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The Holiday Fright Elephant Gift Guide for Sci Fi and Fantasy Fans

Cartoon: A robot dressed as Santa Claus looks at a child robot jumping with joy.
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I got most of my Christmas shopping done. All I have to shop for is a white elephant gift for a cousin’s Christmas Eve party that I’m going to attend. So I’ve been looking for ideas for a “dumb” or weird (as I prefer to say) gift. And it’s just about as hard shopping for that kind of gift as it is a “decent” one. But as I was looking for ideas at Amazon, I came across some things that might be suitable for a white elephant gift exchange. In fact, these items probably make more-than-suitable gifts. They are so weird, so crazy and/or so hilarious that they’re almost frightening! Because of that, I call them fright elephant gift ideas. In case you still need to do that last minute shopping for that white elephant gift you were asked to bring to a holiday party, I put together for this post a Holiday Fright Elephant Gift Guide. Since this is a sci fi and fantasy blog, this guide emphasises gifts in the speculative genres. So even if the party you’re attending isn’t doing a white elephant gift exchange, these items may still make good presents for fellow sci fi/fantasy geek friends and relatives.



For Fans of Sci Fi and Fantasy Movies Based On Books



Jurassic ParkTea-Rex Mug: Jurassic Park goes steampunk on this mug. The cup has the image of a top-hatted dandy dino skeleton pouring himself a cup ‘a tea. 

For Sci Fi and Fantasy Writers to Store Stories On


Thumb Style ThumbDrive (flash drive): Yes, it’s in the form of a thumb. How “dumb” is that?

Cartoon BlackCat Thumb Drive: Especially for the Poe lover. Even though this cat probably has nothing to do with Poe’s “Black Cat” it’s still a black cat nevertheless. Isn’t it?

Skeleton Thumb Drive: You’ve heard of a skeleton key? Well here’s a skeleton drive! And it's the whole skeleton, not just its thumb like the Thumb thumb drive above.

Tee-Shirts


“I Am A BookDragon Not a Worm” Tee-shirt: Although too many pea brains out their really don’t know that the Old English word for dragon is “wyrm”!

“Believe”Tee-shirt: Do you believe in Santa? Do you believe in Holiday magic? Do you believe in aliens and rainbow horses? Well you can believe an alien is riding a rainbow-coloured horse on the print of this tee.


Action Figures


Edgar Allan PoeAction Figure: And like some blockbuster movie action figures come with a sidekick pet, this one comes with a raven!

Horrified MovieVictims Mini Figures Set: Ever wonder why horror movie monster figure series never include the victims? I mean, where would the horror be without the victim? Both go hand in claw! Well here’s a set to go with your loved one’s favorite monster figures.

Missile-Toe-Laneous



Stephen King Novels Mug: This has images of vintage book covers to several of King’s best-selling horror novels!



If you want more ideas for fright elephant gifts, then consider purchasing one of my books. When put next to Stephen King’s or Neil Gaiman’s work, mine can be considered by some to be pretty weird, crazy, hilarious or maybe even all three! If you have any other ideas for fright elephant gifts, drop your suggestions in the Holiday box below.

And Happy Hallow-Days!

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  1. Roland D. YeomansDecember 28, 2018 at 8:08 PM

    If only I had a Harry Potter wand that actually worked! :-) Since you like Harlan Ellison, I wrote a post as if he were the author that I think you might enjoy: https://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2018/07/art-isnt-supposed-to-be-easyiwsg-post.html

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  2. Steven Arellano Rose Jr.January 2, 2019 at 7:19 AM

    Sounds neat! I'll take a look at it. Thanks!

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