Many families in the Philippines celebrate the holiday season together in warm and festive gatherings. Young ones excitedly anticipate receiving presents from their relatives, and aguinaldo money particularly from their godparents.

Here’s a list of useful gifts your children can buy online, making fun and responsible use of their Christmas cash.

School Supplies

Show off your sense of stationery style

Students spend hours each day scribbling down class notes (or doodling) in their notebooks, and it’s important that they choose ones that are easy on the eyes and comfortable to write in.

For example, Jacinto & Lirio products are all produced locally, designed with a native tropical flourish, while international brand Kraft makes straightforward and sturdy notebooks ideal for minimalists.

Photo courtesy of Jacinto & Lirio via Takatack

Jacinto & Lirio Pacem (Medium)
P658 from Takatack

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Kraft Paper Cover Notebook
P460 from Lazada

Get a file organizer especially for students who prefer taking notes on sheets of paper. Amazon has a great portable option here: the AmazonBasics Expanding File case, letter size, in an understated black.

It’s small enough to fit into large backpacks, and holds over 900 pages at maximum throughout its 13 compartments.

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AmazonBasics Expanding File
USD4.27 (1 pack) from Amazon

Hobbies for the Home

Play as hard as you work

Take your mind off your day-to-day routine and invest in a hobby. It can keep you focused when you actually do have to work or study, and offer some much needed stress relief!

The Arduino Starter Kit promises to teach young makers how to build simple machines with some computer parts and programming—think of it as a more physically interactive introduction to coding.

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Arduino Starter Kit
P1699 from Lazada

Fans of The Last Jedi will love putting together the Revell SnapTite Resistance X-wingmodel. Start your collection of these spaceships from the Star Wars galaxy, because there are tons of cool ones to get.

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Revell SnapTite X-Wing Fighter
USD14.37 from Amazon

Start a quirky collection of board games with a new set of Codenames which challenges your abilities in word association and connecting intellectually with your teammates. It’s an easy game to teach at parties, but it can get competitive fast!

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Codenames

P932 from Lazada

Did you know that you can now give aguinaldo to family and friends through Maya in Messenger? It’s a Christmas tradition gone digital! Read all about it here.