Stocking Stuffers found on the Avenue in Chestnut Hill

Fill your stocking to the brim with the best of the Avenue! Our staff shopped Germantown Avenue, top to bottom, during Stag and Doe Night – and by 9 p.m. we purchased more than enough to please everyone on our lists! Shh…Don’t tell them we told you, but here are our 12 top picks that will make it into our family members’ stockings this Christmas.

Glass Wine Shoes

$32

A bottle of wine never looked so dazzling! These artisan molded glass wine shoes are the perfect stocking stuffer for the hostess on your list! Available in a square, circle, or triangle shape, these jewel toned bottle coasters are made by a small team of glass artists in Hudson Valley, NY. Celebrating all that is handmade, Caleb Meyer Jewelry shop owners say these wine shoes are a top seller at every Stag and Doe Night.

Find it on the Avenue: Caleb Meyer

Echo Touch Fleece Gloves

$30

Stay warm and stay in touch this winter! These PDA-friendly gloves will allow you to touch, tap, and scroll all season long! Made for both iPhones and BlackBerrys, Echo Touch gloves are available in blue, black, and grey this holiday at Artisans on the Avenue. These unisex and tech-savvy hand warmers are an absolute must for all of the iPhone and Droid users on your list!

Find it on the Avenue: Artisans on the Avenue

Frasier Fir Thymes Candle

$26.50

Give the gift of a mountain fresh Thymes Frasier fir candle to keep the holiday spirit burning as long as possible. Sold out on many e-commerce websites, Robertson’s store managers are delighted to have this crisp Siberian fir bestseller in stock for Chestnut Hill customers. Anyone who savors the scent of a Christmas tree will enjoy the 50-hour clean burn of this stuffer.

Find it on the Avenue: Robertson’s

Seuss-isms for Success

$7.99

With a mix of insight, humor, and inspiration, this pocket-sized collection of sagely wise quotes from Dr. Seuss will help both young college graduates and seasoned business executives alike! Stuff this timeless book into a stocking and help whoever it is on your list succeed in the one place wackier than any place Seuss could conjure up – the corporate world.

Find it on the Avenue: Intermission

Vintage Bangle Bracelets

$5

We didn’t even have to go inside to find things we fell in love with at The Antique Gallery. Merchandised on tables outside, and in the company of retro clip earrings, we found sets of delicate silver and gold bangle bracelets that are must-have items on every fashionista’s wish list!

Find it on the Avenue: The Antique Gallery

Gourmet Dog Cookies

$1.95-$5.50

Take one look at the bakery case inside The Bone Appetite boutique for dogs, and you’ll think the iced treats are for you, and not your pooch. Don’t be fooled, these treats are just for your doggie’s stocking! Made with nuts, seeds, oat flour, rolled oats, and other natural ingredients that are good for our pups, these candy cane and stocking cut-outs are the perfect Christmas morning treat!

Find it on the Avenue: The Bone Appetite

Holiday Blend Coffee

$13

Take home a bag of Chestnut Hill Coffee Co.’s seasonal Holiday Blend coffee for all the coffee lovers on your list. It’s a stocking stuffer you’ll brew right in your own kitchen – in the mornings for a merry wakeup, and after meals with leftover holiday desserts. This signature and best-selling blend is a bold coffee with light milk chocolate, melon, and hibiscus tones. Grab a bag for everyone on your list!

Find it on the Avenue: Chestnut Hill Coffee Co.

McNally’s Chestnut Hill Blanket

$30

For those of you who seem to have a bottomless stocking, stop by Mcnally’s Tavern and roll up a sweatshirt blanket that will keep someone on your list toasty warm. The timeless Chestnut Hill design on the large sweatshirt fleece blanket will also showcase your community pride! So after you stop in for a Schmitter, you’ll be able to go home and cuddle with a cozy new blanket all winter long.

Find it on the Avenue: McNally’s

Penzeys Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

$4.45

Spice up your stocking gifts for the foodie on your list! At Penzeys, you’ll find an abyss of savory spices, sweet mixes, and even flavorful salt-free seasonings! But this year give the gift that had our staff inspired to whip up vegetable dip, mix sensational dressing, and season baked chicken. Penzeys Buttermilk Ranch dry dressing mix is our new favorite crowd pleaser! To make sumptuous ranch dressing: mix 1 tbsp of seasoning in 1 tbsp of water, and let stand five minutes. Then whisk with ½ cup of buttermilk and ½ cup mayonnaise – chill and serve!

Find it on the Avenue: Penzeys Spices

New Orleans Christmas CD

$14.99

Store managers on the Avenue listen to a lot of Christmas CDs during the busy holiday season, and over at Kitchen Kapers New Orleans Christmas is the one collection their staff never tires of! Sold at the cash wrap, it’s this season’s bestselling holiday CD that reminds everyone no matter where you are, the Christmas season has its own unique sound. Well-known songs are sung with a different feeling, while newly composed songs fondly recall favorite holiday memories. Invite the vibrant and unique rhythms of New Orleans into your holiday album collection!

Find it on the Avenue: Kitchen Kapers

Salt Rock Tea Light Lamp

$14

At the Apothecary Garden you find stocking stuffers to calm and nurture people on your list for the new year. Among the inspiring collection of natural body care gifts and nurturing herbs and extracts we found an apricot salt rock tea light lamp. These lamps are handcrafted to retain the unique and natural shape of the rock. The Apothecary Garden staff explained this is a gift that will take care of its owner: as the tea light warms up the lamp, healthful negative ions lift off the surface and help to cleanse and improve the quality of the air.

Find it on the Avenue: The Apothecary Garden

Manicure & Pedicure Gift Card

$35

This is a gift every girl hopes to find in her stocking! Stop by Millennium Nails & Spa at the bottom of Germantown Ave, and wrap up a $35 gift card. Put a note on the card and suggest using this relaxing and restoring gift on either a Monday or a Wednesday – On these days, Millennium has a spa special and $35 will be enough to treat yourself to a manicure and pedicure!

Find it on the Avenue: Millennium Nails & Spa