Dads, Grads and Weddings!   

 It's funny how you can go for years without being invited to a wedding and then you have three in one summer! Same with graduations - one year you have none and then another you have some from high school and some from college and then there's the occasional pre-school graduation as well!

And Father's Day is squeezed in among all the end of school year celebrations, but the teachers seldom have time to do a Father's Day project with the kids before they are dismissed for the summer. I always felt there was a lot more emphasis on Mothers Day than on Fathers Day. And let's face it, Dads are harder to shop for, it seems. Women often have a wider range of "likes". Even if cooking is not their favorite thing to do, a pretty tea towel is appreciated for its ability to brighten up the kitchen. Same with nice soaps and lotions. And who can ever have too much jewelry? But men? Not so easy! We were choosing the marquetry boxes I mentioned above and I realized either a man golfs, or he does not. And if he does not, he probably would not particularly like a wooden box with a golfer pictured on the lid. But would he like a sailboat even if he does not sail, or own a sailboat? See what I mean? Men are just more specific, I think, in their preferences. Even if my favorite flower is a peony, I would still like roses or daisies or lilies.  

And who doesn't like to receive a gift? So we have chocolates and whiskey stones and wood boxes and Zents soap (which is emollient enough to shave with) and cheese slicers and pocket knives and journals and wooden salad tongs and poof balls and garden stakes and wine stoppers. And don't forget our extensive Tintin collection - a must-have for a lot of our male customers!

I know Crackerjack is sort of "girly" looking, but we try to have some great things for the men on your list too!  Who knows?  You can rack up some Customer Appreciation stamps on a Fathers Day gift to use on something later for yourself.  And maybe he'll come shop for you  at Crackerjack next time he needs a gift!