THE HIGH HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE

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. 🌲