15 holiday gifts that teachers will actually like

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There is really no way to thank teachers, who are vital and woefully underpaid, for everything they do. But you can start by giving them end-of-year gifts that don’t suck.

This means stepping away from the corny mugs (sorry) and looking for gifts teachers might actually want — whether to give their classrooms a boost or allow themselves some much-needed relaxation.

Here are 15 gift ideas for the phenomenal teacher in your life.

1Some nice coffee

Teachers love coffee.

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Coffee is the unofficial official beverage of teachers, and there’s a good chance they’ll appreciate more of it. (Be sure to verify that they actually drink coffee, though, lest you commit a beverage faux pas.) Read more…

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Gifts for your snobby friends that you can actually afford

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Perhaps there is a person in your life for whom finding a gift is a little … intimidating. They’re super picky, they’re detail-oriented, and, frankly, they hate a bunch of stuff. 

Congrats! You know a snob.

Fortunately, there are affordable gifts out there that even the snobbiest of snobs will enjoy. Design snobs, coffee snobs, wellness snobs, people with pretensions of all sorts — you can make it happen for them. They might even smile.

A few ideas:

1A semi-fancy candle

Wow, it gleams.

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Voluspa is not the fanciest candle brand, but anyone who’s walked into an Anthropologie, smelled everything, and then left knows it’s a little bit fancy. Read more…

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Tech gifts you absolutely shouldn’t buy for yourself or anyone else

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We review a lot of products here at Mashable. Some are good, others are really great and earn our Mashable Choice badge, and a few end up being complete trash. It’s our duty to help you find only the stuff we recommend so you don’t buy something only to get home and cry your eyes out because it sucks.

We know it’s easy to get caught up in all the holiday cheer and shopping and feel like you need to buy something because everyone else is, but think about the downsides to a bad purchase: Tons of time wasted returning stuff either by shipping them back or waiting on line to get a refund — not to mention your reputation will suffer for giving such an ill-considered gift. Read more…

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