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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from daycor.com.
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In this video, I want to share with you
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seven perfect gifts for the holiday
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hostess. Let's face it, some people are
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just amazing hosts. They have this
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effortless hosting style that always
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makes you feel welcome and at home and a
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little special for a few hours.
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They have their homes spotless and cozy
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and welcoming. And anytime they invite
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you, it's an automatic yes.
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But if you've ever tried to host a large
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family meal or a holiday at your home,
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you know that it's anything but
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effortless. A lot of planning and
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attention to detail goes into hosting
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people at your home. And when you have
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somebody that is willing to put in that
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effort to make a shared experience for
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everyone, it's nice to thank them with a
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gift from time to time. So, in this
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video, I'm going to share with you seven
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gifts that I've found that I think are
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perfect for someone who loves to
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entertain at their home. Let's get
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started. Number one is a bread basket
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Now, a bread basket is fine, but a bread
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basket with a warmer stone is a very
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special item. Frankly, I don't know
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anyone that has one of these, and I
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would really love one. They are
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basically a ceramic stone. Usually, they
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come with a really beautiful sort of
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print embossed on them.
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You put them in the oven to warm them
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up. And so the stone itself will
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maintain the heat. Once you've warmed up
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the warmer stone, you put it into the
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basket. And then you're going to put
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like maybe you have like a dishcloth or
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something like that. And then you put
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your bread, your biscuits, your rolls
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right there. And then close up the
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basket. And it will keep them warm while
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they're at the dinner table while you
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dine. I think this is a fantastic idea
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for someone who loves to entertain. If
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you have done it, you know that one of
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the hardest things to do is to keep
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everything hot, right? You are time
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managing lots of different food items.
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You want to make sure everything is
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timed perfectly so that it all gets to
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the table warm. And I think that a
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basket with a warmer stone is an amazing
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solution to this problem. and I think
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your favorite host or hostess would love
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it. Number two is reusable food covers.
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Now, this goes handinhand with the
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warmer basket idea. When you are
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bringing lots of items out to a table,
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let's say for Thanksgiving or Christmas
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dinner or any sort of special meal where
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you have a lot of food options and you
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need to keep something covered and warm
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while you're starting to get everyone to
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the table, these reusable food covers
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are perfect. They're made out of cloth,
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so they're really just meant to cover
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your food, keep people from, you know,
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coughing on it, things from falling into
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it, and they will help hold the heat
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into your casserole dish or your bowl.
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They come in different sizes. So, there
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are some that are made to fit small
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bowls, larger serving bowls, or like a 9
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by13 baking dish. These are a really
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great option. They come in lots of
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different prints and patterns, and a set
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of these would be amazing to gift a
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hostess that you know. Number three is
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paperless paper towels. Now, these are
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starting to catch on. They are a way for
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you to have a reusable paper towel. It's
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made out of cloth, but it also sort of
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um it's made of a material that sort of
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grabs onto itself. So, you can roll it
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up onto a regular paper towel holder and
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sort of be able to pull one off at a
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time just like you would with a regular
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paper towel, except they have really
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beautiful prints just like the um the
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covers that we talked about a minute
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ago. You have lots of different prints
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available and they're a great option for
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someone who's in the kitchen a lot and
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doesn't want to burn through a bunch of
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paper towels. These are reusable. They
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have a really beautiful pattern to them
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and they will help add a little bit of a
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decorative accent to someone's kitchen.
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Next up are stacking marble pinch pots.
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Now, pinch pots are cool because you can
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just literally pinch some salt, get a
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pinch of salt and sprinkle it on your
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food. Um, sometimes you can use them to
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hold condiments. You can use them to
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hold other types of spices, but these
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little stacking pinch pots, I think, are
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just a really, really pretty addition to
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anyone's kitchen. They're functional,
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they look nice, they look high quality,
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and you can use them in a variety of
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ways. So, it's a versatile item. Whether
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someone wants to use them as pinch pots
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for seasoning, they can. If they want to
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use them for sauces and dips, they can.
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If they want to use them for little nuts
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and olives and things to put on a
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shakurerie board, they can do that as
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well. So, it's a really nice, versatile
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item that's not too over the top, and I
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think any hostess would love a set of
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these. Next up are these personalized
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state flower sack towels. These are
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basically kitchen towels that are
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personalized for people who live far
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apart from one another. So, if you have
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a friend or family member that lives in
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another state as you, you can choose a
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silhouette of your state and their state
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and they're going to make a little
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design like a little um swirling pattern
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with hearts on it from one state to the
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next. And if you choose the family
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option, it says, you know, family knows
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no distance. If you choose the
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friendship option, it says friendship
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knows no distance. I think that these
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are really adorable and they're perfect
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for someone that you may only see maybe
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once or twice a year because they live a
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long distance from you. Next up are
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fancy coasters. Now, this is something
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that anyone would love to have. We know
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that you can get coasters anywhere, but
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usually they're pretty plain. But if you
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want something really fancy, a nice hand
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painted coaster or a really creative
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acrylic style coaster that maybe has
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some, you know, flowers pressed into it
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or something fancy like that. I would go
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to Etsy and I would look for coasters
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for someone. Usually, this is like such
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a utilitarian sort of thing. We're going
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to get what we need. You know, we're
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going to grab a stack at Walmart. You
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can grab them at Dollar Tree. You might
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uh, you know, grab a set on Amazon, but
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they may not be anything too special,
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right? They're just functional. They're
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there for a purpose. But when you take
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the time to pick something that's really
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incredibly designed that someone would
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just sort of keep forever, I think it
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makes a really fantastic gift. So, think
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about getting some really gorgeous
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handpainted like artisan coasters that
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someone can keep for a lifetime. and I
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think it will make a fantastic hostess
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gift. And last but not least are
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microwave soup bowl cozies. Now again,
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this is not something that anyone needs
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really, but they are handy and they're
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helpful and they look really, really
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cute. It's not something that anyone
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would ever reject if you gave it to
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them. It would be like this is really
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neat. You know, it's not something that
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too many people are running out to buy
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for themselves. I think it's a perfect
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giftable item. Essentially, what you
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have here is like a pot holder that's
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molded into the shape of a bowl. So,
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that when you want to microwave a bowl,
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like whether it's soup or you're trying
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to reheat something in your microwave
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and you have to reach in and your bowl
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is blazing hot and you then you've got
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to get like a a dish towel or you've got
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to get oven mitts or something like that
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to pull that bowl back out of the
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microwave. This is what that's designed
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for. You put your bowl into the cozy.
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You put the cozy into the microwave with
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the bowl. Everything gets heated up the
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way it needs to. And then you can pull
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that microwave bowl right out because
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the cozy is going to stop you from
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burning your hands. This is one of
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those. Again, it's it's an extra. Nobody
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absolutely needs it, but they're really
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cool to have. And they're also really
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great to, you know, double as a pot
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holder to protect your surfaces. So,
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that very hot bowl, you might not want
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to put right onto your granite or your
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quartz countertops. You might not want
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to put that right onto your oak dining
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table. Instead, you're going to have it
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in this really beautifully designed
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cozy. You can set it right on your
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dining room table. Again, it's something
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that will help protect your table. It's
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going to protect your hands, and it will
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add a little bit of a decorative touch
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to your table as well. So, that's it for
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my list of seven perfect gifts for the
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holiday hostess. Again, these are gifts
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that are great all year round, but
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particularly as we're moving into the
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holiday season, I think these would be
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really fantastic to bring to anyone
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during Thanksgiving or the New Year or
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Christmas, these are items that are
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bound to bring a smile to someone's
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face. That's it for this video. I hope
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you found it helpful. If you like this
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much for watching and I'll see you in