Why 90% of My Christmas List Comes From the Dispensary (And Why Yours Should Too)

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Let me be straight with you—Christmas shopping is stressful.
You’re out there fighting through traffic, dodging shopping carts like you’re in a real-life video game, and praying the last candle at Bath & Body Works doesn’t smell like “Regret & Pine Trees.”

Meanwhile, every cannabis user you know—including me—is sitting here like:
“Bro… just go to the dispensary.”

I’m serious. If anybody asks me,
“OG Strain, what do you want for Christmas this year?”
Ninety percent of the time my answer is basically:
“Take me to the promised land… the Dispensary Department Store of Happiness.”

Because let’s be honest—cannabis gifts are the perfect gifts.
They never get returned, never get re-gifted, and they definitely never sit in a closet next to that pasta maker someone bought you in 2017.

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THE ULTIMATE CANNABIS CHRISTMAS GIFT PACKAGE

Let me paint the picture for you:

🎁 A little variety pack…
    •    A nice eighth of some fire flower
    •    A couple vape carts
    •    A fresh battery (so I ain’t shaking mine like a ketchup bottle hoping it’ll hit)
    •    Some edibles or gummies
    •    Maybe a six-pack of THC drinks

This, my friends, is what I call a holiday miracle.
If Santa pulled up with a bag full of that?
I’d leave him double the cookies.

And the best part?
Nothing goes to waste.
You give a cannabis user gummies? Gone.
A cart? Gone.
Flower? Gone before you finish saying “Merry Christmas.”

We treat cannabis gifts like Thanksgiving leftovers—
they disappear faster than you can blink.

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THE ONE THING YOU SHOULDN’T BUY…

Look—don’t buy your smoker friend a bong.
Just don’t.

A bong is like a tattoo:
You gotta be there, in person, emotionally connected, spiritually prepared, and maybe even high, to choose it.

Buy me the wrong bong and suddenly we’re both pretending I’ll use it one day:
“Oh wow, thanks man… yeah this… neon pink dolphin-shaped recycler with glitter inside… yeah I’ll definitely… totally… use this.”

Stop it.
Save us both the pain.

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THE SECRET WEAPON: DISPENSARY GIFT CARDS

If you’re REALLY not sure what to get someone?

Gift. Card.

Some dispensaries have them right at the counter, looking all cute and festive like:
“Hey there… wanna give someone the best Christmas morning they’ve ever had?”

Hand somebody a dispensary gift card and watch their eyes light up like Clark Griswold finally plugging in the house lights.

That’s love.
That’s generosity.
That’s cannabis Christmas spirit.

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THE BOOM IS COMING (AND YOU CAN BE PART OF IT)

Let me tell you something—
the cannabis industry is about to have the biggest holiday season ever.

Black Friday already kicked the door down, and now shoppers are flooding dispensaries like:
“Yeah… I need a present for my cousin… but also let me get something for myself because… Christmas.”

And who am I to judge?
If I walk into a dispensary, I’m leaving with at least one thing I didn’t plan on buying.
It’s tradition.

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THE OG STRAIN HOLIDAY MESSAGE

So before you go stressing yourself out in a department store that smells like cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon…

Do yourself a favor:
Stop in to your favorite dispensary.

Grab a gift for your friends.
Grab a gift for your family.
And grab a little something for yourself because, let’s be honest—
you deserve it just for surviving 2024.

Because nothing says “Merry Christmas” like:
“Hey, I got you a little something to help keep your holidays calm, chill, and elevated.”

Trust me…
You’ll be the most loved person at the Christmas table.

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Happy Holidaze from OG Strain & The Plug’s Pages Magazine.

Stay lit. Stay blessed. Shop local. And may all your gifts be green. 🌲

By OG Strain — Strain’s Strain Reviews (Talk Cannabis)

(The guy who somehow turned an iPhone 16 into a photography degree)

Listen… I’m not a professional photographer. I’m just a guy with an iPhone 16, a shaky hand, and a dream. Six months ago my bud pics looked like somebody rubbed Vaseline on the camera lens and said, “Yeah bro, that’s good enough.”

But now?
Now we’re catching trichomes sparkling like diamond dust.
Now those orange hairs are hitting like HD eyelashes.
Now the bud looks like it’s about to roll itself up out of pure confidence.

So here’s my official guide — OG Strain’s totally-real-not-made-up-on-the-spot advice for taking perfect cannabis pictures.

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📸 1. WHAT MAKES A PERFECT BUD PICTURE?

There are three ingredients:

A. Fire buds

Let’s get this out of the way FIRST:
You can’t take trash weed and magically turn it into a High Times centerfold.

I don’t care if you got a $3,000 camera, a ring light, and two angels holding reflectors.
Bad bud is bad bud.
If it looks like a squirrel sneezed on a pinecone, the photo will too.

A photogenic bud needs:
    •    Tight, proper trim
    •    Thick, juicy trichomes
    •    Real color gradients (purple, lime, emerald, orange)
    •    No leaves flapping around like it came straight off a Halloween prop

If the flower already looks like artwork, the picture will too.

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☀ 2. HOW TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE PICTURE

Here’s where I’ve grown the most.
I used to take pics in the dark like I was hiding from the FBI.

Now I’ve learned:

A. Natural sunlight is your best friend

Sunlight wakes up the trichomes.
That’s when they sparkle like diamonds at a rap video shoot.
Put the bud near a window or step outside — BOOM. Magic.

B. Flash is a tool, not a weapon

Flash can make trichomes pop…
or it can make the bud look like it’s being interrogated for a crime.

Light from the side or slightly above works best.

C. Stabilize that iPhone 16, champ

The iPhone 16 camera is a beast…
if you don’t shake like you just hit your fourth espresso.

Hold steady, tap to focus on the trichomes, and let the phone do its thing.

D. Don’t over-edit

You’re not posting thirst traps.
Bud should look like bud, not like it fell into a TikTok filter called “Sassy Unicorn.”

A little sharpening and brightness is fine.
But don’t turn it radioactive.

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🌈 3. WHAT STRAINS ARE MOST PHOTOGENIC?

In my professional-not-professional opinion:

A. Frost monsters

Anything caked in trichomes is camera gold.
If it looks like it got lost in a snowstorm, that’s a winner.

B. Colorful strains

Purples, pinks, neon greens — people LOVE color.
These buds photograph themselves.

C. Well-trimmed buds

A bad trim job can ruin the whole vibe.
You don’t want a photo that screams:
“Bro, did you trim this with a weed whacker??”

D. Sativa structure vs. Indica density

Dense indicas photograph like little jewels.
Sativas photograph like mini palm trees.
Both work — as long as they’re QUALITY.

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🌿 FINAL WORD FROM OG STRAIN

Look… I’m still learning.
I’m not pretending to be National Geographic for weed.
But the difference between my pics six months ago and today is HUGE —
and it’s just from learning how to treat good flower with respect, lighting, and the right angles.

Because when the bud is REAL fire?
Your camera doesn’t have to work hard.
All it has to do…
is show the world what you already saw when you opened the jar.

🔥 Stay lifted, stay learning, and keep those buds camera-ready

By Seymour Buds — The Plug’s Pages Magazine

You can feel it in the air — the days get shorter, the sweaters come out, and everybody’s talking about food, fam, and fire. The holidays are creeping in, and if you’re a true connoisseur, you already know what time it is…

It’s Christmas Tree season. 🌲💨

Now, for the uninitiated — we’re not talking about pine needles and ornaments. Nah. Around here, Christmas Trees means that extra-frosty, indoor-grown, loud-as-hell kind bud that drops right before the holidays. The stuff that glistens under LED lights like snow meeting moon-shine. The buds so loud you swear they’re humming “Jingle Smells.”

Every grower knows timing is everything. When those perfect indoor runs finish up in late November, the curing hits its sweet-spot just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The real smokers start hunting — looking for that seasonal holiday heat.

Thanksgiving kicks off the sesh. You’re passin’ plates, catching up with cousins, and the smell of turkey ain’t the only thing in the air. Then after dinner, you mix that heavy-indica dab with the turkey’s tryptophan and—bam—you’re wide-eyed one second, snoring on the couch the next. (Yeah, I said it: you may mix indica + tryptophan and sleep good.)

And then Christmas hits different. That’s when the real Christmas Trees land — sticky, stinky, and shining like the North Star. These buds aren’t just grown; they’re crafted. Dense nugs, perfect trim, terps so loud they practically rap “Silent Night” under your nose.

It’s not just about flower, either. The toy-box for grown-ups opens up. Around holiday time you’ll spot limited-edition pieces dropping at dispensaries and head-shops: playful glass rigs stylized like Rudolph, dab-rigs decked as Santa, even mini-bongs shaped like snowmen or candy-canes. One standout? The Candy Cane Bong (chatgpt://product-detail?product-number=0) – an ornament-styled piece paying homage to the holiday stoner culture and catching eyes right alongside the kush. Bonus holiday brag: the Pulsar “Holidaze Series Glass Dab Rig Set” is specifically marketed as a Xmas-drop.  

Because let’s be real — the holidays are stressful. Family drama, travel, cooking, money… But one good pull off that seasonal dank, and suddenly the world slows down. The lights look brighter. The music hits harder. The food tastes better.

That’s the magic of Christmas Trees. It’s not just a name — it’s a feeling. A tradition in the culture. A reminder that when the year winds down, we light up.

So as you’re counting blessings this Thanksgiving and stacking jars for Christmas, remember — the real ones know. The holidays don’t start when the snow falls… they start when the Trees drop. 🌲🔥