For many, this can be a stressful time of year. Holiday hosting, activities, and gift buying can put many of us into a tailspin (not to mention the poor house). Some of us stress about buying the “perfect” gift, while others worry about affording something that will seem special to the recipient. And of course these days, there’s the added stress of worrying about being lured into a scam if you buy something online (which millions of us do). For some tips about how to avoid the “holiday hustle,” put down your credit card and read here. 

With the idea that even small gifts can be meaningful and that in this day and age, many if not most of us don’t need “material goods” but do need a bit of pampering and self-care, here are a few lists you may want to peruse: Prevention magazine has a gift list for the “wellness-inclined woman” and The Washington Post put together a guide of gifts to help you live well. Maria Shriver curated a list of items to help in your search for a meaningful life, and of course, what list would be complete without Oprah’s favorite things for 2024?

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Our wonderful agebuzz bloggers, along with featured interviewees, also have a number of books and services that we highly recommend as meaningful gifts, that can provide support and wisdom as you and your loved one go through your later years. So consider the following: 

• Provence Reflections by writer and artist Dave Donelson; 

• Hope of the Crow: Tales of Occupying Aging by Katherine Schneider; 

• The All Home Care Matters Official Family Caregivers’ Guide by Lance A. Slatton; 

• Zoom Yoga Classes from Louise Applebome; 

• Grand Plans: How to Mitigate Geri-Drama in 20 Easy Steps (Grand Plans Books) by Susanna Barton;

• Moving Forward on Your Own: A Financial Guidebook for Widows by Kathleen Rehl; 

• Older, Wiser, Shorter by poet Jane Seskin; 

• The Brain Health Kitchen: Preventing Alzheimer’s Through Food by Dr. Annie Fenn; 

• The Wisdom Whisperers: Golden Guides to a Long Life of Grit, Grace, and Laughter by Melinda Blau;  

• A subscription to the platform Medium to read the essays on Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age, founded by the newest agebuzz blogger Nancy Peckenham.

And finally, without charge to you or the recipient, you can always invite a friend or loved one to sign up for agebuzz, a good value for you and them!