Perhaps what makes me such an awful gift giver is that I sometimes can't separate my opinions from others. For instance, I love plants. I don't know why, but I find them pretty adorable, like a pet. To me they're somewhere between a goldfish and a hamster. Choose the right ones and you can have like the chillest, most sturdy pet ever, and they actually psychologically and biologically make your life better! This is basically why the big succulent craze began, but I would argue that epiphytes, or air plants, are an even better way to go.

Now, I know some people don't really share the same affection for plants that I do, but the benefits alone are enough reason for me to want to give plants to everyone like a weird, eco-hippie Santa. 

This little stand popped up in my mall the other day and my heart skipped a few happy beats. Turns out this little traveling stand is owned by a lovely couple who sell their air plants at different malls at different parts of the year. Every so often a customer will come up with questions and they engage in conversation eagerly. You can see how passionate and knowledgeable they are about their craft. 

If you've gotten this far and still have no idea what I'm talking about, epiphytes are plants that don't need soil or roots, they live happily off air, water, a3nd light hence the term air plant. In the wild you'll see that they do attach themselves to trees but the "roots" they use don't take anything from their hosts.