Catholic Christmas Gifts for Children (and Adults, too!)

There is something very special about watching your children open gifts on Christmas morning. Our family gathers around the tree to open presents after we attend Mass and after we sing Happy Birthday to baby Jesus in the manger. We make it a point to explain to our children that Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus and that he is truly the best gift that we will ever receive.
As a parent, giving Christmas gifts is a balancing act of wanting to make sure that our children don’t focus entirely on receiving gifts, while still giving them things that they will truly enjoy and get excited about opening on Christmas morning. I try to keep that in mind myself as my husband and I discuss and shop for our children’s Christmas gifts.
I must admit that shopping is not one of my favorite things to do, especially as prices rise and there is already so much to do regularly, it can feel overwhelming at times.
One of my favorite things to do, however, is to create lists. To-do lists, shopping lists, cooking/baking ingredient lists. You name it. Each year, before Advent, I make Christmas gift lists for our children based on what they’ve expressed to us that they would like and what we think that they would enjoy as well.
A little gift I give to myself is to try to get the majority, if not all, of my Christmas shopping done before Advent begins so that I can make room in my mind, heart and soul for the real reason for the season.
The internet has made it so easy to shop for my family and support Catholic companies at the same time. While our children also enjoy receiving presents that are not from Catholic-owned companies, we try to support Catholic companies as much as possible. Plus, when you are supporting a Catholic company, you are in a way supporting the Church. As Saint Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12: 12-13 “For as the body is one, and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body, so also is Christ. For in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body.”

Below are some wonderful Catholic companies to shop at all year, but especially at Christmastime.

Tally’s Religious Gifts
www.tallys.com
Location: 1150 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI
What they have: Religious cards, gifts,
Rosaries, statues and more.

Gabriel’s Trumpet
www.olcsvp.org/gabrielaposs-trumpet
Location: 477 Washington St., Coventry, RI
What they have: Gifts, books, jewelry, cards.
Age range: Children and adults.

Worthy of Agape
www.worthyofagape.com
What they have: Mass sets, mugs, clothing, swaddles, blankets and stickers.
Age range: Infant to big kids. Adult men and women options, too!

Shining Light Dolls
www.shininglightdolls.com
What they have: Wooden toys, books, puzzles, magnets, dolls, peg dolls, stickers, teethers.
Age range: Infant to elementary age.

No Heart Untouched
www.noheartuntouched.com
What they have: Clothing, jewelry, home décor, wall Rosaries, digital downloads, school worksheets, practice tracing.
Age range: Infant to adult.

KolbesLittleFlowers
www.kolbeslittleflowers.etsy.com
What they have: Hats, gifts, drinkware, apparel, digital downloads/prints
Age range: Infant to adults.

Gather and Pray
www.gatherandpray.co
What they have: Pop its, wooden toys, planners, water reveals, books.
Age range: Children to adults.

I hope this list helps you when you are shopping for your loved ones. If there are any companies that I missed, let me know on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CatholicMomRI.

Christina Frye is a lifelong Rhode Islander, wife, mother and founder of Catholic Mom Rhode Island, www.CatholicMomRI.com.