The Art of Thoughtful Gift-Giving: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Holiday Shopping

As I sat down to plan my holiday shopping, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. I wanted to make sure that every gift I picked out was thoughtful and well-researched, taking into account the unique interests and needs of each recipient.

First up on my list was Anthony, a friend who has been struggling with tech-related gifts. "I'm getting something for Anthony," I said, "oh all right all right anyway yeah yeah get out my arm that moves hop think it's popped away from em I wanna hear some tech I can't cop out now and get the watch because we just found that I got the watch so mmm headphones." It was clear that Anthony is a fan of technology, and I wanted to make sure he loved his gift. After doing some research, I settled on a pair of sleek and stylish headphones that I knew he would appreciate.

Next up was Ares' dad, a man who has been wanting to connect with his roots. "I feel like I've gotten him just about all the smart home stuff that he could use it so far," I said, "so yeah." However, after some thought, I realized that there's one more thing he might appreciate: a 23andme DNA test kit. This gift would allow him to learn more about his family history and connect with his Jamaican and Chinese heritage in a meaningful way.

My sister-in-law, Ana, was another recipient on my list. "I already know this is gonna be super easy for me," I said with a smile. It turns out that Ana loves coffee, and she's always been particular about how it's made. After some research, I came across a temperature-controlled travel mug that would allow her to enjoy her coffee exactly as she likes it, whether she's on the go or at home. The amber-colored mug was a perfect fit for her style, and I knew she would love it.

Finally, there were two more family members who received gifts: Ana's niece Kat, and my sister-in-law herself. For Kat, I got a tablet case that was designed with safety in mind - the little girl has autism and is sensitive to loud noises. The case was perfect for protecting her ears while still allowing her to enjoy her favorite hobbies, like watching trains on her mom's tablet. And for my sister-in-law, I picked out a beautiful set of Minnie Mouse headphones that she would love. "She'd really like these," I said with a grin.

As I sat down to plan my holiday shopping, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the tools at my disposal - or rather, my partner in crime who helped me plan the perfect gifts. We delegated what one day shipping and next day same-day delivery meant, and we even discussed how to get more votes on our gifts. "I still like vote for me vote for maybe to get have the most thoughtful gifts," I said with a laugh.

In the end, it was clear that my holiday shopping strategy was all about finding the perfect gift for each recipient. From tech gadgets to unique accessories, every item was chosen with care and consideration. And as I sat down to finish up my shopping list, I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction knowing that I had found gifts that would bring joy and happiness to those around me.

If you're looking for inspiration on your holiday shopping, be sure to check out Best Buy's gift center - it's packed with all sorts of unique and thoughtful gifts. And who knows, maybe next year we'll even make it a competition to see who can come up with the most creative and well-researched gift list.

In the meantime, stay tuned for more holiday content from our channel - we've got plenty more gifts, gadgets, and tech talk on the horizon.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video is sponsored by Best Buy what's going on guys it's your average consumer and we got Ari back today we are at of course Best Buy you guys know that we always come here whenever we need to do some shopping we're gonna actually be doing some early holiday shopping yes we're usually big slackers when it comes to this so bad yeah we're like a month early we got quite a few people to get some gifts for and we'll pretty much tell you guys how we pick out our tech so as of right now we kind of know who we're picking out our gifts for but to switch it up and make things interesting we're gonna have Ari pick some my family members gifts and I'll pick her family members my family what do you you see even though it's not a challenge to starting already now obviously we're invest buy where there's a ton of tech to choose from but we're picking four Ari's dad and honestly Harry's dad loves tech but he's not so easy because the man has a lot of tech already he's gotten a lot of cool tech gifts over the years so it's kind of hard to pick for him so I'm gonna try and go for something maybe that will mean some things so Michael for today it's just to get everyone on our list that way I'm like in and out just get everyone and not have to shop at all for the rest of the holiday season and the first person on my list is my father-in-law shoutout to him he just retired some thing some noise cancelling headphones because the same time he retired my niece also started staying there and she's a bit noisy so I think he'll enjoy his retirement more he has some noise cancelling headphones I don't know if he's looking for a new camera that might be something to take a look at his dad loves his camera he could maybe use a new tripod fun fact Irie broke his tripod a couple of Christmases ago so maybe maybe I get him one of these guys he wouldn't use that often enough I would say I should be getting him the tripod anyway she broke it I need a GoPro you see how I'm telling you her dad is a bit tough there are so many options and judges covered probably like all of them in this story I know he's really been loving these guys right here the bow 700 these fancy new ones so these are super comfortable and I mentioned that a lot he loves Bose headphones for that honestly he wants you just zone out and act like he's on vacation somewhere while he's in the house he definitely that okay so obviously it's a locked up behind here so I'll have to get some help gotta find a blue shirt alright got someone to help that was easy all right so we have father-in-law checked off now I have to get my sister-in-law and she was very specific about what she wanted so this will be really easy we're gonna go for a tablet because her last one got broken can't ignore that big Samsung sign so let's take a look at this area over here alright so they have this big display for the tack on this and I feel like that would be good let's take a look at the prices of it okay so we're putting Aries dad on pause so I'm thinking I'm gonna get something from her cousin Tracy that guy loves music so I'm thinking some earbuds some headphones maybe let's see what we can get him let's see here we go all right we got Sony got beats that Bose we got lots to choose from oh they got the power booster Pro Oh could you imagine he would go nuts if he got the power beats pro I personally really like the parvis pros I think that might be that might be the move right there re quick question you think Traci would like earbuds should I even be asking you for help like this we'll go with the power beats pro fast that was easy now Ares died making things hard man alright if that is secured as well I honestly wish you were timing this we normally time these challenges that we didn't and if we did I'd be like so far ahead yet you know what let's move on to Ares nephew Ares and nephew he's young he's about what seven years old nine years old I'm really wrong here don't judge me he likes gaming he likes playing on his iPad so the guy likes tech you know but we're gonna get him something that I think he would like okay so a nice person on my list is my dear niece she is an awesome seven-year-old I'm not gonna buy her something from these Isles but what's nice is that Best Buy has like stuff for all ages so I know there's a K section and I'm gonna have fun going into the few sections so we're gonna go there and find some good tech for a seven-year-old okay so someone his age which is to be determined still will probably like something in this section right we could strike a nice balance you know we get something that's like tech ish you know you don't want to spend too much money on on the youngins in case they break it but you get them introduced to some cool tech huh yeah I'm getting something for Anthony oh all right all right anyway yeah yeah get out my arm that moves hop think it's popped away from em I wanna hear some tech I can't cop out now and get the watch because we just found that I got the watch so mmm headphones so I see a lot that she'd really like misma wanna hear but yeah I think these would be really good maybe she loves Minnie Mouse so a little bit about Katerina she again awesome seven-year-old who is obsessed with watching trains and her mom's tablet and she also has autism so she's really sensitive to loud noise so I like about these is you can use them as headphones but they also primarily used for to protect little ears from loud noises so I think she would love wearing these around the house and just like feel comfortable but if she wants to plug into the tablet that we just got her mom actually can do that too using those headphones so I think this is a perfect for her some Minnie Mouse headphones I think I'm done guys just like that that was super easy give me that like nagging feeling that you forgot someone I kind of have that feeling right now but I think we should be pretty good and if anything I can just or online or something Best Buy actually has next day free delivery and sometimes same-day delivery on a ton of items so if I forget someone's on big deal let me finally tackle Ares dad not for him I like getting him smart-home stuff and that's in this section but I feel like I've gotten him just about all the smart home stuff that he could use it so far smart home stuff I think we're gonna try no I've been I've been struggling with your pops man my dad yeah he has like everything I don't think your dad's having a baby so I mean it adds next I read that is half Jamaican half Chinese and he's been wanting to go to China to kind of connect with that side I don't know I'm doing at 23andme it could be the thoughtful gift that like you know brings a tear to his eye get pops connected with the roots why not oh there we go hey see all I needed was my thought partner man I was just lying I'm trying to get brownie points we got Ares dad we got her nephew let's get boules yeah I don't know abou a but that's my sister-in-law let's get her something I already know this is gonna be super easy for me so Ana's not a huge techie but I know she's into coffee and you know I can get like a coffee maker of some sort there's like cure eggs over here but she likes to make her coffee a certain way I think this would actually be pretty cool for her the amber temperature-controlled travel mug this could be really nice for her because listen I'm an auto runs late to work quite a bit so instead of having to wait for you know her coffee to cool down or whatever if you can go ahead keep it warm take it with her on the go no I just realize these family members are pretty much getting spoilers to what their gifts are gonna be this year it's a good video though all right so you pretty much saw the stuff that I picked out you like that Anthony's gonna like that I mean Ana's gonna like this you got what did you get the tabs s6 yeah I mean your sister said she wanted tablets so I got her sub s it's like a new tablets case yes I so the case we did and start pick up four so insert b-roll so your dad already has Bose headphones but like he's such a headphone guy like you that I said let's get him like the new ones like this dad you owe me man this ain't cheap and then firm is Kat yeah some of yours how awesome she is but she like you know she a sensitive to noises yeah okay oh this is really thoughtful thank you all right so I guess buy it next I felt like even if we like forgot someone we're kind of good because yeah they delegate what one day shipping yeah and next day same day - so same day yeah really and if you guys want to get started on your holiday shopping definitely check the link down below and in just for Best Buy's gift center so that you can find something for anyone on your list all right so we pretty much got our tech discovered I feel so weird that we're not competing for four votes I still like vote for me vote for maybe to get have the most thoughtful gifts vote for her because she apparently needs it we'll catch you guys in the next video hopefully you enjoyed it if you want to see more holiday stuff we're going to be covering lots of stuff so stay tuned for that and we'll catch you guys in the next one so then it's your average consumer pacethis video is sponsored by Best Buy what's going on guys it's your average consumer and we got Ari back today we are at of course Best Buy you guys know that we always come here whenever we need to do some shopping we're gonna actually be doing some early holiday shopping yes we're usually big slackers when it comes to this so bad yeah we're like a month early we got quite a few people to get some gifts for and we'll pretty much tell you guys how we pick out our tech so as of right now we kind of know who we're picking out our gifts for but to switch it up and make things interesting we're gonna have Ari pick some my family members gifts and I'll pick her family members my family what do you you see even though it's not a challenge to starting already now obviously we're invest buy where there's a ton of tech to choose from but we're picking four Ari's dad and honestly Harry's dad loves tech but he's not so easy because the man has a lot of tech already he's gotten a lot of cool tech gifts over the years so it's kind of hard to pick for him so I'm gonna try and go for something maybe that will mean some things so Michael for today it's just to get everyone on our list that way I'm like in and out just get everyone and not have to shop at all for the rest of the holiday season and the first person on my list is my father-in-law shoutout to him he just retired some thing some noise cancelling headphones because the same time he retired my niece also started staying there and she's a bit noisy so I think he'll enjoy his retirement more he has some noise cancelling headphones I don't know if he's looking for a new camera that might be something to take a look at his dad loves his camera he could maybe use a new tripod fun fact Irie broke his tripod a couple of Christmases ago so maybe maybe I get him one of these guys he wouldn't use that often enough I would say I should be getting him the tripod anyway she broke it I need a GoPro you see how I'm telling you her dad is a bit tough there are so many options and judges covered probably like all of them in this story I know he's really been loving these guys right here the bow 700 these fancy new ones so these are super comfortable and I mentioned that a lot he loves Bose headphones for that honestly he wants you just zone out and act like he's on vacation somewhere while he's in the house he definitely that okay so obviously it's a locked up behind here so I'll have to get some help gotta find a blue shirt alright got someone to help that was easy all right so we have father-in-law checked off now I have to get my sister-in-law and she was very specific about what she wanted so this will be really easy we're gonna go for a tablet because her last one got broken can't ignore that big Samsung sign so let's take a look at this area over here alright so they have this big display for the tack on this and I feel like that would be good let's take a look at the prices of it okay so we're putting Aries dad on pause so I'm thinking I'm gonna get something from her cousin Tracy that guy loves music so I'm thinking some earbuds some headphones maybe let's see what we can get him let's see here we go all right we got Sony got beats that Bose we got lots to choose from oh they got the power booster Pro Oh could you imagine he would go nuts if he got the power beats pro I personally really like the parvis pros I think that might be that might be the move right there re quick question you think Traci would like earbuds should I even be asking you for help like this we'll go with the power beats pro fast that was easy now Ares died making things hard man alright if that is secured as well I honestly wish you were timing this we normally time these challenges that we didn't and if we did I'd be like so far ahead yet you know what let's move on to Ares nephew Ares and nephew he's young he's about what seven years old nine years old I'm really wrong here don't judge me he likes gaming he likes playing on his iPad so the guy likes tech you know but we're gonna get him something that I think he would like okay so a nice person on my list is my dear niece she is an awesome seven-year-old I'm not gonna buy her something from these Isles but what's nice is that Best Buy has like stuff for all ages so I know there's a K section and I'm gonna have fun going into the few sections so we're gonna go there and find some good tech for a seven-year-old okay so someone his age which is to be determined still will probably like something in this section right we could strike a nice balance you know we get something that's like tech ish you know you don't want to spend too much money on on the youngins in case they break it but you get them introduced to some cool tech huh yeah I'm getting something for Anthony oh all right all right anyway yeah yeah get out my arm that moves hop think it's popped away from em I wanna hear some tech I can't cop out now and get the watch because we just found that I got the watch so mmm headphones so I see a lot that she'd really like misma wanna hear but yeah I think these would be really good maybe she loves Minnie Mouse so a little bit about Katerina she again awesome seven-year-old who is obsessed with watching trains and her mom's tablet and she also has autism so she's really sensitive to loud noise so I like about these is you can use them as headphones but they also primarily used for to protect little ears from loud noises so I think she would love wearing these around the house and just like feel comfortable but if she wants to plug into the tablet that we just got her mom actually can do that too using those headphones so I think this is a perfect for her some Minnie Mouse headphones I think I'm done guys just like that that was super easy give me that like nagging feeling that you forgot someone I kind of have that feeling right now but I think we should be pretty good and if anything I can just or online or something Best Buy actually has next day free delivery and sometimes same-day delivery on a ton of items so if I forget someone's on big deal let me finally tackle Ares dad not for him I like getting him smart-home stuff and that's in this section but I feel like I've gotten him just about all the smart home stuff that he could use it so far smart home stuff I think we're gonna try no I've been I've been struggling with your pops man my dad yeah he has like everything I don't think your dad's having a baby so I mean it adds next I read that is half Jamaican half Chinese and he's been wanting to go to China to kind of connect with that side I don't know I'm doing at 23andme it could be the thoughtful gift that like you know brings a tear to his eye get pops connected with the roots why not oh there we go hey see all I needed was my thought partner man I was just lying I'm trying to get brownie points we got Ares dad we got her nephew let's get boules yeah I don't know abou a but that's my sister-in-law let's get her something I already know this is gonna be super easy for me so Ana's not a huge techie but I know she's into coffee and you know I can get like a coffee maker of some sort there's like cure eggs over here but she likes to make her coffee a certain way I think this would actually be pretty cool for her the amber temperature-controlled travel mug this could be really nice for her because listen I'm an auto runs late to work quite a bit so instead of having to wait for you know her coffee to cool down or whatever if you can go ahead keep it warm take it with her on the go no I just realize these family members are pretty much getting spoilers to what their gifts are gonna be this year it's a good video though all right so you pretty much saw the stuff that I picked out you like that Anthony's gonna like that I mean Ana's gonna like this you got what did you get the tabs s6 yeah I mean your sister said she wanted tablets so I got her sub s it's like a new tablets case yes I so the case we did and start pick up four so insert b-roll so your dad already has Bose headphones but like he's such a headphone guy like you that I said let's get him like the new ones like this dad you owe me man this ain't cheap and then firm is Kat yeah some of yours how awesome she is but she like you know she a sensitive to noises yeah okay oh this is really thoughtful thank you all right so I guess buy it next I felt like even if we like forgot someone we're kind of good because yeah they delegate what one day shipping yeah and next day same day - so same day yeah really and if you guys want to get started on your holiday shopping definitely check the link down below and in just for Best Buy's gift center so that you can find something for anyone on your list all right so we pretty much got our tech discovered I feel so weird that we're not competing for four votes I still like vote for me vote for maybe to get have the most thoughtful gifts vote for her because she apparently needs it we'll catch you guys in the next video hopefully you enjoyed it if you want to see more holiday stuff we're going to be covering lots of stuff so stay tuned for that and we'll catch you guys in the next one so then it's your average consumer pace\n"