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"Over the Hill" Birthday Gifts

Fun Birthdays for the Forty Something Crowd

By Dan Hensley, published Feb 29, 2008
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In no immediate fashion will I give my age away. Today, it has become my job and my pleasure to talk about giving great birthday gifts for those dear friends / family who have, or who are pushing that "over the hill" age. No longer perfectly young, yet not terribly old either, our "over the hill" crowd has come into their own. A certain sense of humor shows itself when you are "over the hill" that brings the ability to laugh at oneself and at the years past. Sorry indeed to have to push the age issue, after-all gifts for the aging at this great milestone call for a level of uniqueness unrivaled by other gifts.

Talking from personal experience brings me back to the late 80's when my aunt pushed over the hill. My mother and I went to the mall shopping for her with our sense of humor intact. As we walked through the place, it came to us as that bright light bulb hanging over our heads.....the gag store! They had everything in there for folks of all ages, and my aunt was not going to be spared. We searched through wigs, whoopee cushions, beer steins and t-shirts with smart aleck quips on them. We finally saw the greatest gift for my aunt! It was this over the hill cane! When over the hill, be careful not to become a doormat of sorts!

C'mon, you know these cheesy over the hill gifts are funny! In case your loved family member or friend gets cold in their old age, maybe this will help warm that old blood! For some people, cheesy humor isn't where it's at when they are over the hill. Some folks are just too mature for humor, yet have their own idea of what fun is. Is your over the hill person a man or woman? What are their tastes? Go with something that has always been on their favorites list unless they are so up there with class that this would just ruin it. For someone like this, maybe some good wine with flowers or some other nicer, more mature gift.

Appealing things can be found all over for that special over the hill person. If your over the hill birthday person cannot have wine or some of the gifts linked to above, have you considered some of these ideas?

Sports stuff for the sports buff.

TV Stuff or TV Accessories for the TV person.

Takeaways
  • Gag gifts for over the hill birthdays
  • Serious gifts for an over the hill person with no sense of humor
  • Alternate gifts for that over the hill birthday
Did You Know?
Only you know the personality, likes, and dislikes of that special over the hill person. What to get that over the hill birthday person when they already have everything. Serious gifts when humor won't do.
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I loved this article!! I now know a few people who are going to get good gifts... LOL

Posted on 08/22/2008 at 7:08:03 PM

 
These gifts are very entertaining. I am subscribing to you.

Posted on 03/13/2008 at 9:03:36 PM

 
The best thing about the gag gifts is you can keep them and recycle them to your friends....like that fruit cake that's been going around since 1972. LOL

Posted on 03/04/2008 at 8:03:42 PM

 
No Tina! It's the Gadjets that do useful things, lol. ** My favorite gag gift for the man that has almost everything (neither given to me or by me) was for a guy that was always talking about getting a 40 foot yacht. His brother bought him a little model yacht that had 40 little feet on it :-) ** Fun article Dan!

Posted on 03/04/2008 at 4:03:21 PM

 
I liked the TV accessories. Those would make great gifts!

Posted on 03/03/2008 at 10:03:52 PM

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