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Christmas Gift Ideas for the one that has everything

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Do you know someone that has everything, but you don’t have an idea what to get them? Here are some tips from me to you. (not an ad)

A good idea is to give away experiences. Like Skydiving or Whiskey tasting. There are a lot of different alternatives. In Sweden, you can buy experiences on: Live it. And in the U.K. you can buy them on: Into the Blue. I think every country has a place to buy experiences. 

You can also give a charity donation in the person’s name. There are a lot of Charity’s that do good work and I think this is a great gift. Why not give the money to organizations that need them. Here is a list of Charity’s: Hundstallet, UNICEF Sweden, UNICEF UK, or Save the Children. These are just some examples. There are so many Charities out there. In every country.

Indian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) two month old cub. Source: WWF.se

With WWF you can either donate money or adopt an animal as a gift. Just look here: WWF Sweden, WWF UK or WWF USA.

But if you really want to buy a gift to a person then I have tree options.

Socks. I know it sounds boring but as Dumbledore says in Harry Potter: 
“One can never have enough socks”. And I find that to be true. You can buy regular boring socks or you can buy crazy socks. And you can find socks almost anywhere. 

Or you can buy a nice bedding sets as a gift. There are so many nice bedding sets available and I know that: Ellos, Amazon and Mark & Spencer have nice bedding sets. 

And the last tips is: a framed photo from an amazing day or a special memory. I don’t really know where you can order that in different countries but I would say google it. Here in Sweden I usually use My Fuji Film.

And to clarify: THIS IS NOT AN AD!

Hope you liked my ideas. Do you have any good ideas for Christmas gifts? Please share!

Love, Nea

5th December ~ Christmas Song of the Day

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The Christmas Song of the Day is: Do They Know It’s Christmas. I love this Christmas Song it gives me maximal Christmas feelings and I think it’s important to think of other people. And this song captures that. 

I also like the thought behind Band Aid and I hope there will be more versions of the song in the future. 

I hope you have an fantastic Hump Day!

Love, Nea

Christmas gift ideas for the Traveller

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Do you know someone that loves to travel, but you don’t have an idea what to get them. Here are some tips from me to you. (this is not an ad).

Backpack from Beis. Picture taken from Nordstroms

Travel Multi Function Travel Backpack from BÉIS. I have found them on: Nordstrom or Revolve. Its available in black or beige.  And the actress Shay Mitchells are actually the person behind BÉIS. And if I got this backpack I would be over the moon. And BÉIS have more amazing bags that I will show you next. Way to go Shay! BÉIS has an Instagram page you can follow: BÉIS

BÉIS even have other amazing bags available on Nordstrom or Revolve. The one under this text is BÉIS Duffel bag. It would be perfect for my husband. 

This is BÉIS Travel Multi Function Duffel Bag. Picture taken from Nordstrom

I would love to own BÉIS weekend bag that is under this text. I love the colour and how functional it is with the bottom where you can put shoes and it won’t stain what I have in the bag. 

This is BÉIS Travel Multi Function Weekend Bag. Picture taken from Nordstrom.

Another good backpack is Bobby – Anti-Theft Backpack. I have seen it on Amazon or Bluebox. An Anti-theft backpack is just what you need if you are in a busy city exploring or in the airport. 

Bobby Ant-theft Backpack. Picture taken from Bluebox.se.

BÉIS also sells luggage tags and passport holder.  They are available in different colours and you can buy them on as a set on Nordstrom or separately on Revolve.                   

Lauggage tag and Passport holder from BÉIS. Picture taken from Nordstrom.

There are lots of different bags out there that can be a good present for the traveller. I also love: CALPACKS different bag. For example CALPACKS x Jen Atkin 29-Inch Suitcase in Pink. It’s beautiful and seems to be perfect for my needs. You can buy it at: Nordstrom or CALPACKTravle.

Calpacks x Jen Atkins Pink. Pictur taken from www.calpaktravel.com

Luggage tags are a good Christmas gift. You can buy funny ones or just simple elegant ones, depending on the person who you are going to give them to. On Etsy, you can get customised luggage tags, with names or initials. One of my favourites on Etsy is the shop: CGenius. I just love this shops luggage tags and passport holders with Disney.

CGENIUS Passpost Holder and Luggage tag. Taken from CGENIUS SHOP on ETSY.

Other Passport Holders and Luggage tags can you find about everywhere. Even some grocery stores have them.

And for those long flights, a traveller might like to have a sleep mask. You can buy a normal one coloured one or a more funny one. I will show three examples of funnier ones. 

Unicorn Sleep Mask from Etsyshop: GlossvintSleep. 
Picture taken from GlossvintSleep.


Sleep Mask from Coolstuff. Picture taken from Coolstuff.se
Sleepmask from Etsyshop: JungleGiftStore. Picture taken from JungleGiftStore. 

Another good present for the traveller is a Scratch Map so she/he can scratch where they have been. Bluebox has two different types: Scratch Map Original or Scratch Map Deluxe. IWOOT has a few different ones. Check them out here.


Scratch Map Deluxe from Bluebox. Picture was taken from here.

And to my last gift idea. Cases and bags from Bag-all. They have bags and cases for all you can possibly need. Shoebags for your bag, cases for make-up and so much more. And they are beautiful too. Another big plus is that you keep your things organized. 

Picture taken from Bag-All-Journal. 

Other gift ideas can be: Powerbanks, wireless headphones and travel journals.

Hope you liked my gift ideas. And to clarify this was not a sponsored ad. I just thought what I would want and what my friends that travel a lot say they like. SO NOT AN AD.

4th December ~ Christmas Song of the day

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Today’s Christmas Song is: Maybe This Christmas with Sarah Dawn Finer. I think this song is really beautiful and I listen to this song when I am writing Christmas Cards or just enjoying the Christmas around the house. 

Sarah Dawn Finer has a beautiful voice and she has done many more beautiful songs.

Hope you like today’s song. Have an fantastic Tuesday!

Love, Nea

3 December ~ Christmas Song of the day

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The Christmas Song of the day is: Fairytale of New York. It was released by The Pogues in 1987. The song is written by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer (source: Wikipedia).

This is a song that I always have on one of my Christmas playlists. I think its an amazing song, and it’s not like any other Christmas song. I think The Pogues original version is fantastic. Watch it down below.

And resently I found this veersion with Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie. And I think this one is also really good. A Youtube-clip on it is down below.

I hope you have an amazing Monday. 

Love, Nea

Office Christmas Party – Christmas Movie

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Last night my husband and I watched the first Christmas Movie of the season, for us. We watched Office Christmas Party, a movie we have never watched before. It was surprisingly good. 

It’s Christmas soon and Clay Vanstone (T.J. Miller) is running a branch of the family company. His sister, Carol (Jennifer Aniston) is the CEO and when she comes for a visit to the branch she threatens to shut down the branch, but she chancels the Office Christmas Party. But to impress a big client Clay and his two workers Josh (Jason Bateman) and Tracy (Olivia Munn) throw an epic Christmas party in just a couple of hours. But the party gets out of hand fast. 

I thought the movie was funny and not what I expected at all. I will defiantly watch it again.

Hope you all have an amazing Sunday.

Love, Nea

2 December ~ Christmas song of the day

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The Christmas song of the day is: It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I love this song. It’s happy and upbeat and the perfect song to listen to while decorating the house or driving in a winter landscape. 

The song is written by Edward Pola and George Wyle in 1963. Andy Williams recorded it for his Christmas Album the same year. (source Wikipedia)

Even though I have heard a lot of different artists singing this song my favourite is Andy Williams original version.

But I also like Pentatonix version:

I will listen to both of them today while I decorate the house.

Have an amazing Sunday!

Love, Nea

1 December ~ Christmas song of the day

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I will try to post a post every day until Christmas about Christmas Songs that I love. I am starting this Christmas Countdown with: Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!”. This song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne in 1945 (according to Wikipedia).

I chose this song to begin with because I really want it to snow outside. I want to have a white Christmas and I don’t think I will see much snow if it doesn’t snow here at home. In Edinburgh will it probably not be snow next year when we move there. 

There are a lot of different singers that sings this song. But I have three favorites and they are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2uvtl-1V70
Dean Martin sings: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

This one is a classic. I have grown up with this version and I love it. It gives me Christmas feelings.

Michael Bublé sings Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

I love Michael Bublés vioice and he does this song fantasticly. 

Lady Antebellum Sings Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

I Love Lady Antebellum and I think their version of this song is joyful and great. 

All these songs belong on my Christmas Playlist, but not directly after each other. Tomorrow it’s time for another Christmas Song.

Oh, Deer!

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I have had migrens since Tuesday. Thats why I didn´t post a Throwback Thursday post yesterday,  But I am starting to feel better now. 

Teusday was a wierd day. That morning on my way to campus I almost hit a deer (roe deer). One came running out of the woods and ran in front of the car. I hit the brakes and the car skid a bit and I saw how close I was to hitting the deer. And then another deer came running out of the woods and the lorry that came from the other direction almost hit that one. 

I am so glad that I didn’t hit the deer and after I was so shaky. But it was alright and I came to campus in time for my class. 

And then when I got home in the afternoon I got a message that Wednesday’s class was cancelled because the professor is sick. So I didn’t have any more classes on campus for the week. It felt so weird. But when the migraine kick in I was glad to not miss any lectures because of it.

Today I am going to post the last Fangirl Friday post for a while. At least until after Christmas. Tomorrow starts Christmas Countdown, as I have written before. 

Have an amazing day!

Love, Nea