<p>So my S is teaching English in Korea and I need to have a Christmas box to send him ready by Thanksgiving so I can send it off using a relative’s fedex discount. I am sending some books, but other than that, I can’t think of anything he can’t get there. And he doesn’t have any suggestions. Any help?</p>
<p>Send him American treats…things like gum, candy, Oreo cookies, soaps, razors, etc.</p>
<p>Korea is the land of get everything cheap, but it still doesn’t have American products we take for granted.</p>
<p>Bullet spent @5 months in Korea, and it was the daily products he missed. You’d be amazed how when you live overseas the charm of trying out their products wear thin. Heck, even Hellman’s mayo is a gift from God if that is what you raised him on for sandwiches.</p>
<p>BTW, buy the NYT or WaPO and use that as filler to cushion the package. We use to unravel it and read it because it made us feel close to the US.</p>
<p>My recs if he has any favorites:
Toothpaste
Razor
Shaving Cream
Gum
Cookies
Candy
Cereal</p>
<p>Basically anything that we take for granted regarding access to the product. You would be amazed how hard it is to get Trident gum in Korea or a specific body wash. For ex:Capt Crunch is light to ship, but even if you bounces around there is nothing like that in a bowl with cold milk as an American. </p>
<p>Really, after 3 yrs living in the UK, and 4 + tours (Korea, Iraq, Kuwait), all Bullet wanted was crap food from the US.</p>
<p>As someone who has been deployed to Korea (the land of “Not Quite Right”) MANY times throughout my previous military career, I would suggest asking him what foods or snacks he misses the most. The Korean market is VERY different than what we are used to here, and some “home” favorites are sometimes hard to find or non-existent over there.</p>
<p>What were his favorite “snacks” growing up? Were they snacks made by a particular company, like Drakes, Hostess, or Entenmann’s? Subtely try to find out what faves he CAN’T get there, and send a bunch over.</p>
<p>A recommend thsi with a caveat: make sure the snacks you send will survive the journey. Nothing worse than opening up what was supposed to be a box full of Ding-Dongs only to find crumbs and a melted chocolate mess on everything else that was in that particular box!</p>
<p>Pima, you beat me to it! </p>
<p>Crappy snacks I could only get at home? Yumm! How I missed them!</p>