With Christmas fast approaching, the vast majority of us are more than likely gearing up to embark on our annual holiday shopping adventures; braving overcrowded malls and racking our brains in an effort to come up with the perfect Christmas gift ideas for each member of our family and friendship circles. We may have managed to find a dorky novelty mug we’re willing to exchange in the work Secret Santa and stumbled across a pair of obnoxiously colorful socks that’d be perfect for Uncle Dave, but in the way of serious gift buying, it’s easy to become a little stumped —especially when one is faced with the daunting task of shopping for a bookworm who already appears to own three quarters of the State Library’s literary catalogue!
Whilst, at first glance, this may seem like the perfect predicament to send you into a state of festive despair, there are a few bookish Christmas gift ideas I’ve discovered over the years that might just save your turkey (ha, get it? Turkey…instead of bacon. See what I did there? No? okay, carry on) and impress that special bookworm in your life. Spoiler alert: as ludicrous as this may sound, not a single one of the gift suggestions I’m about to mention encourages the buying of an actual book. If that’s what you’re after, I’m afraid I’m about to severely disappoint you.
See, in my opinion, book buying for a bookworm is MUCH too difficult. How on earth are you supposed to know what they have and haven’t read? I suppose you could ask, but that’ll only ruin the surprise. And heaven forbid someone else buy them a copy of the same book you picked out—I mean, talk about stealing the thunder! As such, we shall instead resort to doing what is always easiest when facing any sort of problem in life and endeavor to go to whatever extent is necessary to simply avoid it! Sound good? Alright! Well then, without further ado, allow me to introduce you to the highly anticipated non-book bookish list of bookworm gift ideas (have I done your head in yet?).