This holiday season, we are all celebrating a little bit differently. Social distancing, staying at home, and virtual get-togethers are our new normal. The Pacific Council has put together a global gift guide focused on creating memories as we all stay at home and bringing the world to your doorstep. Start shopping and supporting small businesses hit hardest by COVID:

FOR ADULTS:

1) Atlas Coffee Club - Try coffee from around the world. This coffee of the month club delivers exotic coffee to your door. Each box includes: a curation of the world's best single origin coffee, postcard from a new country each month, and tasting notes and brewing tips for each batch.

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2) Coral Gardeners: Adopt Super Corals - Bring new life to the reef by adopting your super coral:

1. Choose from a selection of 10 super coral species.
2. Give a name to your super coral and customize your super coral card.
3. Proceed to checkout and receive a digital version of your card and/or a printed version.

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3) Democracy 4 - Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President or Prime Minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected.

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4) Political Buttons of America Puzzle - Push partisan politics aside and put your support behind something that truly matters: finding a resolution to this 500-piece jigsaw challenge. From the stately (Benjamin Harrison-1892) to the satirical (Archie Bunker-1972), a collage of over 80 U.S. campaign buttons begins to form with every correctly placed piece. Call a joint session of your “house representatives” for some cooperative puzzle fun—regardless of where they may fall on the political spectrum.

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5) Universal Yums - Universal Yums sends you a box of snacks and candies from a different country every month. The products they select are delicious, unique, and often extremely difficult (or even impossible) to find in the United States. Each box also comes with an interactive guidebook to steer your adventure – including trivia, games, recipes, culture, and more.

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6) Votes for Women Puzzle - In the mid 19th century, scores of women (and men) began fighting tirelessly for the female vote and didn't stop until the 19th Amendment passed in 1920 (and even then, they didn't stop). So, the least you can do is tackle this 500-piece puzzle that showcases the leaders of the movement. Celebrate a century of suffrage by building this beautifully illustrated circle of voting rights champions, from Hester C. Jeffrey to Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Frederick Douglass. This colorful challenge comes with a poster-sized pamphlet offering bonus information on this landmark development in American history.  

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LUXURY GIFTS:

7) Box Fox: Let’s Get Away - Every adventure starts somewhere. The LET'S GET AWAY box is the gift to get someone excited for their next big getaway. From a cool bag tag to a book to inspire your bucket list, a special someone is bound to be inspired to book that great trip.

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8) The Wordy Traveler - The Wordy Traveler is a quarterly book subscription for those with wanderlust. Each quarter your curated box will transport you to an amazing destination with hand selected books from travel writers, ethically-sourced tea, and limited-edition art print. Each box supports the nutritional needs of two children for a year!

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9) TROVE - With this "vacation in a box," you can experience the world's top destinations from home while supporting small businesses who have been hit the hardest by COVID. Each box includes a live cooking class with a local chef, live cultural activity with a local artisan, special ingredients and snacks from the local region, and a FREE surprise gift.

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FOR KIDS:

1) Kid’s Global Adventure Cooking Kit - Send your kid the long way home to dinner…on a culinary mini-adventure to Africa, Europe, or the Middle East. These colorful, country-specific kits each lead to three authentic, healthy meals that are kid-tested to appeal to young eaters. Key spices and hard-to-find ingredients are included, so budding chefs can do it all themselves—or “just add grownups” anywhere along the way.

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2) Kid’s Global Holiday Dessert Kit - Have some do-it-yourself family fun making three kinds of sweet treats that celebrate the holiday season: Austrian linzer cookies for Advent (December 1-24), mochi from Japan for New Year's Day, and gingerbread men from Croatia for Orthodox Christmas (January 7, 2020).  The instructions walk you through every step and there are colorful fact, puzzle, and activity pages to enhance the fun.

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3) eat2explore - eat2explore help you and your kids explore the world right in your own kitchen! It is inspiring families to share food and fun while the kids learn basic cooking techniques and regional recipes from around the globe. Monthly boxes feature food and culture of a different country every month and it incorporates history, geography, math, and more.

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4) Our Little Globe - Little Globe activity boxes are themed to a new country. We provide kids with crafts, cooking, coloring, reading and writing activities to inspire them to explore, understand and celebrate the world in which we live. Each product promotes the message that #differentisbrilliant.

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5) WompleBox - A new country and adventure delivered every month! Perfect for kids ages 6-11, WompleBox is an award-winning subscription that brings your child on a travel adventure to a new country every month. Each box teaches geography, culture, and more with a color-illustrated adventure book full of fun facts, photos, two creativity-inspiring STEAM projects, and colorful fold-out map and guide.

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Happy holidays and happy new year from all of us at the Pacific Council!