holiday gift ideas

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<p>Love the idea, Bookiemom!</p>

<p>For the accident-prone of the world, an Ace bandage, neosporin, sterile wipes, and a large assortment of band-aids are a must.</p>

<p>My sis sent me a box of Godiva chocolate and hot cocoa a few months ago. I can guarantee that a box of goodies, delivered to a student, is awesome. (Maybe a better birthday gift.)</p>

<p>The room always needs things: a rug, a bookcase (Staples has folding ones for easy travel), printer paper, ink, toner, a holepunch, a feather bed, down pillows, a nice comforter, a stereo system, a gift certificate to their local grocery store, slippers, a papasan chair (hum, maybe deliver it to their school?), gel wrist rests for the computer, high thread-count sheets, board games, etc.</p>

<p>Clothes are always great. Shoes, too. Love the idea of the “jeans run.”</p>

<p>Younger students might need a “business casual” wardrobe for their first real summer job. Consider khakis, slacks, and dress shirts.</p>

<p>Tote bags or backpacks, if either one needs replacing.</p>

<p>Gift certificate to CVS, Eckerd’s, or Walgreens. I remember spending a fair amount of my disposable income on things like shampoo, conditioner, razors, cards, those nail clippers that I keep losing…</p>

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<p>My son is a tea drinker who studies away from his dorm. For his birthday last week I gave him a small stainless steel thermos. He can fill it with hot water at dinner and have tea when he takes a study break. (It supposedly keeps liquids hot for six hours.) It comes with a “sippy” top and another top with a built-in tea strainer. Because it has a “bullet shape” (no handle) it fits in the water bottle holder on his backpack. </p>

<p>The one thing he asked for was “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes”. Unfortunately it was so heavy (24 # according to the packing slip), he elected to leave it at home when he flew back to school.</p>

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<p>RE: wireless headphones </p>

<p>this is going to sound really stupid, but can the same headphones be used for everything? (i.e. stereo, tv, laptop…) i’m obviously not very tech-oriented Is there anything special I need to look for?</p>

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<p>Momfirst,</p>

<p>In general yes the wireless headphones should be tranferrabe if they have “a mini jack” connection. Just need to be careful if it says “ipod ready”. A smaller but growing number of headphone/speaker accessories ade designed just for ipods. If you ave a specific make and model in mind, you can PM me and I will answer in more detail.</p>

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<p>I got some practical things for winter, like long underwear, boiled wool slippers, hoodies, and a door draft blocker (room opens onto a hallway and there is no door to the outside - cold drafts come whistling in under the door), and theatre performances - The Odd Couple & Wicked.I may end up giving him a video camera, because I really miss seeing his performances (sob!)</p>

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<p>The jean run is a great idea. Will you give a price limit? and the subway gift certificates is another great idea.</p>

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<p>Mom60: No I haven’t done a price limit on the jeans run, because the whole point is a really perfect pair of jeans. Last year, the perfect pair was $90 (the most expensive pair) and the runnerup pair was $15 (the least). I bought her both pairs. That said, I didn’t take her to Neiman Marcus, either; we went to the junior department at Nordstrom, during the post-holiday sales. (Another advantage to something like this: getting to shop the post-holiday sales.)</p>