Have you started your Christmas shopping, yet? Here is a little holiday gift guide for that pro-life enthusiast on your Christmas list or for you to find items to add to your very own wish list.
By far, the coolest and most pro-life gifts I found are these ultrasound picture frames! Lullabye Baby and Cora’s Baby Closet both have a wide selection, but I also found one available at Toys R Us!
For other pro-life products: American Life League has an excellent store with a variety of quality pro-life merchandise (I love this “Former Embryo” shirt, also available for little kids) and Jill Stanek recently partnered with Zazzle and Cafe Press and now offers pro-life gear through her website (click the “shop” tab at top right). Catholic to the Max has some “Pro-Life to the Max” merchandise which includes great gifts for parents of large families:
If you can’t read that image:
“Before you even ask…” Yes, these are all my children and they’re awesome!
Yes, we have television; we just don’t need it!
No, this is not some sort of daycare; it’s 24/7!
Why should we fix it if it’s not broke?
Yes, we know where they come from…God.
We had planned on two, my spouse just can’t count.
Yes, we’ve heard of birth control; no birth and no control.
You should enjoy our large family; our kids will be paying your social security.
We didn’t plan the first few, why start now?
Are we done!?! We’re just getting started!
on the front and scripture quotes on the back.
Variations of the “B4 You Even Ask” design are available in t-shirt and mug formats. CttM also has a sweet mug for fathers and fathers to be as well as several products with images of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Mother of the Unborn – and the St. Maria Goretti’s Girls Club line of t-shirts and accessories, great for encouraging chastity.
Speaking of chastity, why not give or ask for the gift of TOB this year – especially if you or someone you know has had a taste and wants to explore it further? Ascension Press has many TOB materials to choose from, depending on your audience, including a Marriage preparation program, for any engaged couples you might know, Theology of the Body for Teens, a seminar for priests, talks specifically about men and women and so much more. If Christopher West is not your style, Our Father’s Will Communications has an extensive TOB library with speakers and authors like Katherine Zeno, Dr. Phil Mango, and Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton with a protestant perspective on the TOB.
There are even some great chastity encouraging fiction items. For little ones: The Princess and the Kiss: A Story of God’s Gift of Purity and The Squire and the Scroll: A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart. Lesson books are available for Bishop’s stories here and here. And for the avid teen reader, Carmen Marcoux’s novels Arms of Love and its sequel Surrender about chastity and courtship are a great alternative to what passes for teenage entertainment these days – as long as your teen doesn’t mind a little mushy romance.
If your favorite pro-lifer is a movie buff, a copy of that most feel-good and unintentionally “pro-life” movie, Babies or Grassroots Films latest documentary The Human Experience, now available on DVD, might be nice.
Finally, what’s more pro-life than helping others in need, especially women in crisis pregnancy situations? Pregnancy resource centers are always in need of funds and supplies (baby/maternity clothes, diapers, etc…). Find your local CPC and remember them in your charitable contributions this Christmas!