Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Shopping for Gifts?

December already!  The Thanksgiving leftovers are gone.  The media buzz continues to get louder and louder about holiday shopping bonanzas.  Anxiety and weariness are beginning to overtake many people's holiday spirit as end-of-month, end-of-quarter, and end-of-year deadlines loom at work.

Please remember that you can find last-minute gifts at Homer Village Market.  And you don't have to wait until the last minute.  Stop by and have a look around.  You will not find a crowd, and you will not hear a lot of clanging carts.  You will not even hear Christmas music.  If you can tolerate the buzzing of the coolers and the confines of this small store, the rest of your shopping trip will be a breeze.

Here are some ideas for small gifts and stocking stuffers:
  • Beef Jerky
  • Local Maple Syrup
  • Dark Chocolate Covered Raisins
  • Premium 72% Dark Chocolate Bars
  • Anthony Thomas Candy:  Chocolate-covered Pretzel Roads, Pecan Dainties, Buckeyes
  • Hand-Made Crocheted Dish Rags
  • Hand-Made Crocheted Baby Shawls
  • Hot Wheels Cars
  • Small Stuffed Animals
  • Fragrant and Colorful Candles in Jar - 28 oz. burns 120-140 hours - 2 wicks - made in Ohio
  • Locally made Pickles and Mustards and Jams
  • Ohio gourmet pasta (including no-boil lasagna)
  • Wisconsin and Ohio Cheeses and Gourmet Crackers
  • Summer Sausage
  • Smoke Alarm
  • Burt's Bees Lip Balm
  • Board Games and Puzzles
  • Incense
  • Knit Caps
  • Hand Tools
  • Gift Certificates
As I was growing up, one of the strangest gifts I can remember that my Dad would get each year from his mother-in-law (my grandma) was a frozen rabbit ready to cook.  Maybe around this part of Ohio that would not be considered such a strange gift, but this was in a suburb of Cleveland!  We didn't know anyone who hunted, but apparently my grandma did.  She lived further from the city.

We don't have anything like rabbit in our freezer here at Homer Village Market, but if you are looking for local lamb, wild-caught Louisiana alligator white meat, yellow-fin tuna, salmon filets, or frogs legs, we can hook you up!

Enjoy the holiday season, and I hope to see you here at the store shopping for some specialty foods for entertaining or for gifts!
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