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I know I won't get any points for originality here, but I think any and all Tulsa t-shirts - you know, the ones that have been in every local gift guide since 2006 - have more than earned some real estate in <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/search/label/Gift%20Guide">this year's TDT Holiday Gift Guide</a>.

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What this suggestion lacks in novelty it packs in practicality and all that has become classic. What I mean is, the Tulsa t-shirt is my go-to gift these days, Christmastime or not. Any time I find myself racking my brain to come up with the perfect gift, I head to <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/">Dwelling Spaces downtown</a> or <a href="http://www.idaredboutique.com/">Ida Red on Brookside</a> and bag <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/45">an I Heart Tulsa t-shirt</a>, something from <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/49">the Okie Grown line</a> or a shirt emblazoned with the <a href="http://www.cainsballroom.com/">Cain's Ballroom</a> logo.

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At $20, it's hard to go wrong with these babies.

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These t-shirts make great gifts even for out-of-town relatives and friends. I've worn mine in several distant not-Tulsa cities, and each time the shirts served as conversation starters. One of those "Tulsa, huh?" responses was better than nothing - at least that person read and spoke the word "Tulsa" that day - but I really loved when someone said something like, "Tell me about Tulsa." That's when I would proceed to proselytize for T-Town converts, rattling off the names of our attractions and cost-of-living ratios and all the reasons I love this city in an effort to get the person to sell all he owns and get on a plane that lands at TIA.

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I'm so glad I have this blog now. These inappropriately enthusiastic outbursts of Tulsa love abroad happen much less frequently now. It's better for the city (and its reputation for <i>not</i> being the home of crazy-eyed, red-headed civic cheerleaders) this way.

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Ah, the hip and edgy Tulsa t-shirt. Before you know it, the giftee will be asking you how to collect them all.

<b>Tulsa T-Shirts: Louis and Cluck, Okie Grown, Cain's Ballroom</b>
<a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/">Dwelling Spaces</a>
119 S. Detroit
(918) 582-1033
info@dwellingspaces.net
Monday-Saturday, 10:30am-7:30pm, Sunday-Monday, 11am-4pm

<a href="http://www.idaredboutique.com/">Ida Red Boutique</a>
3346 S. Peoria Ave.
(918) 949-6950
Monday–Wednesday, 10:30am–6:30pm, Thursday–Saturday 10:30am–open til they're closed, Sunday, 12-4pm