Our 15 Favorites: My Family’s Christmas Wish List Gift Ideas!

It’s our final My Five Favorites of the year (so hard to believe!) and since five favorites just didn’t seem like enough, I’m sharing fifteen favorite Christmas gift ideas in my last of the two gift guides I do every season! I get my whole family involved in this one by getting them to put together their Christmas wish lists and sharing five things on each of their lists with you! They came up with some great gifting ideas! 

As always, I’m joining my friends Lisa of Shine Your Light, Jennifer of Dimples & Tangles, and Pam of Simple Details and coming along for the ride as our guest host for the month is Megan of Honey We’re Home – she always has the cutest fashion finds so I can’t wait to see what she has to share. And her home is gorgeous too – here’s a little peek at her Christmas home from last year:

Thanks so much for joining us Megan! Now let’s get going and check out my family’s fifteen favorite Christmas gift ideas from our wish lists  (post includes affiliate links – full disclosure statement available {here})

Let’s start with what’s on my wish list – I have a birthday in early December so this always makes picking up a gift or two for me pretty easy on my family!

Gift Ideas for Women: Five Gifts I’d Love!

1. Since I’m always cold, I’d love to be gifted the super soft black and white cashmere poncho shown above (found {here}). The online reviews are all glowing so I think it would be a keeper!  But Jeff, if you’re reading this, don’t buy it unless it’s on sale 🙂 I also think that {this less expensive poncho} below is super cute too!:

2. I’ve been eyeing these crystal stretch bracelets (found {here}) for weeks – they’re so pretty and I know I’d wear them a ton around the holidays and for other dressy occasions. I actually shouldn’t include this on my wish list because truth be told, I just broke down and ordered the “gold” one on the far left yesterday 🙂

3. I’m a notorious over-packer on trips and most of the time arrive at my destination with a bag of wrinkled clothes. I’ve had several friends tell me that they swear by packing cubes for packing more efficiently and keeping clothes from moving around and getting wrinkled so I’d absolutely love to try them out. {These packing cubes} are highly rated and come in several different color options. A great gift for the traveler (or chronic over-packer…). 

4. OK this seriously is the thing on my list that I’m most excited about because I had no idea such a thing existed. I LOVE cherry Starbursts but am pretty meh about the other three colors. Did you know that you can get a pound of JUST the cherry Starbursts {here}? I need this! Badly! You can also get a pound of orange {here}, lemon {here}, and strawberry {here} but I’m seriously not sure we can be friends if you’d chose those over cherry 🙂

5. I pretty much only use all-day lipsticks now since there are so many out now that do a great job lasting and aren’t super drying like they used to be. I came across this set of six Stila highly rated lipsticks {here} that have all of the color tones that I love to wear and in my favorite matte finish! Would love to get this!

And now moving on to my husband’s list…

Gift Ideas for Men: Five Gifts My Husband Would Love!

1. This Bose micro Bluetooth speaker found {here} is at the top of my husband’s wish list! It’s tiny (less than 4″ wide!) but apparently has great sound! It’s totally waterproof and has a silicone silicone strap for attaching to a pack or bike so you can go mobile with your music! It comes in these three color options:

2. My husband has wanted an Apple watch for a while now and says the latest Apple watch found {here} is definitely something he’d love to receive as a gift. I don’t know babe, you’re going to have to be really really good this month for this expensive sucker! 🙂 The Apple Watch Series 4 has two size options (40mm or 44mm) and you can get GPS or GPS + Cellular. My husband says he and most men would want the larger one and he wants the less expensive GPS only. You need to have your phone nearby with the GPS only one to make phone calls or text but you avoid having an extra contract/fees with your mobile carrier every month. You can also look {here} for the various Apple watch options.

3. These reasonably priced, ultra-light Bluetooth headphones are on my husband’s list. He wanted a set that didn’t break the bank but got great reviews and these apparently do both! You can find them {here}. 

4. My husband’s best friend has one of these soft YETI coolers (found {here}) and has been singing its praises! It fits up to 12 cans plus ice and supposedly keeps everything ice cold for a crazy amount of time.

5. This Columbia fleece jacket (found {here}) is warm without being bulky so can be worn on it’s own in the fall and milder winter days and under a puffy winter jacket when it’s super cold. My husband wants it in the gray but there are lots of other color options including some good looking two-toned choices. Ships free!

And wrapping up with some gift suggestions for teen girls based on what my daughters have on their wish lists:

Gift Ideas for Teen Girls: Five Gifts My Girls Would Love!

1.Scrunchies! Can you believe that scrunchies are back in style? Me neither but these velvet scrunchies found {here} showed up on my girls’ wish list:

This is the “Chalky Rose” set but there is also a “Sunset Cloud” option with three blue scrunchies. Another option is {this scrunchie set} that has several color choices.  

2. After seeing this build your own necklace gift set found {HERE} on my Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals post, this went on my girls’ wish list too! It comes with 6 individual chains and a unique clasp that allows you to add 2 or 3 chains at once so you can mix and match for endless combinations! 

3. If the teen on your Christmas gift list is a makeup junkie, this 12-piece brush set found {here} with white + rose gold handles would make a great gift! The price is great for that many brushes!

4. Hydro Flask water bottles are a big thing with teens and on my oldest daughter’s wish list. They’re a bit ridiculously expensive which actually makes them a good gift because there’s no way this mama would be buying that expensive of a water bottle unless it was for a birthday or Christmas! You can find this 24-ounce standard mouth bottle {here} in multiple colors and see other size and style options {here}. 

5. These fuzzy slippers (found {here}) are a teen staple that they wear both in and out of the house! My daughter has used hers so much that they’re getting ragged so a new pair is on her wish list! (if your teen has a smaller shoe size, you can find the same version in girls {here})

So that wraps up our 15 Favorite Christmas Gift Ideas! But wait… what about Hope?! We gotta tack on one more so she can share what she wishes for! She told me she’d love this stylish gray trellis dog bed cover (found {here}):

OK, so maybe I’m the one who’s crushing on this dog bed cover but Hope’s on board for anything soft and cushy so I’m sure she’d love it too!

Did you see anything that might help you check off a gift or two on your gift giving list? If you want a few more Christmas gift ideas and missed my post a few weeks back, be sure to check out my Favorite Things Gift Guide {HERE} that includes all of my favorites and my family’s favorites that we have, love, and think others would love to receive as gifts!

My My Five Favorites friends are sharing their favorite gift ideas too – check those out here:

Pam – Simple Details

Jennifer – Dimples & Tangles

Lisa – Shine Your Light

Megan – Honey We’re Home

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XO,