here are some books I read this year and you might want to check out…
- Of course there’s my lists of top books. For instance, the only five money books you need to read, the 12 books to read to become a financial expert in a year, and my list of top retirement books.
- The F.I.R.E. Planner: A Step-by-Step Workbook to Reach Your Full Financial Potential — The PERFECT gift for the young person (high school grad or higher) in your life. I’ve given away several copies to young people who have mentioned anything close to a money-related topic. One young lady who works at my gym’s cafe mentioned she loved her family’s trip to Hawaii and hoped she got to go back a lot. I gave her one of these and told her it was the key to her going back there as much as she could. 😉
- The House of God — My favorite fiction book of the year. Love, love, loved it! But it scared me to death thinking this is anywhere close to the experience doctors actually have! LOL.
- The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting — Between intermittent fasting, eating fewer carbs, and exercising right, my weight is as low as it’s been since college. I picked up this book to learn more about fasting and am working on applying some of it to my lifestyle.
- What Retirees Want: A Holistic View of Life’s Third Age — You’ll be hearing more about this book as I plan to cover it in detail. It’s not a how-to book about retirement, but was very fascinating to me as it included a huge amount of data/research on what retirees want out of retirement.
- What the Happiest Retirees Know: 10 Habits for a Healthy, Secure, and Joyful Life — I’ll be detailing this book in the spring, but for now just let me say it’s another great retirement book from author Wes Moss. It’s based on extensive research as well, not speculation or theories, which makes the finding especially valuable IMO.
- The Power of Place: Choosing Stability in a Rootless Age — I have not read this one yet but it’s on my list for Florida this winter. It’s written by my pastor and so far those who have read it have raved about the book, so I’m including it here for consideration.
- The Wealthy Gardener: Lessons on Prosperity Between Father and Son — The best money book I read all year. If you can get a younger person to read this and apply it, their life will be so much better because of it.
Health
- Thinksport SPF 50+ Mineral Sunscreen – Safe, Natural Sunblock for Sports & Active Use — I tell my dermatologist that I’m probably more likely to die of sunscreen poisoning that I am from skin cancer since I use so much! LOL. But this is my go-to sunscreen. We found a partially used tube of it at our place the last time we went to Grand Cayman and I’ve purchased three or four tubes since then. It goes on easy, has great protection, and doesn’t kill the environment. What’s not to love?
- TheraTears Eye Drops for Dry Eyes, Dry Eye Therapy Lubricant Eyedrops, Preservative Free, 30 Count Single-Use Vials — If you live in Colorado, you probably have dry eyes. These are the BEST eyedrops I’ve found (and I’ve tried a ton). They feel like you’re putting your own tears back into your eyes — so soothing. If it’s dry where you are, these are awesome for your eyes.
- YETI Rambler 18 oz Bottle, Vacuum Insulated, Stainless Steel with Chug Cap, Black — My favorite tumbler, a must for my pickleball matches. It keeps everything amazingly cool!
- TookMag Monthly Pill Organizer 28 Day Pill Box Organizer by Week, Large 4 Weeks One Month Pill Cases with Dust-Proof Container for Pills/Vitamin/Fish Oil/Supplements — Saves me a TON of time every month and turned a frustrating daily problem into an easy monthly one. 🙂
- FIT KING Leg Massager for Circulation Calf Massager with Heat 3 Modes 3 Intensities FT-017A — I have been dealing with Achilles/calf issues from pickleball and this is one thing that has me on the road to recovery. I use it while we watch TV at night — so relaxing!!!!
Cat
- Blue Buffalo Wilderness High Protein Grain Free, Natural Mature Pate Wet Cat Food, Chicken 5.5-oz cans (Pack of 24) — This gets two paws up from Zeus le Mew — it’s his favorite. We order it by the case to get best price per can. Zeus also likes the turkey version of this.
- Pieviev Cat Litter Mat Double Layer Waterproof Urine Proof Trapping Mat (30”X24”, Gray) — If you have a cat, he tracks litter. Or worse, like mine does sometimes, he backs up to the litter entrance then shoots his pee outside of it. Yes, this happens from time to time. Which is why we went from a rug in front of the litter to this. No tracking and easy clean up. I have two of these, one for each litter box.
- Lcybem Cat Hammocks for Window – Seat Suction Cups Space Saving Cat Bed, Pet Resting Seat Safety Cat Window Perch for Large Cats, Providing All Around 360° Sunbath for Indoor, Weighted up to 33lbs — Another favorite of Zeus le Mew’s. He loves laying in this “perch” more than anything.
- MeoHui Interactive Cat Feather Toys, 2PCS Retractable Cat Wand Toy and 9PCS Teaser Refills Worm Bird Feathers, Cat Toys for Indoor Cats Kitten Play Chase Exercise, 2PCS Extra String with Clasp Added — Zeus’s favorite toy two years running now. We have gone through probably 50 felt worms in the past two years as we play with it every day.
- FELINE GREENIES Natural Dental Care Cat Treats, Catnip Flavor, All bag sizes — One treat per day to clean his teeth. He LOVES these!!! We give them to him before bed and he comes running when we shake the box. Hahaha.
Miscellaneous
A hodge podge of great items…
- WATERHOOP Portable Water Sprinkler System – Garden Irrigation Tool – Waters Trees, Plants, Flowers and Shrubs – Fast, Easy and Efficient – Easier to Use and Lasts Longer Than a Soaker Hose — Great tool for spot watering. It’s kept our new tree well watered as well as helped me grow grass in a few places I needed spot treatment.
- Seattle’s Best Coffee Portside Blend Medium Roast Whole Bean Coffee, 12-Ounce Bag — Currently my favorite flavor of coffee BY FAR.
- Amazon eGift Card — The ultimate gift if you have no idea what to buy someone. Now they can pick out their own gift and be happy. I give these away on ESI money because they are (by far) the top requested gift card I’m asked for.
That’s my suggested list for this year. See anything you like? Or are there any products you’ve used this year that you especially like/recommend?
Giveaway
And now to add something fun to this list — I’m going to give away some of these favorites.
In particular, I’m giving away three copies of each of the following:
- The Wealthy Gardener
- What the Happiest Retirees Know
- The F.I.R.E. Planner
- The Power of Place
Here are the details of the giveaway:
- I’ll be giving away 12 books in total — one book per winner, total of 12 winners.
- You will be assigned the book you win. I’m not going to make this so complicated that I let people pick books. Hahaha. If you don’t want the book you win, you can simply decline getting it.
- To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment below telling me what you’re looking forward to this holiday season, a holiday tradition your family has, or a favorite holiday memory.
- Be sure to include your email address when you leave the comment so I will know how to contact you (the email address will not be visible to anyone other than me).
- The winners will be selected by me at random.
- The selection of winners will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2021. I’ll list them as a comment on this post.
- I’ll contact the winners by email and get your mailing information.
- I will send winners their books via Amazon. If Amazon doesn’t deliver to you (for whatever reason), you will be out of luck.
- As with most giveaways, there are rules. Here they are.
Good luck!!!!
Tony says
I love your site. As a fellow former Iowan living in the south, I am looking forward to not having to deal with shoveling snow this Christmas.
Rachel Hurt says
My thirteen year old coming home for Christmas because of the pandemic his boarding school hadn’t restarted charter buses yet so I have drive six hours to get him or he has to spend the holidays at student-home. I’ll grateful that he goes to a tuition free boarding school that provides scholarships for his college years and that he’s handling homesickness well. Can’t wait to simply have all my children together and play board games especially escape room game style.
Bernd Doss says
Thanks for the Christmas gift list, something many need to get started earlier than usual. What We seek, Spouse and I, is having the opportunity to have all our children and grandchildren together for Christmas eve Dinner and gifts. Peace to all .
Grace Borax says
I am mostly looking forward to Christmas day and the few days around it as my husband and I will be with all our children. We won’t be doing this at Thanksgiving so it’s a very big thing to be excited about.
Gerald D. Higdon says
Our Midwest family tradition is to play games on Christmas day with grandparents, which normally results in small money prizes. Everyone LOVES going to grandparents home and reconnecting with family. God bless you and your dear family.
Heidi says
Having time off of work and spending time with family. I keep the holidays simple on purpose mostly for financial reasons. Will be debt-free in December so that is my best gift to myself.:) Finally hitting my goal at the age of 40 as I hoped with a lot of speed bumps this last decade. Thanks for your blog which I regularly read even with my parents asking why are you reading about retirement this early?! Happy Thanksgiving & Merry Christmas!
Kelly Greiner says
Looking forward to some downtime away from work and spending more quality time with my family. We’ll likely plan a trip up to our local mountains the week in between Christmas and New Years.
Nancy Jones says
As our children have grown into adulthood and left our home to create their own, I’ve been happy when they want to continue some of the traditions they grew up with. I hadn’t recognized some of our holiday activities as traditions until one of my sons asked me if we were going to do our Christmas Eve “junkfood feast.” This grew out of my need to balance the requirement for food with the impending hours of wrapping and preparing for the next day, but they just enjoyed the casual experience. Now their wives bring things, I have less wrapping and prepping to do, and we can build a fuller experience into it, like making homemade pretzels, doing a charcuterie board, and a board game or something like that. When our children grow into their own adulthoods, we often miss their childhoods, but I have been so blessed that our children value this time as much as I do.
Joe T says
As a recent retiree I love your site. This Christmas I am especially looking forward to Christmas dinner with my 90 year old mother who is still viable and is still cooking.
B says
Watching a Christmas Story with my family a few times (here and there throughout the day) during the 24hrs of Christmas!
Brenda says
Our favorite family tradition is someone dressing up as Santa and waking the kids up at midnight to give them their Santa gift. Sleepy kids and Santa’s appearance make for great videos and pics. Now that the first generation of kids are adults they love being the one dressed as Santa for the next generation!
Kevin says
Couple of tradition
Christmas Day is pajama day and watching wonderful life with Jimmy Stewart!
Jacqueline Whittemore says
Looking forward to a simple Christmas without the hustle, bustle or stress. Family, love and thankfulness. We have much to be thankful for. Your website has inspired many. Thank you for all the information you provide and share.
Sara says
This year we will be bringing back our extended family traditions since we had to skip last year. It will be a great feast with loved ones! Presents for kids and enjoying adult conversations around the table.
Julia says
I’m looking forward to a trip with my son this holiday season.
Our tradition is to have cinnamon rolls for breakfast Christmas Day. We then have appetizers/charcuterie board for Christmas lunch. Then dinner is either lamb, ham, or a roast.
As for suggestions, I got this Aerogarden for my husband a couple of years ago and then one for my son. It’s perfect for the countertop and for providing fresh lettuce or herbs during the winter. https://www.amazon.com/AeroGarden-901103-1200-Harvest-Elite-Platinum/dp/B07CKNX6CJ/ref=sr_1_3_sspa
Cari says
I’m looking forward to not stressing about money during the holidays while I relax with my family 🙂
We like to bake together and plan elaborate meals that we cook together.
Jeff Packer says
Looking forward to my daughter being home from college.
Sara Brady says
Looking forward to gathering with family in person this year.
Angie Maring says
Thanks for ESI money! I completely enjoy it! This Christmas I’m looking forward to time with family and friends, snuggling by a fire and Christmas music in the air!
Xrayvsn says
I’m looking forward to a Hawaii vacation with my daughter that I have planned for awhile now
Jules says
I look forward to your Christmas gift ideas list each year. You’re a little heavy on the cat category this go around but that’s OK -we know you love Zeus 🙂
Just like last year, I’m in a use or lose status but plan to take off a big chunk of time over the holidays to rest and pretend I’m retired.
Scott says
One of my best Christmas gifts was when a friend and colleague took call for me on Christmas so that I could be with my children. For me it was so liberating, knowing that I could relax with my young children. It also helped me realize how much my job was affecting my personal life. I continue to play it forward now that my kids are grown. Sometimes the best gifts are not gifts.
Chris says
This has been a year of transitions for myself as my marriage of 29 years ended, a full year of retirement complete, continued financial education, striving for inner peace and learning to forgive myself. Don’t get me wrong, I realize there are people in this world whom “wish” they had my problems. I am truly blessed in so many ways and both ESIMoney and the MMM group have been instrumental in my personal success.
Jerry says
Looking forward to this being the last Christmas I will have to work. As an EM physician, it is the norm to work holidays, nights, and weekends, for me-25+ years. Beginning with the new year, I’ll start a new medically related career with more control of my time!
K says
Looking forward to celebrating with family and friends!
Sue Pape says
We will be traveling to Colorado Springs, your home town, to be with our son and family!
GL Gardener says
Baking together is one of our traditions. All of the family will be able to be home this year and we will be baking up a storm making cookies. Cookies make memories not only for us but for the people we share them with. There are elderly and lonely people who enjoy home baked cookies.
We also sing a Christmas carol at the door when they answer. One year we made 24 tea rings to share with older singles. We received as much joy as they did in receiving the unexpected gift.
Christmas is about sharing the love and bounty we have received.
We are also going to share some of the books from your list. Great idea.
Ryan says
Looking forward to finally taking a vacation with my wife and kids after two years to visit my parents in Florida.
susan parker says
Looking forward to enjoying my husband’s new lease on life and our beautiful home filled with holiday decorations. And, of course, some delicious goodies.
BSue says
Favorite Christmas memory was 2019 PP (pre-pandemic) when both sons from L.A. and Stockholm visited along with their significant others for about a week. We had a counter covered with post-its, each with an idea for an activity. Anyone could add more ideas. These were rearranged and considered each day. The significant others each chose one night to make dinner which was interesting since one is a vegetarian and the other is Japanese.
Lyon says
I am looking forward to not having a job! I’ll be resigning this month (by choice) and look forward to starting the next phase of life.
Geoff Schilz says
Looking forward to a wonderful seafood dinner on Christmas Day with our family — which has become a random tradition the past several years.
Jocelyn Aguinaldo says
Being able to spend Christmas together somewhere. My youngest daughter moved to Nashville and my husband is back traveling for work to NJ. We just spent Christmas at home last year. This year we will go to Savannah.
Spending Christmas somewhere has been our tradition this past few years.
Chuck Botwright says
Having a normal Xmas without masks and kids get to be kids. The smell of evergreens and not Clorox. The look on my family faces when they open their envelop and see 1 ETH and not knowing what that is.
David says
Planning on spending some time with my family!
Keith says
Thanks for the giveaway. I like our white elephant gift exchange before the real gift opening later on. Much more hilarious and family banter going on. Sometimes I even prefer my white elephant gift to my real gift.
Lisa says
After all the stress leading up to the end of the year (I’m an accountant), I look forward to a couple of days of rest and family time. Here’s hoping it’s warm enough to take the motorcycle out.
Nancy says
I’m hoping to be able to spend time with family. Because of covid, there haven’t been as many indoor get togethers as we used to have.
Pearl says
Thank you for the giveaway. This Christmas, I am looking forward to spending time with my partner’s family and reconnecting with a friend going through radiation.
Early retiree #19 says
Thanks for all your great advice and ideas over the years. We will be having our entire family home for Christmas dinner and gifts following early church service.
Mike Hinderman says
Thanks ESI as always for these fun give-a-ways!
The things I’m looking forward to the most this holiday season is just the ability to get together with family (brothers, sister, and mom). Last holiday season wasn’t the best for travel and my family is spread out over the US.
I’m very family oriented so I’m very excited to travel again and be with family. Thanks!
Sarah says
He’s in his 20’s now but my son and I still enjoy making a gingerbread house from scratch at Christmas. We’ve had some epic fails but that’s part of the fun.
Kris says
Peace and love
Mike says
Looking forward to taking the kids out shopping to fill shoeboxes for Samaritan’s Purse…a tradition we’ve done for several years now.
Alex Sadauskas says
I’m looking forward to my wedding coming up in the middle of December! Leading in to the Holidays
Amy Houssell says
This will be my first Christmas in retirement. Time to Praise the Lord for getting me here and thanking him for a happy retirement. I am running my ranch and working on the fire department. It is all joy.
Dean says
Annual family holiday portrait on our front porch, and visiting our favorite department store to check out the decor in their window and in the store. A family tradition
M says
Thank you for all the great posts. i have followed you for a number of years and so appreciate all the wisdom.
Christmas has already come this year for me. I retired last month from a job that was stressful (in healthcare). It was early retirement for me, my choice by about a year.
I am most enjoying BEING WITH OUR FAMILY! and being able to set my own schedule. I am also doing the deep purge at home. That is such a job, but made it a priority upon retiring. We have lived in the same home for over 40 years….too much stuff….
Renee says
My husbands family is Danish. I have enjoyed learning these traditions of real candles on the Christmas tree and open faced sandwiches on Christmas Day!
Connie Adachi says
This will be my first holiday season as a retiree. I look forward to baking my fruitcakes (just a few, for those who love them) and making toffee with my daughter (for those who hate fruitcake!). I also sew Christmas gifts for the niece and nephew’s kids. I’ve taken off two weeks during Christmas, which makes for a delightful, slow time with family. Our 24-year old son will be home, so looking forward to that too!
Sask to AB says
Thank you for a great post! Looking forward to our two oldest daughters coming home from university, making homemade gingerbread houses, delivering baking to neighbours and friends , skating on the lake, playing board games and maybe even going sledding!
Charlotte says
I am retired and love it. I look forward to family gatherings and so enjoy watching the young children open their gifts. They are so excited, it is contagious. Thanks for your Christmas suggestions and the give away.
Anthony says
Looking forward to getting together in person with the extended family! Also, spending a week down in Florida making memories with the kids.
Frank says
Looking forward to spend the holidays with friends and relatives this year to make up for last year (Covid-19)
Lisa says
I am looking forward to spending the holidays with extended family and taking some time off to plan spending and vacations for 2022!
Ron says
Going to spend the holidays visiting my parents and later my in-laws. We enjoy eating food and watching movies together.
Finances with Purpose says
Thanks for sharing the book recommendations!!
Lawrence says
I am looking forward to time off from work spent with family and close friends, and looking at all the house decorations that will be going up soon. Looking forward to playing with kids in the NY snow and watching their expressions as they open their presents on Christmas.
Matt says
Looking forward to returning to a normal, in person, holiday gathering with family. Bring on the political talk!!
Cindy Hames says
For the first time ever, my brother and I are taking our Texas-based families and parents (and a cousin) to Pagosa Springs, Colorado for Christmas. We’ve rented a three-story house on five acres, so we’ll be enjoying quality family time as we eat, drink, SKI and be merry!
Em_c_nola says
I’m looking forward to the birth of our first child (expected 1/1/22!) so would be great to have some reading material for maternity leave, which begins after the holidays 🙂
Terri says
Decorating the house and enjoying the fruits of my labor with my family in-person.
Paul says
Thanks for sharing your list. I am still enjoying my back buddy from a previous list. Looking forward to Christmas break with our first family trip in two years.
Arnie says
Looking forward to visiting the in-laws in their new home in Ocala, FL. And playing a bunch of pickleball in the nearby Villages!
Sara says
Seeing my sonʻs excitement for Christmas and spending time at the beach.
Rene says
Looking forward to getting to take out boys to The Nutcracker with their Grandma again this year (we’ve missed the last two seasons due to COVID and a death in the family). Also to be able to travel to see my parents on Christmas.
Coach Heidi says
My networking group is doing a book exchange for a holiday white elephant gift exchange. I’m very excited to give a book, get a book and most excited to get suggestions of other books to read!
Naomi says
While I am completely against stores decorating for Christmas before Halloween, I always look forward to the homes decorating for the holidays. On Christmas eve, we drive around looking at all the lights. Even though the kids are now 15, it’s something they still ask to do 🙂
Jennifer B says
Though it drives my husband batty, I look forward to Christmas music. I don’t start early and stop promptly on the day after Christmas but I’m “all in” for one month!
Tim says
I’m looking forward to being together with my adult children and our traditional breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls – and a new tradition of Moscato d’Asti wine for breakfast!
Anthony Beckman says
As our first “empty nest” holiday season, we’re throwing all our traditions out the window and headed to the west coast to spend Christmas with our son! Our twins are coming home from college, and we’re all going to spend a week in the San Francisco area catching up on life, meeting his new pets, and spending some time with his girlfriend. As much as I love the traditions we’ve built over the last 22 years, I’m very excited to have all of us together and begin new traditions for this new phase of our lives.
Thanks for the recommendations and the time you put into this blog. It has been a source of valuable information to my family and me for years.
PEScott says
Looking forward to some down time, being with the family, and celebrating the reason for the season!
EJ says
Looking forward to time off from work to spend with family & friends that I don’t see often enough due to distance.
Amber says
This will be our first year with our kiddo, who is 11. We’re in the process of adopting him, and I cannot WAIT to see him on Christmas morning, surrounded by people who love him more than anything. He’s already looking forward to doing an Angel Tree for others, and he’s so selfless that I just cannot wait.
Devona says
I love family time at Christmas!
Geoff says
I am looking forward to going to NYC after Christmas.
Can’tWaitTillChristmas says
I have 2 sisters and our family tradition is to open our gifts to each other on Christmas Eve. As kids, we couldn’t wait until Christmas morning to open all our gifts (what child can), so our parents said we could open 2 gifts each, the gift from each sister. Sadly our parents are gone, but our family tradition lives on for each of us now all in our 60’s.
Ann says
I’mm looking forward to some quiet reading time. Also, believe it or not, I’m anticipating doing some Marie-Kondo-lite decluttering!
Tim Watkins says
During the holiday season I enjoy spending time with my family. Over the years, we have create several traditions that have meaning for us. One I value is we reserve Christmas day just for our family. There are no constraints on our time.
Kj says
I’m looking forward to fun family activities in the snow and then cozying up to the fire. Hopefully, we also get to visit our extended family in a warm climate for the second week of Christmas break!
Dominic Fortini says
Cant wait for the holidays this year to show off our ‘newborn’ son that we werent able to do last year. So happy he’ll be up and walking and ready to mingle!
Justin says
Looking forward to getting back into reading and some quiet time. And actually getting together with family on Christmas! (We were in quarantine last Christmas UGH)
Kimberly Khare says
Our family is planning to make our first, since the pandemic, visit to our out-of-state family over the Thanksgiving weekend. We’re cherishing this time, as some family members have passed away during the pandemic and so we’re grateful for every chance we can be together.
Jim Ruggieri says
The peace of the season!
Cheryl says
We are looking forward to spending time with our daughter, grand pup, and other family members who live in NC for Christmas this year (we live in NY)!
Brent Turner says
My wife and I each lost both of our parents in the last few years. While we miss them dearly, we are grateful that our financial situation has improved greatly. Because of this, my wife and I are looking forward to changing some holiday traditions. Instead of buying pointless gifts focusing on consumerism and consumption, we are going to spend the holidays volunteering, starting with volunteering to help serve meals to those in need on Thanksgiving. We have invited our grown children to join us and hope to start new family traditions. We are very much looking forward to giving back to the community we love so much.
Brian says
I’m looking forward to spending Christmas with our kids, who are now old enough to understand, appreciate and enjoy it. I love seeing Christmas through their eyes!
Bobby Williams says
I am looking forward to establishing new traditions. I left a toxic marriage after 34 years to better my mental health. I now have found a new love and a wonderful group of friends that love me for who I am. I am re-earning my second first million. Thankfully I have several businesses to help me increase my portfolio and net worth.
Rhonda Belinc says
Time with family, oh how I’ve missed it!! Can’t wait to see my brothers again!
Rhonda
Jessica says
Thanks for the ideas and the giveaway! I am most looking forward to enjoying Christmas with my family and watching my kiddo get so excited about all things Christmas, but especially his excitement on Christmas morning.
Sharon says
Looking forward to seeing my Mother for the first time in a long time.
Greg says
Thanks as always for this great site.
This holiday season I look forward as always for the past 15 years watch my precious 27 year old niece who has a developmental disability lead the family in a game of trivia for prizes. She gets so excited and just so into what has become a family tradition no gift can ever match it.
I wish everyone on this platform the merriest holiday season and a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2022!!!!!!
Elena says
Thank you for the giveaway. I am looking forward to officially traveling through plane this holiday season. Will be exciting and fun.
MWS says
Love your site. I am looking forward to having some down time with our teenage children – they grow up so fast!
Mark says
I used to love Christmas Eve at my mother’s. The one time a year I got to see some relatives.
Rick_V says
Happy Holiday Everyone! I’m looking forward to family dinners and having in-person conversations with each other. Best Wishes to all and a Happy New Year.
Bruce Winter says
This is easy. I look forward to spending some quality time with my family. This has been such a crazy year I cannot wait to put all of our troubles away and reconnect like the good old days
Esemireti says
Looking forward to having my son home from college and taking some time off to go skiing.
Enid says
Looking forward to spending quality time with the family. Especially looking forward to having the grandchildren over and watching them enjoy the Christmas tree and open the gifts.
SK says
Looking forward to putting up our tree together…we play Christmas music and my girls love looking at all the ornaments. My husband & I usually have a drink and the girls cocoa. Some years I’ve even sneaked and put my old cam recorder on a table and recorded us doing it.
sj says
I’m looking forward to holiday movies and games with the fam. And of course Christmas mass with the beautiful holiday music – my favorite!
Danielle says
I am looking forward to baking cookies with my mom and nearly 3 year old son. It’s an annual tradition that we’ve been involving him in since he was 9 months old!
Wilkop says
Retired from an active accounting and finance position at the end of October. Looking forward to a relaxing Christmas with the family; and without the specter of a year end audit lurking in the background. Very much enjoy and appreciate your site.
JCI says
I’m looking forward to gaining a few pounds from all the good food and seeing friends and family over for a home cooked meal. It’s one of the few times that I get some time to catch up with my nieces and nephews who are usually busy studying or off doing some sports or other extra curriculars.
Michael Hoffman says
Introduced my Brother & Sister in law and my niece & her husband To Game of Thrones at Thanksgiving. Had a fantastic time together. Looking forward to re-creating the good time we had
Scott C says
Looking forward to spending time with my family and relaxing in the warmth of Florida.
DT says
Spending time with the spouse and kids cooking together, binging holiday movies, and playing games.
Mary Berberich says
I’m looking forward to spending more time with family. We have some new grand babies that need to learn the family traditions.
Emily says
I bought a new car (baby Bronco) first car since May 2011 and I’m excited to take my family and 2 dogs to the warmth of Florida from the 25th til New Year! Bringing in the New Year while paddle boarding and riding there in comfort (upgrading from the formidable yet tight in space Ford Fiesta after having 4 years of a “big girl job”).
Craig says
Thanks for all of your writing. Extremely valuable!
This holiday will be spent in norther WI. A week of wilderness, skating, skiing and ice fishing. Embracing winter and unwinding as a family is as good as it gets.
Happy Holidays!
chiamo says
Looking forward to seeing my brother for the first time since 2018!
Elizabeth Zawacki says
Hopefully having friends from Toronto join us for Christmas, since they can’t be with us for our usual Thanksgiving celebration. And I’m definitely going to have to look up The Wealthy Gardener to see if it’s anything like The Wealthy Barber!
Joe says
Looking forward to spending time with family and friends.
josh says
Looking forward to the excitement of the kids waking up Christmas morning and honoring the reason for the season!
ESI says
Here are the winners and when they commented:
The F.I.R.E. Planner
Mary Berberich — NOVEMBER 12, 2021 AT 5:06 PM
Naomi — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 10:54 AM
Cari — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 4:57 AM
What the Happiest Retirees Know
Rick_V — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 9:03 PM
GL Gardener — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 5:54 AM
Brian — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 6:25 PM
The Wealthy Gardener
Tim Watkins — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 2:23 PM
Ron — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 8:47 AM
Lisa — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 7:01 AM
The Power of Place
Amy Houssell — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 8:06 AM
Gerald D. Higdon — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 4:04 AM
PEScott — NOVEMBER 10, 2021 AT 12:23 PM
I’ll be contacting each of you via email so look for that message soon!
Sylvie says
Looking forward to seeing family north of the border in person this holiday!! (All vaxed of course)
Zack Giles says
Love your Blog. Read it every week. Thanks for the book give away. I’m sure 12 people are going to be very happy. Lol. I’m looking forward, most of all, to my kids being home for Christmas. Also greeting to spend time with my wife’s family and mine.
Val Schwinn says
Are you my neighbor? We are a pickle ball, cat loving family in the Springs! Lots of great ideas for my Christmas list!
Do you RV camp? Let’s meet up sometime!
ESI says
We do not RV or camp. But we do play a lot of pickleball around the city!
Andrea Anderson says
I am looking forward to seeing my family!