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Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of All the Hacks, a show about

upgrading your life, money, and travel. I'm your host Chris Hutchins and today

this bonus episode is going to be my holiday gift guide. I'd plan to get this out in early December but a few of the things on this list were on sale for Black Friday so I rushed to get it out today but because it's a bonus episode you'll still be getting another episode tomorrow all about

optimizing your tax advantage accounts, which was so great.

So what we're going to do today is run down some of my favorite products, gifts, and past purchases that might make good ideas

for gifts for you or your loved ones this holiday season.

So I'll break them down to these six sections.

First I'll do Home and Food, then tech and gear, then clothes and bags, followed by health and fitness, then family and kids, and finally books and learning.

Then I'll wrap with a quick recap at the end on how to make sure you get the best deals this holiday season.

Also, you should know that none of the products or services I put in this gift guide have paid me to be a part of this list.

However, some of them are sponsors of all the hacks,

but that makes sense because as I've said before,

most of my sponsors are here

because I reached out to them after already loving their products.

In fact, for any of the companies I'm about to talk about who aren't sponsors,

I will certainly be adding them to the list of brands to reach out to

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