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Should you not have noticed by the smell of candied almonds, the busy shopping malls and the extra kilos on the scale: Christmas is on its way!

For the Grinches and Ebenezer Scrooges among us, Christmas is nothing more than a big man-made disaster. For every group of carol singers, there will be one person, who is not afraid to shut the door in front of their faces before they can even start their performance. Christmas is also: a big pile of trash (literally), jammed highways, tasteless decorations, and very likely bad weather.

But even if these downsides outweigh for you, there’s still one great thing about it all, that doesn’t only make kids happy: presents. And how easy it can be to get the perfect present for a developer we want to show you now.

Maybe there’s something for yourself too?

 

Enjoy!

 

Presents under 50€

 

 

Raspberry Pi 3

 

 

We already mentioned the Raspberry Pi in our article “helpful tools for a great developer.” And we feel like we need to mention this great thing here as well. The A+ Modell is smaller than the forerunner and is run by a 1,4 Gigahertz synchronized, tetranuclear Cortex-A53-ARM-CPU. Equipped with Wifi, Bluetooth and 512 Megabyte SDRAM, an HDMI-port, a USB-2.0-Port, CSI- and DSI-Interfaces, a composite video port, and MicroSD-drive. For DIY lovers the Raspberry Pi is an excellent present with low expense. You can get an idea of what cool things you can do with it here.  

 

Image Credit: reichelt.de

 

 

Coffee Cup

 

Something that developers like almost as much as the code is coffee. Without coffee no code. With this coffee cup, you can keep your love for code warm and toasty, show everyone in the office what you do without having to talk and man, this thing is microwave safe! Mug-cakes for daaaaays!

 

 

Image Credit: dvlpr.io

 

 

Funny Developer T-shirts

 

For all of the million memes that suit the developer humor, there is a shirt (and for the ones that don’t suit). The internet is your oyster. Google to a fare-thee-well, and you’ll find something that you find funny. At best, you can put a smile on someone’s face when you walk through the city or the office.

 

 

Image Credit: teepublic.com

 

 

Plants for the Desk

 

May sound a bit unimaginative, but honestly, who doesn’t love a bit of green? Plants are true mood-lifter and purify the air as well.
How about a crazy floating Bonsai for example?
 

 

 

Image Credit: Gadget-rausch.de

 

Touchscreen Gloves

 

We all know this problem in the cold time of the year: We want to look up a route, answer emails and so on, but our hands are so warm and toasty in the gloves, that we don’t want to take them off. How cool would it be, if you didn’t have to put the gloves off to use the touchscreen? Okay, to be fair, touchscreen gloves aren’t the newest invention, but we still think it’s the best after sliced bread!

 

Image Credit: Amazon.de

 

 

Audible Subscription

 

Let’s talk about Audible, baby! How good? With Audible, you can listen to all audiobooks you can imagine. Sherlock Holmes, “A short history of humankind” or “Die Drei ???” (we don’t judge). With Audible you’re using the time on the train/car wisely.

Image Credit: Amazon.com

 

 

Presents over 50€

 

Headphones

 

They belong to developers like ketchup to fries (or mayo, if you’re weird). A good pair of headphones is an investment that will make the presentee love you endlessly. Every day when he puts his headphones on in the train, gym or at work, he will think of you. Like of the accidental tattoo on his thigh that he is forced to see every time he uses the toilet. Only this would be good thoughts.

 

 

Underwater Drone

 

Simple drones are so 2017. How about an underwater drone instead? The Gladius drone can take videos in 4k, photos with a 16-megapixel camera and all of that up to hundred meters under water. It is navigated with a sort of gamepad which you can also connect to your smartphone.

 

 

 

 

VR-Glasses

 

VR glasses are fun for everyone. If a developer, geek or not. It is great to play games, watch movies or to connect with friends and family in an entirely new way. VR-glasses are available for just 20 Euros but if you can spend a bit more, have a look at the Oculus VR-glasses.

 

 

Image Credit: Amazon.de

 

Drum Pants

 

We are unsure if drum pants are the coolest thing that could lay under the Christmas tree and if it’s really worth it spending money on this. But sure is, it is a hella funny idea. Our mouth tho sure are open by amazement, so we have to let this video talk for us:

 

 

 

 

 

And? Did you get all Christmas presents yet?