The Gifts

The best gifts make the world a little better.

Our calendars feature 29 possible gifts, each brimming with love and cheer. From festive crafts to share with family and friends, to thoughtful surprises for loved ones, and gifts that make a difference in the lives of those in need, there’s a little joy in every day.

Through our partnerships with charities, we’ve created “good deed” gifts. When one appears in your calendar, a donation is made directly to that charity to support its important work. Each is represented by an ornament and a card, explaining the good your gift has made possible.

Whether bringing a smile to a loved one or helping someone you’ve never met, every gift is an opportunity to spread a little more joy in the world.

Examples of the ornaments are shown alongside the gift descriptions below.
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Boost success by giving a new set of pencils to a student living in poverty. The Sharing in Student Success program provides impoverished children with essential back-to-school supplies.

Provide school supplies to a student in need.

Make your own gift tags to add a bit of joy, and a personal touch, to the gifts you give.

A kit to make your own heartfelt gift tags.

Help joy flourish by planting a tree, and bring life back to a damaged forest. Arbor Day Foundation replants forests to bring back trees and wildlife for generations to come.

Plant a tree to bring life back to a damaged forest.

Spread joy by helping a child with cancer experience the friendship and fun of camp. Campfire Circle provides year-round camp programs that enrich the lives of children with cancer.

Help a child with cancer experience the joy and laughter of Campfire Circle.

Wrap a hot drink in a warm hug with a cozy felt cup sleeve, and save a disposable sleeve from the garbage.

A cozy, eco-friendly cup sleeve to hug your hot drinks.

Share some joy by providing food, medicine and shelter to an abandoned cat or dog. The Hope Sanctuary in Barbados rescues abused cats and dogs and helps find them loving new homes.

Provide food, medicine and shelter to an abandoned cat or dog.

Pin these buttons on someone’s clothing to remind them just how much you love them.

Two buttons to make a special someone feel loved.

Give joy by providing 2 years of clean water to a child in Africa. WaterAid Canada transforms lives by improving access to safe water in the world’s poorest communities.

Give clean water to a child in Africa.

Inspire some pride and joy by covering the cost of public transit fares so that a person with developmental disabilities can go to work.Good Foot Delivery is a public transit based courier service in Toronto that provides employment opportunities to people with developmental disabilities.

Cover the public transit fares for a person with developmental disabilities to proudly go to work.

Provide some joy by giving a mom who fled an abusive home the formula she needs to feed her baby. The Redwood is a safe haven in Toronto for women and children to live free from domestic abuse.

Give a mom who fled an abusive home the formula she needs to feed her baby.

Make your own delicious holiday sugar cookies with this recipe card and cookie cutter set.

A holiday cookie recipe with star and fluted cookie cutters.

See a world of wonder through the eyes of a young artist. These 2” original art canvas boards have been lovingly painted and titled by budding artists aged 2-5.

An original work of art by a budding young artist.

Give friends and family joy by reading their fortunes with this fortune teller game.

A fortune teller game to enjoy with friends.

Spread some joy by giving a pair of shoes to a person in need. Soles4Souls fights poverty by collecting new and used shoes, and distributing them to people in need.

Give a pair of shoes to a person in need.

Bring some joy by helping a child with a disability experience the thrill of winter sports. Track 3 teaches youth with disabilities to ski and snowboard, helping to build their confidence and sense of accomplishment.

Help a child with a disability experience the thrill of winter sports.

Send a holiday meal hamper to a family living in poverty. The Christmas Exchange provides families in need with meal hampers to help them enjoy the holidays.

Send a festive meal hamper to a family in need.

Bring some joy by providing arthritis medication for an elderly horse saved from slaughter. Bear Valley Rescue saves aged, unwanted and injured horses and gives them loving new homes.

Provide pain medication for an elderly horse saved from slaughter.

Spread some joy by protecting 250 feet of rainforest. Arbor Day Foundation works globally with local organizations and residents to protect rainforests.

Protect 250 square feet of rainforest.

Share some joy by providing 3.5 kg of healthy food to a family struggling with hunger. Food Banks Canada works to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.

Provide food to families struggling with hunger.

Share some joy by sending a child to their first movie, play or sports event. Kids Up Front distributes donated tickets to families who would otherwise not have the opportunity to enjoy community events.

Send a child to their first movie, play or sports event.

Inspire some joy by sending a child in need their very first book. First Book Canada provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books.

Send a child in need their very first book.

Add some joyful flare to your hair with this handcrafted hair clip duo. Designs may vary.

Two cheerful hair clips.

Give a little joy by providing a warm pair of socks to someone living on the streets this winter. Out of the Cold is an initiative in Toronto that works to save lives by keeping people off the streets during the cold winter months.

Send someone living on the streets a pair of socks to stay warm this winter.

Brighten someone’s day with this trio of fill-in-the-blank message cards.

3 fill-in-the-blank joyful message cards.

Give the joy of learning by providing a day’s tuition for an impoverished child in Honduras to go to school. Friends of Honduran Children assists, educates and empowers impoverished families in Honduras.

Help an impoverished child in Honduras go to school.

Bring some joy by giving food and shelter to two abandoned pet rabbits. Vancouver Rabbit Rescue & Advocacy shelters abandoned or unwanted pet rabbits and finds them loving new homes.

Give food and shelter to two unwanted pet rabbits.

Bring holiday joy to your home by using this craft kit to make 3 orange pomanders – fragrant ornaments that are a treat for the senses.

An orange pomander craft kit.

Give a child a reason to jump for joy by providing a skipping rope and the chance to participate in free fitness and leadership training. Mentoring Junior Kids Organization provides children with free leadership training and a strong sense of community through the sport of non-contact boxing.

Provide equipment for a child to participate in free fitness and leadership training.

Give a joyful surprise by hiding this lucky gnome for someone to discover on their daily travels.

Lucky gnome for daily travel.