She Said. He Said. Santa Says He's On the Naughty List Anyways!

Female Perspective:

Ladies it’s that time of year again….Christmas shopping for your man. As we know, men are difficult to read and even more difficult in telling us what they want. We may get the right gift or we might get the wrong gift but we all know that it is the struggle. Now consulting the gift gods, I have come to realization that to get the PERFEC T gift, you must decipher what kind of man you have. There are multiple types of men, but the main ones are the technology lover, the music lover, the pop culture lover, and of course we cannot forget about the sports lover.

With our tech lover what better than what he can use every day? Any man who enjoys backing up his information to flash drives will love the Ravage Transformer Flash Drive that 8GB of storage and unique design of the transformer Ravage from the movie Transformers. It is well known that almost everyone has a tablet the perfect gift is the foosball game table for iPad that will let him and others play the fun game. The ultimate gift for your techie is the Beats wireless speaker where he can have his music wherever he wants without any cords.  Now the mother lode of gifts for your man is the latest phone whether he is team Apple or Android he will love a fancy new phone to bring in the New Year.

Now, if your man is a music lover than he is going to love anything that will make him enjoy his music better than ever. Now he doesn’t not want an iTunes card, he wants to be surprised. And what will surprise him more than concert tickets to his favorite artists show? Nothing.  Another option if your man play the guitar is the guitar pick punch that makes more picks when needed from old cards. Also, you can get him that gift that keeps giving all year round with a paid subscription to Spotify, unlimited streaming music to all his devices.

For your pop culture man, who loves anything involving his favorite movies, magazines and TV shows. For this kind of man you can get him special editions of his favorite movies like The Hobbit or Fast and Furious 6, both recently released. Or you can get him subscriptions to his favorite magazines for the next year so he won’t have one gift all year but more. Another idea is to get him a subscription to Netflix so he watches whatever and whatever he wants. Another gift he would love would be entire seasons and collections of his TV shows that are now on DVD.

Now for the sports lover, the most common type of man is the widest range of gifts you can buy for him. You can get him the sports package for his television provider, allowing him to have more sports available at his fingertips. You can get him 2k2014 for basketball or football because it will have his favorite players to play as in games. You can also buy him a new jersey for his team. But the gift to put the cherry on top would be tickets to the super bowl whether his team goes or not but what’s better than the super bowl? Nothing.

With these gift ideas, you will make his Christmas one to remember with any of the gift choices.  Make Christmas 2013 the best for your man and the best for you knowing you succeeded in gift choices.

By Jordan Bryant REEL Spicey

Male Perspective:

      If you’ve ever had trouble thinking of gift ideas for your man, Drake provided the best advice for you that I could think of; “Don’t think about it too much…” men are not hard to shop for. If this is a task that you find difficult, then you’re more than likely putting too much thought into it; so please, ladies, allow me to help you out.

   ELECTRONICS! You can never, ever go wrong getting your man an electronic gift. Men love gadgets! Anything from TVs and video games to handheld devices. Always remember that the newer the gadget, the better. When it comes to electronics, men love to keep up with the Joneses.  If you buy your man something that just recently released versus something that’s a few years old, then you’re already winning. All of that being said, don’t let Wal-Mart be your first option. Wal-Mart is great, but try to start somewhere that specializes in electronics, like Best Buy. If you find a gift there that you think is a keeper THEN you can go to Wal-Mart or Amazon to try to find it at a better place.

   There aren’t too many dudes out there who don’t watch sports, and ladies, if your man is a sports lover then it is very important that you take note of his favorite teams! You can almost never go wrong with a sports-related gift, whether it is tickets, apparel, or any other form of sporting memorabilia. Don’t go out and get your man an expensive, brand-name shirt, because there’s always a chance that he may not like it. For example your man may like Hugo Boss, but that doesn’t mean that he would wear everything in the Hugo Boss store. When it comes to stuff like that, it’s best to let him pick his own items. I know that women love to shop for clothes, but men don’t want to dress up like women do. 

    Even though you’re shopping for a man, women still shop with womanly instincts, so if you’re going to buy clothes, make sure they’re clothes with the logo of your man’s favorite team! Buy him a jersey, a hoodie, a sweat suit, a hat, a sweater or even gloves as long as it has his favorite team on it. If you do this, it is almost guaranteed that he will wear it while watching that team play or after they win, and because you gave it to him, he will think of you when he puts it on.

     While we’re on the subject of clothing…do not buy your man a tie, or any article of dressy clothing for that matter. Men take pride in dressing up professionally, and when you buy your man dress clothes then it’s almost as if you’re trying to pick out his clothes for him...that only flies in marriage. If you aren’t married to him, stay away from ties, suits, blazers, vests, sweaters, etc.  Once you do marry him, then you can go to Jos. A Bank and buy out the store, but if you’re just dating each other then stay away from professional and casual retailers. While I’m at it, stay away from socks and underwear…please.

     Lastly ladies, I leave you with this: most men take great pride in their cars, so if you can, get your man something automobile related. Showing him that you care just as much about his car as he does is a guaranteed way to win him over.

Happy Holidays, and happy shopping!

By AAron Doggett The REEL OG