Christmas Gifts for Husband

Being a husband to a long suffering wife for over 25 years, I feel I'm somewhat qualified to give my views on the sticky annual topic that goes into the 'Christmas Gift For Husband' category!

I will break down what we husbands really want into 5 main areas, We're not selfish (much), but we do like a little thought put into our Christmas gifts!

We may say "It's just what I wanted" when excitedly ripping open the Christmas wrapping, but invariably, we're disappointed and utter that simple phrase just not to upset the wife on Christmas day!

Yes, you may say...a typical man! And you're right, but why give us things that we don't really want or need? I mean, we can buy socks everyday of the week, if we want chocolate we can nip down the road and buy plenty at any hour of the day...and it's isn't usually adorned in cheery festive wrapping either.

Car cleaning gear, no, seriously! Anything that reminds us we have to buff the car or clean the darned thing is just a kick in the teeth!

And do we really want a sweater? Who wears sweaters these days?

So, I'm going to be really selfish here and let all you wives who are banging there heads against the wall wondering what to get your husband for Christmas, or if you've already bought any one of the above (there's time to change it...really!) I am here to make your choice easier when looking for Christmas Gifts for your Husband.

If you love us...you will take heed! ;)

Let's begin with my top 5:

The Geeky Husband:

Young, old or middling, you can never, ever go wrong by buying your geek of a husband a surprise Christmas gift of a Gadget!

This brings out the child in us, we love to have odd gadgets to mess around with. If the gadget is useful too...all the better! Take the Spy Camera Pen.

This not only fascinates us, it brings out the undercover sneak in us also.

We can catch people doing things they shouldn't, or enables us to embarrass our fellow workers or record actions and statements we can then hold people to ransom for...it's a one-up for us!

I can guarantee hours of fun for the geek in us and it will be a real Christmas gift surprise that will make sure the festive season is well worth the hassle of Christmas visitors, in-laws and noisy kids...we'll be too busy playing with our new toy!

Get The Spy Pen From Amazon.com

The Reader Husband:

There's nothing like a good read, but it has to have a real story behind it. We don't always like fiction books, we much prefer fact.

Tales of daring-do and seat of the pants stuff is what we like...and it has to be true. We don't like made up tales, our imagination just won't accept it!

Autobiographies and biographies are our favorite. Or accounts of great explorers and their journeys will always keep us glued to the pages. David Niven's book 'The Moons a Balloon' is almost guaranteed to keep us enthralled, or maybe Mungo Park's 'Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa' is something of a classic that every bookworm should read.

Find out your husbands hero, one he doesn't really talk about or have never mentioned. Then hunt down the biography, wrap it up and be prepared for a genuinely pleased reaction. He would never have known you thought so hard to by him such a well thought Christmas gift!

Get Mungo Park's Book at Amazon.com

The Sporty Husband:

We take a bit of gadget and a bit of style and come up with a really cool sports watch! We love to keep ourselves in trim and if we can keep tabs on where we've been and how long it took us...then we're in heaven!

Running, or even walking, is a great way to keep fit, add to that a Tom Tom powered sports watch and we'll be even more eager to get out there. 

I'm not saying you have to go out and buy the rather smart Nike sports watch to the left, but it does have to be a pretty good one!

We like to be bang-on with our distances and times and a watch that tells us lies is no good for us. This one is all truth!

Imagine the surprise on hubby's face when he opens this! I, for one, would be forever grateful and wouldn't put it down until I had at least been out on a run and read all the instructions (geek alert!).

I know this sounds very selfish, but don't buy a $10 sports watch, it won't keep proper time and we won't be very enthusiastic about hitting the roads. Make it a special one!

Get the Nike Sports Watch from Amazon.com

The Music Fan Husband:

Now, believe it or not, we husbands cannot, I repeat, cannot have enough headphones. They keep us sane...I'm serious! We often put them on to just get away for a while, we love music, but we also love our solitude. (Do I sound like a nightmare hubby here?)

One thing we do insist on though is good quality. We hate to hear tinny, thin sounds coming from the cheap range of thrown-together headphones that are ten a penny.

We love BIG! If we can have a set of headphones that cover our ears, it not only tells people we're listening to our tunes, but it also tells  people we can't hear them...and so, don't even think about getting our attention because we won't react. And we like that comfort zone! (Yes, lots of hubby's will deny all this, but it's true...we are soooo selfish!)

Some of the best headphones are from Bose, Sennheiser, Denon and anything that's over $100 and has 5 stars on Amazon are good to go, but there are bargains out there because not everyone can afford to throw a ton of money at mere headphones.

Try Amazon, go for a price range you're happy with, BUT...make sure the reviews are 4 or 5 star with at least 30 reviews. This is a good indication that the 'phones will please your husband!

The ones above are perfect for what I mean. Big, clear sound, lots of cord and quality built.

Get The JVC headphones from Amazon.com

The Do It Yourself Husband:

If, like me, your husband is not the best 'do-it-yourself' expert around the house, then a must for someone like me is to have a Multi-Tool. 

These contraptions can do almost anything and can just slip into any sized side drawer for easy access.

We like to think we can fix anything around the house, but to be truthful, a lot of us blag our way around, botching jobs that really needed a Pro to take a look.

Even the most expert of builders and repairers crave for one of these Multi Tools, so you can imagine what a cautious DIY'er will make of them. The best I've found is the Leatherman seen here. It has so many little tools on it that you could spend half the day working out what some of them are really for!

But that's half the fun, and with the Leatherman series you can be sure your husband will give you a nod of approval for picking the right one and not some stuck-together cheap offering that will break as soon as you open it!

Get the Real Leatherman from Amazon.com

Conclusion:

I, and many of my hubby friends, would be over the moon with any of these Christmas Gifts for Husband ideas and although I've hinted many times to my wife about these sort of things, I still end up with socks, chocolate and sweaters!

Please, if you take anything away from this webpage, understand that beneath our hard exterior and caring ways, we really are a selfish, egotistical, lazy and childish race, but we take the acceptance of bad gifts on the chin and smile to utter the phrase 'Just what I Always Wanted', when underneath we really wanted that Sport Watch!

No doubt you feel the same way about what your husband buys you for Christmas. Show him this page and vow to each other that you will get each other something you really want for Christmas....or forever hold your peace!

And just to get you really in the mood for Christmas...