It’s that time of year again. Pine trees are being cut down, cookies are being iced, snowball fights are being picked, and something about a yule log is happening. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has been a staple holiday carol since the 18^th century, but since times have changed and no one is giving “turtle doves” or “geese-a-laying” anymore, here are 12 gifts to get your significant other for the holidays.

1. You can never go wrong with food. Gift cards to Chick-fil-a or Chipotle are the perfect gift. If you really want to go above and beyond, bring Chick-fil-a or Chipotle to their door for them. And if your significant other doesn’t like Chick-Fil-A or Chipotle, they are not to be trusted.
2. Girls love jewelry. So all you guys out there, shell out a few extra bucks and get your girl something shiny. Girls loves shiny things.
3. Take them somewhere special. Maybe a nice scenic drive to some nature if that’s what they’re into. If not, try the city! We’re only a short ways from the Inner Harbor and there’s tons to do there. Places to avoid this time of year; Syria, Ferguson, Missouri, Antarctica, and North Korea to name a few.
4. Clothes are always great! But skip the socks this year and go for something a little more topical and edgy. Try a nice flannel, as our generation seems to be really into wearing clothes like we are in a grunge band, or cut down trees for a living. Guys, stay away from getting your girl any traditional colonial attire, as I have found out recently, that is not in right now.
5. If things are just getting started, and you don’t want to come off too strong, try something a little less formal. Maybe a nice poem about your growing infatuation. Or if you don’t have a way with words, try a photo collage. Preferably one of pictures she didn’t know you were taking. That seems to be a thing. Very candid. Very hip.
6. People our age love getting books. Books are great for holiday break! No homework gives us time to read by a fire. There are a lot of great self-help books out right now that are great for boyfriend or girlfriend.
7. Girls love all things from Bath and Body Works. That is simply a fact. It is totally worth it to buy your significant other overpriced soap. Not that they smell bad… I wouldn’t know that…
8. Swans-a-swimming. Preferably seven of them.
9. Coupons.
10. My new mix-tape. Seriously guys, it’s really good. Please check it out.
11. A box of honey bees. They’re a very lucrative investment. With the environment in shambles and the population of bees rapidly declining, they might be a little pricy. But it’ll be worth it when your special someone opens up that box and meets all 25,000 of her new pets!
12. You get them a Best Buy gift card. Once they go to spend their fresh, new gift card, your significant other meets a man named Derrick who works at Best Buy. Derrick then instructs your significant other to buy this exact copy of “The Goonies” because taped over this copy of “The Goonies” you have planted in this Best Buy is an instructional video on where they can find your gift. Your significant other then watches “The Goonies”, because they would be inspired by a young Josh Brolin, as they are about to embark on a treasure hunt of their own to find their gift. Make the treasure hunt sweet, endearing and personal. Share some of your favorite memories or locations; like the DMV, or that one time you followed them to Starbucks and watched them order a double shot espresso mocha vanilla bean latte as you watched inconspicuously from Barnes and Noble behind the latest issue of the New York Times. Finally, when they have solved your riddles, and your puzzles, and the treasure map, await for them at the final destination with a copy of Taylor Swift’s new album “1989” because that album is dope. T-Swift is straight fire.

From us here at the Bellarion, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Kwanza, New Years, etc. Whatever you celebrate over the holidays, have a happy one