If you're looking for unique Christmas gifts this year, you won't have to look far. These Louisville Christmas gifts will allow you to share your love of the city with the people on your list. It's hard to buy for someone you don't know that well -- I've received enough scented body washes and candles for a lifetime -- so hopefully these gift ideas will help you choose a creative present for those hard-to-buy-for people on your list this Christmas.
If someone you're buying for this year lives or spends a lot of time in
the Highlands,
St. Matthews, or Downtown Louisville, you may want to consider buying them a 2010 Louisville VIP Membership Card. The Louisville VIP Membership Cards are available for these three popular Louisville neighborhoods. Recipients of Louisville VIP Cards receive discounts and special deals at more than 100 businesses in each neighborhood. Best of all, they're only $25 each, and they're the perfect gift for that special someone that is impossible to buy for.
If you've ever browsed the gift card stand at Kroger and wondered if your mom/brother/friend/coworker liked to eat at whatever restaurant a gift card was available for, then a Louisville Originals gift card is the perfect solution to your do they/don't they dilemma. A Louisville Originals gift card allows its possessor to eat at any one of more than fifty locally-owned restaurants. The restaurants offer a variety of different types of food and are scattered throughout town, so there's certain to be something your gift recipient would be interested in eating. Buying a Louisville Originals gift card guarantees its recipient will find some fantastic food, and it allows you to support locally-owned businesses. It's a win-win solution.
Blown Glass Ornaments
Many people love handmade gifts more than store-bought ones, especially mothers, so you may want to consider making your mother a glass ornament at either
Glassworks or
Flame Run as her Christmas gift this year. Both galleries are featuring ornament-blowing workshops throughout December where you can go and blow a glass ornament for only $40. This is a great gift because it is both handmade and local and it has staying power – the person who received it will remember you every year when they hang that ornament on their Christmas tree.
