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December 20, 2025 13 mins

Ben and Ashley have you covered with the most dramatic last minute gift ideas for any Bachelor fan in your world!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's almost famous podcast. Ashley and I are here with
you today with Christmas around the corner. We put together
the ultimate gift guide for the Bachelor Nation fan in
your life. If you're struggling on what to get someone
this year, We've got you covered. Ashley, here is a
secret about me. No, I do love gift guides.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Oh that's hilarious. That is a surprise, it is.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's kind of shocked me over the last few years.
I used to think they were goofy, and then I
started looking at them. You can get online and be like, okay,
Google gift guide for your outdoors, you know, friend, a
gift guide for the woman in your life who has
everything gift guide for and they pop up and they're
helpful for me because, as I've mentioned before, like gifts

(00:53):
just aren't a thing in my life very often. So
I do think the Bachelor fan, if we're going to
do a Bachelor cruise, we can one hundred percent do
a Bachelor gift guide.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Oh absolutely.

Speaker 4 (01:06):
If I was the status that I was in fandom
back before I was on the show, if somebody gave
me a basket full of Bachelor themed gifts. It would
be the greatest gift ever and so personal. So we
have a couple if you want to put together something
of the sort for the Bachelor fan in your life, Ben,

(01:29):
should you start with one of your gifts or one
of I'll start with one of mine.

Speaker 5 (01:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
Okay.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
We have this very adorable rose pajama set from Norstrom.
It is seventy four dollars, so not super high, not
super low, a nice medium gift. It's incredibly soft, it's
by room Service, and it's rose themed, but it's also

(01:56):
got leopard inside, so it's not over the top themed.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
It's really really cozy.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
I think anytime the holidays roll around and I find
something comfy and cozy, I know.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
My wife will like it. Like I just go with it.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
I don't know she can have enough cozy things. And
yet somehow my t shirts still disappear into her drawers
at times.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
I still have a packaged because I'm going to be
giving it to the Bachelor fan in my life. I'm
going to put together a little basket. I'm very excited
for a couple of reality fan friends that we have.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Okay, Ashley, I need you to add my thing in there. Then,
Oh absolutely, it's a rose journal from the Rifle Paper Company.
Anybody it's a writer, and I think it's becoming more
and more popular today as we're on our screen so
much for people to kind of turn to writing words
down again, we just kind of I think it's it

(02:58):
resets us, it brings us back, We get our thoughts out.

Speaker 5 (03:02):
As you mentioned just a few episodes ago, you're a
huge journaler.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
You Oh, well, I am not a huge journaler. I
wish I was. Currently.

Speaker 4 (03:11):
I want to write down my goal twenty twenty six
goal is to write down cute, funny things that the
kids did throughout the day.

Speaker 5 (03:19):
That's fun.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
But I haven't journaled since Bachelor Days.

Speaker 5 (03:23):
Okay, well let's get you back at it.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
This is a rose embroidered journal from the Rifle Paper Company.
It's beautiful so you can like display it. It doesn't
have to be like hidden in a drawer, unless you
want your thoughts to be hidden in a drawer.

Speaker 5 (03:40):
It's I mean, when I kind of look at.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
This, it's so pretty that you know, when you check
into an Airbnb, people kind of write who they are
and where they're from and what their experience was you
see that sometimes at airbnbs. This kind of looks like
something like that, where you could have it on the table,
people would pick it up. I think it's beautiful full
obviously rose themed for our Bachelor fans out there, those

(04:05):
are some of our choices now.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
Actually, we do.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
Have a couple other things in the list that I
think could be big highlights. Actually, I also really I
think this is cool. My wife is a huge bag person.
She loves bags. It's kind of her. I guess one
of her only vices in life is just selling bags,

(04:31):
buying bags, showing off bags, talking about bags.

Speaker 5 (04:36):
I've learned a lot about bags.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
Oh my gosh, that's so funny. I'm not a bad girl.
I'm not.

Speaker 5 (04:43):
She loves bags. Yeah, bags.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
So I had to add a bag to this gift guide.
The Hearts and Roses beaded shoulder bag is what I
went with, kind of sticking with that rose theme. You know,
you don't want to be overly bachelor, you know, if
you're a fan. Sometimes this bag is when you can
take anywhere and nobody's going to like see you wearing it.
They're only going to be like, wow, that's a pretty bag.

(05:10):
This bag from Francesca's. Actually, if anybody's wondering.

Speaker 3 (05:14):
Oh, it's so cute, exactly.

Speaker 5 (05:17):
Yeah, it's fun. I like it.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
We're going to be posting this stuff on our socials too,
so you can kind of go back if you're listening,
you don't have to write all this down.

Speaker 5 (05:26):
You can go back through our.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Socials and kind of see some of these gift you
know that we're talking about. But so far, we've got
the rose embroidered journal from the Rifle Paper Company. We've
got the pajamas that you mentioned, We've got the Hearts
and Roses beaded shoulder bag. I know there's some other
things on our list that we definitely want to share.

Speaker 4 (05:48):
I just want to say that this Hearts and Roses
beaded shoulder bag, they're not sponsored, by the way the
way that we're reading the titles.

Speaker 3 (05:55):
It's half off.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
It's thirty four dollars, and it is going to make
everybody comment on your outfit. My next item I've had
for a long time. It is from Etsy, so I'm
not sure if you're gonna get it in time. Etsy
is chock full of bachelor related gifts, and this is
one of the best ones. This girl. She's a small

(06:19):
business and her name is Punderella. She also has a
fun instagram. She makes greeting cards and coloring books of
the Bachelor cast. So these are two older ones. As
you can see, Chris Harrison's on the cover of this one,
and he's got a little knife with his wine glass.

(06:39):
And then wells is bartending right here. Let me look
through it to see if we got home. This is
how outdated it is. We got Crystal and Goose, So
I was she has updated ones?

Speaker 3 (06:50):
Now this? Oh there, I am Jared. How am I
going to find another you?

Speaker 4 (06:55):
I use her cards whenever I have a birthday or
a special occasion for some of my Bachelor fan friends
fan friends.

Speaker 6 (07:05):
Those are super fun. I love them.

Speaker 5 (07:18):
Actually.

Speaker 2 (07:19):
Also on my list, I've got many date cards highlighted.

Speaker 5 (07:24):
I think these are super fun.

Speaker 2 (07:25):
They're thirty scratch off dates that take thirty minutes or less.

Speaker 5 (07:29):
They're from the Adventure Challenge. They're good to kind.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Of mix life up a bit, and when it comes
to your dating life, they're fun. You never know what
you're gonna get. Also on my list, we got to
go with some of bachel Nation's favorites Joey G and
Tyler C. They have prayer candles from Zoe celeb Candles
on Etsy. That's for your like your big fans.

Speaker 4 (07:52):
Oh, I have my Harry Styles one right here. It's
usually reserved for like a Harry Styles type of but like,
if you are so deep into Bachelor, maybe you do
want Jelley the Bachelor who brought it back on your candle.

Speaker 5 (08:08):
The Bachelor who brought it back.

Speaker 2 (08:10):
Also the Bachelor T shirt from the official Hulu website.
So this is your I see this as like your
big comfy T shirt right you're here, one that you're
going to bed in. I have two more items on
this list than amusables rose bouquet from Jellycat.

Speaker 3 (08:28):
Jelly Cat s in right now, so.

Speaker 2 (08:31):
In very popular. And then finally on my list, I've
got something. I'm just gonna explain it to you. I
worked really hard on this list. I did a lot
of researches. I know I think you did too. But
woven from one hundred percent pure mulberry silk, this Blissy
pillowcase is designed to offer you the perfect sleep experience.

(08:55):
Jessica's got me sleeping on silk now took me a
bit to get used to.

Speaker 5 (09:00):
I love it now. I don't know if i'd go back.

Speaker 2 (09:03):
This is a rose sick silk pillowcase. I think it's pretty.
But also I just think sleeping on silk has been
life changing for me. And I think Jessica would say
that it's good for your skin.

Speaker 3 (09:15):
It is.

Speaker 4 (09:16):
That is the reason to do it. It's also good
for your hair. It helps prevent breakage, all right. So
a quick rundown of the items that I still have
on my list. I steal you for a sex sweatshirt.
How cute is that it's on Etsy? And then, of course,
how can we have a complete How can we have

(09:36):
a gift guide without including Ben's book Alone in Plain Sight?
Come on the refurbished edition. How do you properly say
that the updated edition?

Speaker 2 (09:48):
Yeah, that works. It's extended now, it has It has
a couple chapters on obviously being a dad, being a husband.
The whole book is set up to help people feel
less alone, and I think the holiday season is a
good time for people to be reminded that they're not
alone in this world. So that's very sweet of you.

Speaker 4 (10:09):
To add that to your list, of course, And there
are so many bachelor books out there, Hey, give your
friend an entire collection. That's the kind of thing that
you can actually probably get in time now on Amazon,
so you can get a whole library of bachelor books.
Really recommend the Courtney Robertson book, the Andy book, Ben's

(10:29):
number one, then Nick's book, and I do think that
Sean Lowe's book is also very captivating. All right, those
are all on Amazon. Ben's book is in paperback now
for eleven fifty eight, So that is a steal, absolute steal, goodness,
absolutely absolute steal. If you listen to him regularly on

(10:50):
this podcast, why would you not spend about twelve dollars
to read?

Speaker 2 (10:54):
You also get some good insights in that, I think
as well. You get some insights into the breakup, to
life after the breakup. It's not all bachelor focused, and
so I think if you're a Bachelor fan, you'll get
what you want. I'm hoping if you have somebody in
your life that's not a Bachelor fan who's feeling disconnected,
I think they could read it and still enjoy. You know,

(11:17):
some of the stories that are a part of it one.

Speaker 4 (11:19):
Thousand percent, And I love the parts about one of
your friends you talk about a couple of friends that
I'm yeah, okay, finally, will you accept this Rose wine tumbler?
You can find that on Etsy from Chloe's Corner Shop.
Everybody loves a tumbler, and I have to say, even
though my kitchen is so freaking full of tumblers, every

(11:40):
time I get a new one gifted, I don't regifted.
I'm like, I will use this one day. I'm always
losing tops straws. They get JANKI, so I'm always replacing
a templar. Not to say that it's not wonderfully recyclable
and all that. You know, it's definitely better for the environment.
Blah blah blah blah. Okay, and then finally the Forever Rose.

(12:03):
This starts at seventy dollars. These roses last for over
three years.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
I actually would argue maybe a little longer. I've had
my Forever Roses for a while now.

Speaker 4 (12:14):
Really they used to say that they only lasted a
year the brand that I was most familiar with, but
this Forever Roads is over three years.

Speaker 3 (12:21):
These are from Ecuador.

Speaker 4 (12:23):
They're gorgeous, and they allow you to get a whole
bunch of different colors.

Speaker 3 (12:27):
Whatever's going to match the decor.

Speaker 4 (12:29):
Best and then they give you a whole bunch of
sized options as well.

Speaker 5 (12:35):
This is fun.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
This is great if you have a Bachelor fan your life,
or just somebody who loves roses. I think these guests
will be great for you. Again, you can find all
of these kind of gifts that we've mentioned back on
our social media if you follow us at the Almost
Underscore Famous podcast, go back look at them ideas for you.

(13:01):
This has been our gift guide. This is what we
do this time of year. It's great for the holidays
when it comes to you know, Christmas, but then also
the New Year. I don't think any of these things
would not be good gifts for the New Year if
you just do New Year's gifts, which at.

Speaker 3 (13:17):
This point time but firstdays.

Speaker 2 (13:19):
Yeah, it feels like people are just gifting each other
a lot of things, which is good for the economy. Hey,
we'll be back with some more content coming your way
as we lead up to the holiday season. We cannot
wait to share more with you. Some incredible interviews obviously,
or we will continue on with Frankie Fridays. We'll have
some holiday themed podcasts as well. We're talking as much

(13:40):
as we can to prep you for this holiday season.

Speaker 5 (13:44):
So until next time, I've been.

Speaker 3 (13:45):
Ben, I've been Ashley. Bye.

Speaker 1 (13:48):
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