It is all fun and games during the holiday season until you have to decide what presents to get people. Do not stress, I have contracted a list of the top gift your college students NEEDS and some they just want.
In no particular order the list is as followed:
Portable charger
Parents, ever heard the “oh, sorry my phone died” excuse when your son or daughter didn’t answer your 10 texts and 3 calls? A portable charger takes that excuse and throws it into the garbage. Your student will never have the excuse about having a dead phone because portable chargers are 1. portable and 2. can charge your phone up to 200%. For girls, I recommend Kate Spade Charger & for the dudes Mophie Case
Shatter resistant phone screen
How many times has your student come home from school with a cracked phone? Or seen a charge at the Apple store for $100? Well, a shatter resistant phone screen is the key to everyone’s problems. Kids hate to have those chunky cases on those trendy rose gold iPhones and worry about cracking that beautiful screen. Solution: ShatterProof
“Adult” clothes
We really don’t want to but some day we are going to need an adult job. Unfortunately getting said job requires a wardrobe that makes it look like you actually have your life together and didn’t spend 8 hours watching “Mad Men” on Netflix when you had a research paper, two tests and a bunch of e-mails to send. A work appropriate pair of heels for the girls and some nice dress shoes for the guys would be the present that students hate that they love.
An adult onesie
You think I’m joking but these thing are all the rage now. South Bend is pretty cold and a cool way to stay warm is with a nice onesie. You don’t have to think about which pair of pants is your biggest so that you can fit a pair of sweatpants under it, or how many shirts you can fit under your coat. You just slip the onesie on and its perfectly acceptable for any themed party or even just a chill night with friends. Here are some of the best: For the festive person, For the patriotic person, For the animal lover
A Spotify subscription
Its the gift that keeps on giving..need I say more?
Chipotle gift card
Do I really need to justify this?
Wireless speakers
When everyone thinks their Spotify playlist is fire it’s tough keep track of the AUX cord. But thank goodness for those great engineers who invented a wonderful thing called Bluetooth. All you have to do is turn on your phone’s Bluetooth and the Bluetooth on the Bluetooth on the speakers and you are good to go. Want to switch phones? Just turn off your Bluetooth and the next person with an even more bomb playlist can take over. My recommendations: Bose SoundLink, Beats Pill (you can use Bluetooth or an aux cord), Jawbone Jambox (cheaper option)
HDMI cord
For the less tech savvy folks, this is the cord that hooks up your laptop to your TV. Everyone is always telling us how bad it is to look at small screens all day, help us out then by getting us an HDMI cord so we can start at a big TV screen for 10 hours straight rather than our tablet screen for 10 hours. No need to set up cable as long as you have an HDMI cord and some sort of streaming service on your laptop. It’s nearly dummy proof too, the cord has one end that only fits in a laptop and the other end only fits into the TV jack. Not even a baby could mess it up.
Merry Christmas, y’all! May the sales be ever in your favor, as you trek to the mall
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