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Compiled by Win Salyards<\/a>, Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ah, the holidays\u2013full of joy, family, friends, and the stress of getting them the right gift. Even when you\u2019re on the receiving end, it can be challenging to answer the question, \u201cwhat do you want?\u201d Sometimes, someone gets you a gift you never knew you wanted or needed. Here are four stories of precisely that from colleagues at Heinz Marketing. Hopefully, they will give you some inspiration or bring holiday cheer!<\/p>\n

A Gift of Healthy Smoothies<\/h3>\n

From: Payal Parikh<\/em>
My favorite unexpected gift I received a few years ago was from my brother. It wasn\u2019t a holiday gift but a \u2018just because\u2019 one. He gave me Vitamix to make healthy veggie smoothies for my kids. I have been using it every day since then.<\/p>\n

A Gift Given with Warmth<\/h3>\n

From: Sheena McKinney<\/em>
My favorite unexpected gift came from my husband Christmas 2019.
He is not a shopper and not one to shop ahead.
In fact, he\u2019s not a gifts-person in general.
He seemed extra excited and secretive about my present\u2014also not like him.
Despite all of this and the fact that my gift was on my Amazon wish list, it was still a complete surprise that he bought me a portable infrared sauna.
It was a higher price point than he usually spends (another reason it was an unexpected gift).
The significance of the gift was also a considerable investment in my health.
I had just finished 10 months of intense cancer treatment (chemo & radiation), and the sauna was (and is) an excellent tool for healing.
I love my sauna, and it\u2019s all the more meaningful to have received it with love.<\/p>\n

A Gift for Warmth<\/h3>\n

From: Maria Geokezas<\/em>
Two Christmases ago, my husband bought me a very puffy winter coat. I was surprised in two different ways. First of all, this coat is enormous \u2013 about the size of a human \u2013 and I couldn\u2019t imagine where he hid it. Do we have a place in our house where you can hide bodies? Second, I never once hinted that I needed another winter coat. I had a puffy black winter coat. I\u2019ve had it for a while, and it still works. It wasn\u2019t until I tried on the new super puffy jacket and walked outside into a snowy winter wonderland that I knew it wasn\u2019t going back to Nordstrom. It was so soft, fit like a glove, and kept me toasty warm. I wear this super puffy coat almost every day from November to March. Best gift I never knew I needed.<\/p>\n

A Gift Ten-Years On<\/h3>\n

From: Lisa Heay<\/em>
It was the Christmas of 2010. My boyfriend and I had been together for 5 years already, and I was (not so) patiently waiting for a marriage proposal I was beginning to think would never come. For the holidays, we were already bouncing between families. On one of our parent visits around Christmas Eve, I accidentally (I swear I wasn\u2019t snooping!!) discovered a ring box packed with his clothes. I thought he\u2019d propose on Christmas day, but I spent the next few days on edge, waiting for the moment to arrive. We finished family visits, and Christmas came and went, and still nothing. I doubted I even saw what I thought I saw. Finally, a few days later, we were walking along the lake, and he popped down and asked me the question. I guess he was waiting for the perfect moment, too. It was the Christmas gift I\u2019d hoped for so long\u2014then I got my hopes up and back down; finally, it happened, and we just had our 10th anniversary this year!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n