Happy Holidays! Back by popular demand, we’ve rounded up a host of interesting gift ideas to help you spread joy this season!
ASUS Zenbook Duo Laptop
Once you’ve gotten used to working with two monitors you can never back, and this sleek and powerful laptop from ASUS lets you take that convenience with you wherever you go.
Clicks Power Keyboard
Combining a portable power bank with a full tactile keyboard, it will make you wonder why you ever bothered typing on your screen in the first place.
ION Audio Retro Glow Cassette Boombox
Featuring fun design touches like LED lights and a semi-transparent housing, this portable cassette deck, radio tuner, and Bluetooth stereo is ready to bring retro flair to your next outdoor gathering!
NOCS Provisions Portal AFN7
With only a viewfinder as opposed to a screen, this durable little camera is designed “for curious people and everyday exploration.” Compatible with other NOCS products for longer distance photography.
Camp Snap CS-8 Digital Video Camcorder
Also used solely via a viewfinder, this Super 8 style digital camcorder encourages users to live more in the moment during special events while still being able to capture their memories forever.
Puppy Love Gingerbread Bubbles & Treats Set
Get your darling doggo into the holiday spirit when you stuff their stocking with a gingerbread-flavored bubble and snack set.
Pawcasso Ornament Painting Kit for Pets
What pet owner wouldn’t want ornaments painted by their furry family members? These unique kits let your dog or cat paint works of art that you are guaranteed to treasure forever.
Monet Water Lilies Silk Chiffon Scarf
A gorgeous silk chiffon scarf featuring a design based on Monet’s famed Nymphéas (”Water Lilies”) paintings. Comes in a box perfect for gifting with a card detailing its origins.
GAP Cotton Oversized Sweater
Comfy, stylish, and available in a variety of colors, this will quickly become a favorite.
Bare Hands Dry Gloss Manicure Kit
A polish-free manicure kit that buffs, nourishes, and naturally shines your nails — no paint bottles, just healthy-looking gloss.
Real Snowflake Forever Necklace
Jeweler Dalhai Vela devised a way to capture a real snowflake inside glass, preserving it forever, and now you can own one of your own to wear. Each necklace includes an 18 sterling silver chain, adjustable from 16″ – 20″ and the pendants are made of glass and recycled sterling silver.
19th Hole Cocktail Stirrers
Golf club–shaped drink stirrers for celebrating (or forgetting) your last round.
SKIL Power Driver
Power drills are super convenient, except when their size makes too big for certain spaces. SKIL’s mini-sized Power Driver drill solves that problem while still being strong enough for the most demanding jobs.
Pinter In-Home Beer Brewer
Ever wanted to brew your own beer at home? Pinter’s unique device lets you give it a try in a wide array of varieties. Available either to purchase or free with a subscription to their kits.
Gourmet Salad Dressing Kit
Four artisan seasoning blends make homemade salad dressing as easy as shake, pour, and toss.
Salad Pod
A fresher way to take your salad on the go—no leaks, no soggy greens, just crisp perfection anywhere.
Collective Noun Birds Tea Towel
This imaginative and unique tea towel features fifteen wonderfully evocative collective nouns accompanied by illustrations by British artist Jan Morley.
Mahjong Textured Tile Glass
Game night feels even more festive with a wine glass that celebrates every winning hand.
Everything Everywhere All at Once Mahjong Set
Laundry, taxes, and tile games. 160 Black tiles with hand-painted engraved icons in a wooden carrying case with gold-foil stamped googly eye logo, four racks, and a set of dice.
Gardener’s Harvest Basket
Hose off your greens in a traditional wire mesh basket that’s available with or without personalization.
Igloo Playmate KoolTunes Cooler
It’s a cooler! No, it’s a speaker! Turns out you’re both right!
Hamilton: Collector’s Edition 4K Blu-ray Boxset
The definitive edition of the filmed version of one of Broadway’s biggest hits, packed with supplemental materials.
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Available in hardback or paperback, this box set collects every strip of the beloved comic’s run.
Hey Kids, Watch This!
Looking for help finding something to watch? This book has over 100 recommendations across decades, genres, and countries helpfully arranged in chapters for Preschoolers, Little Kids, Big Kids, and Tweens.
Book of the Month Club
A great way to build a home library that features a monthly selection of the buzziest new books.
Aardvark Book Club
If the reader you have in my mind is a bit more adventurous in their choices, this alternative monthly box could be a better fit.
Twelve Days of Christmas Literary Surprise Box
This small wooden set of drawers, based on the classic library card catalog, holds a dozen treasures that the recipient will use throughout the year.
Cozy Cottage Book Stand & Lamp
This enchanting cottage lamp and book stand lights the way to where you last left off in your novel.
Card Catalogs Notecards
Evoking memories of beautiful wooden card catalogs, this replica sturdy cardboard box comes with a set of thirty flat notecards and envelopes. The front of each card reproduces an original card from the Library of Congress and features a different famous work of literature, such as The Divine Comedy, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Leaves of Grass, and Ulysses.
LEGO Vincent van Gogh – The Starry Night
A beautiful LEGO recreation of van Gogh’s beloved painting, with a little artist included.
LEGO Book Nook: Bookstore
It was only a matter of time before LEGO jumped on the book nook modeling trend. Equally unsurprising is the stunning job they did with it.
Nintendo Switch 2
With RAM prices making electronics more expensive seemingly by the day, this remains the only reasonably priced current generation console. That it also happens to be one of the most popular doesn’t hurt.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
One of the most beloved games in the Zelda franchise is remade for Nintendo’s newest console. With updated graphics and several quality-of-life improvements, this will go down as the definitive way to experience the game.
Vinyl Albums
Streaming may be dominant, but people still love owning physical copies of their favorite music. While we’ve highlighted some popular new titles by Olivia Rodrigo, Angine de Poitrine, and Madonna respectively, find out who your giftee loves and seek that out! CDs and cassettes are also seeing a resurgence, so it’s worth checking which versions they can play first. Also, check to see if you can buy them direct from the artist, as there are often exclusive versions available when you do so.
Miniverse Real Music Record Player
This cute collectible lets user play real, tiny records, with many to pick from across genres.
Build-Your-Own Kaleidoscope Kit
This STEM kit is an exciting two-part project for young artists and scientists, ages seven and up.
NookNooks Starbox
Kids are very into collectible, blind-buy boxes right now and these adorable light-up scenes are sure to be a favorite. Heck, some adults might even like them.
Barbie Chemistry Activity Lab
The perfect chemistry set for Barbie fans. And honestly, who isn’t?
KPop Demon Hunters Singing Dolls
Kids won’t have to pretend these dolls as are singing, as they can each belt out the film’s biggest hit, “Golden”. Rumi appears to largely be sold out at the moment, so don’t sleep on these.
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ChompSaw
Safe for kids to use, this little machine allows them to cut shapes out of cardboard to create all sorts of exciting projects. The optional subscription add-on sends materials and instructions each month to spark their creativity!
Schylling Needoh Nice Ice Baby
There’s always at least one trending toy that ostensibly makes no sense, and these little squishies certainly qualify. Available in a variety of forms and shapes, there’s bound to be something for every kid, but make sure you’re buying the real thing! To check, make sure the Schylling logo appears somewhere on the box. Demand is so high that you can expect to spend more than the low MSRPs for these unfortunately, and the manufacturer has temporarily suspended direct ordering.
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box
This special edition box features an assortment of cards for the Pokémon trading card game as well as other unique items.
Pokémon Pikachu Puppetronic by RealFX
This plush animatronic toy can perform over 120+ animations controlled via hand motions and touch. One of the most convincing toys of its type yet created and selling out fast.
Disney Lorcana Trading Cards
Kids looking for an alternative to Pokémon and/or Disney fans are quickly becoming obsessed with this collectible trading card game from Disney, which features popular characters from their wide range of hit movies and shows.
Fugglers
The latest toys to take up the “ugly but cute” trend, these stuffed dolls are taking off.
Bluey’s Light & Surprise Heeler House
This absolutely massive dollhouse brings the fun of the popular TV show home. Selling out fast.
If you need more inspiration, don’t forget about our previous year’s lists: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
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