Help your husband with his special occasion needs. Mark his calendar with birthdays, anniversaries, and any special days that he likes to celebrate (you could even slip in a few fun holidays like "kiss your wife day" or "national go to the movies day"). You can also mark your calendar and then several days before each occasion ask him what you can do to help - buy cards or gifts, mail packages, etc.
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If you haven't already, I encourage you to give your husband some idea of what you would like for Christmas (guys typically lose their minds over picking out gifts and it's only kind to help them out, be clear and specific so your husband doesn't feel that he has to read your mind or make a shot in the dark). Then whatever he gives you, love it. Your husband put thought, time, effort and/or money into your gifts. To accept his gifts is to accept him. Love the gifts because he gave them to you as an expression of his love and appreciation.
If it turns out you receive a particularly "unique" gift from him, just hug him and thank him and try to be a bit more specific the next time he needs gift ideas. Gift giving is an art to be learned and husbands are learning just like we are.
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. Billy Graham
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Make it easy for your husband to bless his friends and enjoy them over the holiday season. Help him with gift ideas and serve up some snacks and general hospitality when they pop in.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love ... practicing hospitality. Romans 12:10a, 13b NAS
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Listen calmly to your husband when he's having a bad day or facing stressful problems. You can offer him a bit of sympathy, encouragement or understanding, and possibly be a sounding board if he needs one (a listening ear if he doesn't).
A friend is someone who helps you when you're down, and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen. Author Unknown
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As a kindness, do your husband's least favorite chore for him. It's so nice to have that occasional break, to come home and find that it's already been done.
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck. Proverbs 3:3 NAS
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Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®,
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)
Just a reminder to brush your teeth or pop a mint in your mouth before meeting your husband somewhere. Fresh breath kisses are a great welcome.
Your lips, my bride, drip honey; honey and milk are under your tongue ... Song of Songs 4:11 NAS
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Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®,
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)
My husband likes "sparkly" things. I am not a "sparkly" kind of gal. I like scrumptious dark colors and simple, clean decorating, so you can imagine that the plasma ball and fiber optic glowing thingie are not my favorite decorative items. That said, my husband likes them and our home is his home too. It's a respect thing to make room for his likes as well as my own. They're not bad items, they're just ... sparkly.
I encourage y'all to take your husband's likes and interests into account when decorating your home. Yes, the moose head is a bit much, but surely there is a part of the house that is more masculine where the hairy critter can be incorporated (think twinkle lights at Christmas time). 
It's about making your home a place where he feels welcomed and valued.
It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own (as well as others') special light. Mary Dunbar (parenthetical comment mine)
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Tomorrow my husband and I are going to don our work clothes and go help some friends finish out their house. It's a blessing to give and receive help and it's a cool thing to serve as a couple. My hubby will bring his famous peach cobbler and we'll have a great time with friends.
I encourage y'all to look for opportunities to serve as a couple as well. It's great couple time and it's always a good thing to be generous.
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. William Arthur Ward
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