December 6 Decade Birthdays

I love it when people who know me by reputation challenge me to find a specific GIFTDAY product in a short amount of time. They'll sit on google for an hour and give up. But give me 4-5 minutes and I'll find a giftday item that is extremely cool and suitable for framing or wearing!

Let's pick this Sunday for example, December 6, 2009. There are anywere from 10-11,000 Americans who turn 20 years old on Sunday. And, yes, roughly the same number of people who turn 30, 40 and 50. Imagine that. Let's see what kind of products we can find out there in the digital space....

20 (born 12/6/1989)

This one took me a few minutes to find. For someone turning 20 on December 6, 2009 (and thus born December 6, 1989), I find an item from a band called Grateful Dead. The gift product is an actual unused ticket from the concert they performed in Oakland to benefit Earthquake Relief. (Just a few months earlier, on October 17, 1989, an earthquake had rocked the San Francisco Bay area.) The ticket is for sale for $24 ($4 more than the actual cost of the concert.) The item is at Wolfgang's Vault. Amazing online store. Rock memorabilia. The actual audio of the concert is likely available for free at Internet Archives. The ticket and the audio of the concert would pretty much rock anyone's world, even if they weren't a rock fan.

30 (born 12/6/1979)

A quick search for December 6, 1979 takes me to Wikipedia where I see that the Premiere for Star Trek: The Motion Picture was held at the Smithsonian Institute. The Smithsonian? Do you think there was a snack bar with milk duds and twizzlers? I begin to think about this. But not for long. I race to find a copy of the flick on DVD at Amazon. Perhaps I include with the DVD a big box of milk duds. Or twizzlers. Not a bad gift for a Trek fan or science fiction fan. Before I'd buy the gift, however, I'd cruise over to imdb.com and confirm the Premiere date.

40 (born 12/6/1969)

Pressure is on to find something quickly since the 40th and gifts turned out so well. First site I find yields a direct hit. Wolfgang's Vault. Again. A postcard printed to promote a Grateful Dead concert that took place December 6, 1969. Date printed is in easy-to-read print on the bottom of the card. The item is original and sells for $500. I'd stick it in a $10 frame with a little bit of information about the concert on the back of the frame. The concert audio likely is freely available at Internet Archives. Put 'em together = true giftday goodness.

50 (born 12/6/1959)

For a second I get revved up. A google search appears to tell me that a seminal album from Miles Davis, A Kind of Blue, was released on 12/6/1959. Upon closer inspection, however, it seems the album was released August 17, 1959. The trouble with Google and other search engines is that they simply have a hard time understanding dates. I try again. A quick search tells me that Stadio San Paolo opened in Naples on this date. Bingo. A Naples soccer jersey. I find it quickly at bigsoccer.com. Very hip, retro looking blue t-shirt with a big "NAPOLI" on it. "A+" gift! $15. My favorite of the bunch.

That's it. 4 great gifts that range in price from $8 for the Star Trek DVD to $500 for the Grateful Dead postcard. 2 minutes to find each gift.

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