Christmas gifts 2023: ideas for dad
From trees to adopt to streaming subscriptions for football matches, discover options for every budget
G-Club
December 6th, 2023
December 6th, 2023
Let us stop. Let's not add the ugly coloured jumper, the different types of butter and the book about the Roman Empire to the shopping trolley. Especially when our father only wears blue hoodies, has high cholesterol and prefers to play PlayStation instead of spending his free time reading. For Christmas 2024, there are other choices we can make to make him happy when we exchange gifts as a family. If we want bonuses that will make us his favourite parks, we should seek out some more interesting ideas, wrap them up with a nice gift card, add a greeting card and put them under the Christmas tree. There are options for every budget: board games, cameras, slippers, face creams, delicious bottles of wine to celebrate together, season tickets for streaming football matches, ...
When we want to make our dad happy and are running out of gift ideas, G-Club helps us juggle the Christmas shopping.
Under 50 euros:
A tree for adoption
BIOFARM Red Orange Tarocco
from 24,90€ to 39,90€
For the dad who lives in the city but dreams of a life in the countryside, in nature. We may not be able to buy him a farmhouse in the middle of the fields here, but we can buy him a tree. Biofarm offers the possibility of adopting or giving away a fruit tree, a row of vines, a beehive or part of a field from the small producers in his community, overseeing the care and receiving the harvest directly from those who have tended it. Which one will it be for Christmas? The Tarocco blood orange, grown in Grammichele in Sicily, is perfect for the season and to get through the coming months with a vitamin C boost.
A game to play together: Backgammon
HAY Hay Play White Backgammon
45€
A gift that also turns into a shared activity during the festive season is a board game. Not the usual bingo, monopoly, naval battle or chess, but backgammon. Vintage, chic, especially the one from the Danish brand Hay, thanks to its minimalist, innovative and colourful design. The plus? If we don't know how to play but our dad is a pro, we can give him an extra gift to teach us something different, just like when we were kidsə.
A record player
DIGITNOW! Turntable
49,99€
What could be cooler than vinyl playing on a record player, filling your home and your soul with music? Perhaps few other things in the world. A nice and relatively inexpensive gift can be a beautiful stand-alone record player with built-in stereo speakers, which you can also connect to your PC via USB to listen to your favourite albums or convert them to WAV or MP3 for your MP3 player. The plus is the sleek design, a briefcase with a leather finish that also works well as decoration for your home.
A football subscription
DAZN Monthly Standard Subscription
19,90€
To make the football-loving dad happy, who doesn't want to go to the stadium but also doesn't want to miss his favourite team's games, we can put a monthly subscription to DAZN under his tree. The standard package starts at €19.90 per month and includes all sports available on the platform, such as Serie A TIM, Serie BKT, LaLiga EA Sports, women's football, Italian and European basketball, boxing and rugby. With this gift, our dad might have a smile on his face for the whole holiday.
Under 100 euros:
A pair of slippers, but cool and signed by The North Face
THE NORTH FACE ThermoBall™ V Traction Winter Slippers
70€
Okay, it may seem like a trivial gift or a bit grandfatherly, but the slippers by The North Face aren't the classic furry and sloppy model. They're comfortable, warm and cool. Dad will be proud to show them off to other relatives and even the neighbourhood when he's trimming the hedge or walking the dog.
A Kiehl's shaving kit
KIEHL'S Ultimate shave collection set
52€
If you want to spoil your dad in more ways than just beauty, Kiehl's shaving kit is the right choice. It contains a refreshing cleansing gel with caffeine and menthol to revitalise the skin, a brushless shaving cream with menthol and camphor, an aftershave with aloe vera and willow leaf extract to gently exfoliate and prevent ingrown hairs, and a day cream with vitamins C and E.
A wine tasting at Donnafugata
DONNAFUGATA Sicilia da bere
127€
If Dad won't stop watching Sideways on a continuous loop and drinking Coke because he tastes a lingering aftertaste of red fruit and spice, he might tell us he wants a special bottle of wine for Christmas. To surprise him, we can put Sicilia da bere under the tree, an elegant wooden box containing some of the best wines from the Donnafugata cellars: Contessa Entellina Chardonnay DOC "La Fuga" 2021, Etna Rosso DOC "Sul Vulcano" 2019, Vittoria Nero d'Avola DOC "Contesa dei Venti" 2020 and Passito di Pantelleria "Ben Ryé" 2020.
Over 100 euros:
A Sonic Editions print
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SONIC EDITIONS Framed print Elvis Backstage, 1956
300€
SONIC EDITIONS Framed print Elvis Backstage, 1956
300€
Framed prints from Sonic Editions are a lovely gift that Dad can put in his home or proudly show off in the office. These are beautiful photographs in colour or black and white featuring famous people such as Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen, Michael Jordan, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.
A camera by Lomography
The Lomo'Instant Sanremo Edition by Lomography is an instant camera with all the advantages of technology, but with a retro design that makes it special and cool. We bet dad will be snapping away as soon as he opens the present to capture every moment of the coming festive season?
