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Elise Daoud

17 Gifts Expats Can Get Their Loved Ones Living in Lebanon

Breaking news: Lebanese residents are no longer accepting Happy Birthday mugs, donut boxes, and electronics that they can’t even charge. So please allow us to walk you through the alternative gifts that your Lebanese friends and family will make use of:


1. Dollar Pizza

Tastes like happiness.




2. Red Bull Cake

Perfect for university students on a budget.




3. Snickers dumbbell

The heavier the weight the better the mental health.




4. Nutella syringes

Let them overdose on sweetness.




5. Multi-layered burgers cake

Get it from Lebanon, a Big Mac costs $1.68 only.




6. Nuggets bouquet

Ten chicken nugget meals from McDonald’s now cost as much as minimum wage.




7. Toilet paper bouquet

Instead of the nuggets one, or both.




8. Bubble wrap

A cheap fun activity and a stress relief remedy.




9. Life Savers

With this exact motivational quote to keep them afloat.




10. Vacation in a bag

This is better than nothing, but an actual vacation won’t hurt though.




11. This free ticket

It’s useless but most importantly free!




12. This iPad

Both are now luxurious items.




13. Condoms

For those who can afford neither protection nor raising a baby.




14. Baby care products

Parents will cry “no more tears” over baby diapers prices.




15. “You suck at parking” card

It’s motivating, and you’d be indirectly saving millions of lives.




16. A pet cloud

For those who need company but cannot afford to take care of a real animal pet.




17. Kisses for when you’re not around

I’m not crying, you are.