Truck Wheels and Early Christmas Shopping

Don't look at the calendar now, but there are only 158 days until Christmas. This means that if you expect your family to pitch in money to get you a set of truck wheels as a present, you need to start thinking about cool gifts to get them. Because if you think that a vacuum cleaner for the wife and a Fitbit for each of the kids is going to garner you a new set of wheels, you are dead wrong.

When shopping for Christmas gifts, you must do a little research before throwing hard-earned cash on anything you think they might like. And never make assumptions. For example, just because your wife likes coffee does not mean she wants a coffee maker for Christmas. Just because your daughter loves Barbie does not mean she wants Man-Bun Ken Doll for Christmas to add to her collection.

We can see this is a little difficult for you to grasp. We can help. Here are a few ideas for awesome gifts you can buy as Christmas gifts for your family, or yourself for that matter.

Mini Cotton Candy Maker

This would be a great gift for the family member who loves sweets, but at the same time is also responsible enough not to eat three pounds of cotton candy in three days. Which means that Bobby Jr. should not receive this under the tree on Christmas morning.

On the other hand, your daughter and wife both have a sweet tooth and would appreciate this gift. They are also relatively responsible eaters and won;t take advantage of non-stop cotton candy.

Samurai Sword Umbrella

This would be the perfect gift for Bobby Jr., the family member who is never prepared for wet weather. This umbrella looks like a Samurai sword mainly because of its handle, the rest of it functions like a normal umbrella.

Junior will think it’s so cool he will take it with him everywhere he goes. He might even actually open it up if it starts to rain on him. Let’s hope he doesn't treat it like a sword though.

Foosball Coffee Table

You could try to justify buying this for your wife, but it just won’t work. However, you could buy it as a gift for the whole family and hope that at least one of the kids likes to play foosball. But we would save the receipt just in case.

Retro Style Popcorn Maker

Your wife just might love a retro style popcorn maker to utilize when you two watch all of her favorite movies. Microwave popcorn is no fun and these popcorn makers also look great and will give your family room a spiffy new look.

Ninja Star Coat Hangers

Only the coolest of Ninjas in your family get to hang their clothes on Ninja coat hangers. These hangers look like Ninja stars stuck in the wall.

Kindle

Get the wife a Kindle loaded with her favorite romance novels and you are good to go for at least another year. The key here is to make sure you load it with books she will love to read.

After last year’s Christmas gift debacle, a decent gift for the wife is in order and will be a welcomed surprise.

Aerating Wine Glasses

Anything related to wine will be a gift appreciated by your wife. Make sure you include a few bottles of wine with the wine glasses and you cannot go wrong.

Radio Controlled Bubble Copter

Because flying a radio controlled helicopter that spews bubbles is freaking awesome.

Bluetooth Shower Speaker

This is one of those rare gifts that anyone in your family is likely to enjoy. Your daughter can crank up Justin Bieber while applying her makeup after a shower, your son can listen to Ed Sheeran while washing his feet after getting stuck in a rainstorm and the wife can listen to Beyonce while soaking in the tub.

And of course, you can listen to Twisted Sister at full volume while shaving.

Waterproof Notepad

Everyone gets all of those million dollar ideas while taking a shower listening to Twisted Sister. Make sure you are prepared by having a waterproof notepad handy.

Bike Tire Lights

These are just plain cool.