Calgary Flames
Gift shopping for a Flames fan is simple. Once you stop looking at everything you start looking at stuff you know a Flames fan will actually want, it becomes easy. There is a lot of Calgary merchandise available. Oodles and oodles of it. But most of it is boring. Same jersey. Same cap. Same logo thrown on something no one should own. We set out to find the other stuff.
The goodies. The gifts that would resonate with a real Flames fan. You know the type. The ones who bleed red and yellow and probably had the Saddledome permanently burnt into their retinas since they were old enough to understand hockey.
Having that kind of passion for your team requires a special brand of loyalty. This is a city that lives and dies with the puck. Outsiders often don’t get how ingrained hockey is here but if you were born in Calgary or came relatively young you know the feeling. We wanted gifts worthy of the fans who spent their childhoods going to games with their dads. Who watched Game 7 of the 1989 Cup on a VHS they wore out. Who still talk about their team every waking moment of the year regardless of how bad it is. Those people deserve something that matches just how they feel about the team. Something meaningful, not pointless junk they’ll never use.
So we only picked stuff we would give to the Flames fan we actually know and care about. If the answer to that question wasn't a resounding yes then it didn’t make the list. We aren’t here to give you ten gifts you’d never consider. Things that may as well be for another team if you look at them too much. We wanted to give you gifts that would strike just the right chord. That will get you that coveted “Damn, thank you!” text or comment when they open it. Gifts that show you put some thought into buying something for the person and not just what team they happen to support.
This matters because fans like the ones this city has deserve better than crap gifts. Not necessarily expensive. But put thought into. That become cherished keepsakes or are used so much they become part of the owners daily routine. A die true Flames fan doesn’t want some generic token bullshit gift. They want you to acknowledge their wonderful obsession with the team.
We hope you’ve done that by checking out these gifts. Some will appeal to the practical side, some to your loved ones noggin and some are just absolutely beautiful and happen to be red and yellow. Regardless of what you choose each of these gifts are ones you will be proud to give.