Holiday Gift Guide: Strange Gifts Under $50 for Strange People

There are friends, family members, and loved ones in our lives that simply cannot be defined in generic terms, as they tend to exhibit, for want of a better term, strangely unique characteristics. These individuals tend to be difficult to shop for when it comes time to purchase holiday gifts, unlike sports nuts, handymen, fashion divas, music lovers and other types whose tastes are clearly defined. So why not seek out a gift equally as strange and unique as your friend or loved one. Sure, you can always get a boring gift certificate to the mall stores, or some other random gift that will likely sit at the back of closet or be sold on Ebay shortly thereafter the holidays. But wouldn't you rather let your strange friend know that you appreciate and respect his uniqueness with a gift that helps him celebrate it?

This holiday gift guide of strange gifts under $50 for strange people comprises a number of different gift ideas that may seem odd to you and me, but will likely be greatly appreciated by the recipient. Perhaps there is a little strangeness in you as well, and you'll desire one of these selections for yourself.

For starters, take a look at The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. This book details everything you need to know to survive a plague of zombies. After all, you never know when the dead may decide to rise, and you'll certainly want your friend or loved one to be prepared. The Zombie Survival Guide is a comprehensive guide to zombies and important zombie defense plans, as well as important lessons regarding necessary survival gear and weaponry, zombie characteristics and analysis, past and recent zombie attacks, and much more.

For the ultimate in zombie defense, this humorous yet expertly written and superbly detailed book is a wonderful holiday gift for the strange, and maybe even for yourself. Don't you want to be suitably prepared as well for the zombie invasion?

Drive-in movies offered us a staple of some of the strangest movies ever to grace the screen, and the Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Movie Pack has collected 50 of the best, worst, strangest and bizarre of the drive-in movies in a compact DVD collection that makes a wonderful addition to any DVD library. Featuring a large assortment of mostly horror movies, and others just laughably horrible, this movie set is a treat to be enjoyed alone or with friends, presenting films as wonderfully bizarre as the intended recipient of this strange holiday gift.

The Tiki Head Tissue Box Cover is a whimsical home decor item to disturb and delight folks both young and old. Fitting comfortably over standard size tissue boxes, the cover resembles a stone sculpture of a tiki head, with the tissues accessible through the nose of the face. The Tiki Head Tissue Box Cover is designed to lay down over a tissue box, but clever handymen can mount it to the wall or use an adhesive to stand it upright and keep it from toppling as tissues are pulled from it.

Hopefully your strange friend or loved one has never been abducted by aliens, but should the gray beings from outer space ever darken his or her doorstep, then perhaps wearing this Sterling Silver Alien Charm will serve to protect them from harm. This 7/8" tall alien charm comes on a 18" sterling silver chain, and can be worn with pride by alien abductees and worshippers or fans.

Lastly, for those whose culinary tastes run to the absurdly extreme, an assortment of chocolate covered insects may be just the right holiday gift. Twenty four individual packs of chocolate covered insects feature cockroaches, slugs, spiders and grasshoppers, among others. Perhaps with a little persuasion, your friend will express his gratitude by agreeing to share some with you.

All of these items can be found on Amazon.com