You’re a little short at the moment but you wouldn’t be without a gift for him this Christmas. Here’s 4 amusing and cheap Christmas gift ideas. Each one is less than $20. And each one is good for a laugh or 3.

Cheap Christmas gift idea number 1. The annoyatron. $9.99

An extremely small but very irritating device. It is so small it can be hidden anywhere, and it emits a shrill intermittent beeping noise. He can use it at work to drive his workmates mad. Hide it, get them looking for it for a while then quietly remove it and turn it off.

Beeps range at intervals of 2 to 8 minutes, so they’ll just think it’s gone away when it beeps again!

Cheap Christmas gift idea number 2. A USB powered desktop aquarium. $19.99

With 2 plastic fish that swim in the current created by the aquarium. Blue LED light for effect. All he needs to do is to put water in and plug it in.

Cheap Christmas gift idea number 3. USB hub and mug warmer. $12.99

You know what USB ports are like. There’s never enough of them around. Especially if he’s got an aquarium plugged into one!

So why not a USB mug warmer and hub, so that he can warm his drinks and add 4 extra USB ports all at the same time?

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It’s not quite Valentines Day yet, though it’s always a good idea to plan ahead. However when I came across this gift idea for a boyfriend I had to write about it here, even if it’s a little too early.

It’s a delightful Valentines Day gift idea, or just a lovely romantic gift idea for him for no reason, just because you love him. Or maybe a romantic Christmas gift for him.

It’s a message in a bottle.

YOUR message in a bottle.

You order the bottle personalized with a message that you write. No need to pick out a message that might or might not say exactly what you want it to.

WRITE IT YOURSELF.

It’s a superb and romantic personalized Valentines gift idea.

Simple and fun. What can you come up with for your message?

Perhaps a special sexy message? Perhaps a suggestion for ???? I’m sure you can come up with something special to you both.

Give him a lovely Valentines Day message in a bottle when Valentines Day comes around. Bookmark their site if you want to go back to it when it’s Valentine time.

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Yesterday I wrote about 3 Hot Christmas Gifts for Older Men, which of course includes a lot of dads. Today I’m continuing with the suggestions for Christmas gifts for dads and older men.

Hey, I’m on a roll, so why not, and as we have an aging population older men make up a larger part of our gift recipients. And of course every family needs some good Christmas gift ideas for dads, there’s an army of dads out there all needing a great dads gift for Christmas.

It’s 6 suggestions this time. I’ve had a ball looking around Hammacher Schlemmer, it’s one of my favorite sites, and they have some wonderful Christmas gift ideas there, including for older men.

1. A gutter cleaning robot.

Designed and made by one of the renowned companies that makes robots for the US army, it’s remote controlled and runs on rechargeable batteries.

He can clean leaves, dirt and twigs from the gutter from a comfortable chair. No need for him to clamber all over the roof any more, risking a fall.

2. A peaceful progression wake up clock.

Dad has earned the right to a comfortable and peaceful wake up, and for his Christmas gift you can give him a gift of a relaxed, calm and peaceful wakeup, rather than the rude shock he probably gets now from the alarm.

It starts glowing half an hour before alarm time, emitting lovely aromatherapy scents, and slowly gets brighter over the half hour. It starts music of his choice which slowly gets louder. Or use it in reverse to send him to sleep at night if he doesn’t sleep as well now.

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