Gift Guide Part 2: Siblings, Kids, Colleagues, Friends, And Everyone Else

We’re wrapping up (heh) this year’s gift guides with ideas for siblings, kids, aunts and uncles, colleagues, and the randos in your life you wanna treat extra nice. Have holiday-shopping thoughts of your own you *need* to share? Join our shiny new Geneva and spread that intel!

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Sisters!

For my sister and me because we both had/are having babies this year, and we are culturally christian literally only for the christmas cheer. Baby’s first christmas holiday ornaments that aren’t absolutely dreadful. So much cheesy stuff, doesn’t have to be baby themed but looking for a cool way to commemorate.

Custom porcelain charms from OKS
FoxBlossomCo custom bent-wire ornament
Lizzie Fortunato Alphabet Soup charms
Celina Mancurti monogrammed Christmas stockings or one-of-a-kind ones from Pyschic Outlaw

Step-sister; 18 and just got engaged. Likes to hunt. We are quite different.

Ranger Station perfumes
Yeti something! Various of the tumblers are customizable.
Camber sweatshirt
Vuori
Beis weekender
Flannery Beef

My sister who is a palliative care nurse with a broadway and true crime obsession

Antipast compression socks
Bonnie and Neil wave bath mat
TodayTix gift card
Broadway Dance Center classes
Salty Seattle Crocchi croissant-shaped gnocchi
Tickets to True Crime: The Musical at The Players Theatre in NYC

Brothers!

25-year-old brother, aspirational and practicing writer/actor/director, v into self-improvement (Tim Ferriss vibes), not into receiving gifts, would rather just buy what he wants when he wants, the curveball is he did say I could make him some art or buy him some art as apartment decor.

Artwise signed posters and lithographs
Art from Kneeland Co.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art posters and prints
Get Your Shit Together by David Shrigley
Martin Scorsese MasterClass

Early 20s brothers who still live at home.

A24 99 Movie Crosswords
Rap Capital by Joe Coscarelli
Solid Wiggles, which now ships on Gold Belly
Athletic Greens
Dohm white noise machine
Anyday microwave cookware

Sons!

25 year old son who buys the nicer things because they last, but who is also a minimalist.

Something from Labour & Wait or Puebco
Ettitude sheets.
Toyo toolbox
Bottega Veneta moneyclip

Kids and Teens!

5-year-old who bounces off the walls and loves telling stories and recapping movies.

Hugimal weighted stuffed animal
Haba doorway puppet theater or Wonder & Wise by Asweets playhouse
Cosmic Kids Yoga subscription
P.S.- We Made This: Super Fun Crafts That Grow Smarter + Happier Kids! by Erica Domesek
Little Passports
Kidamento camera
Lego MiniFigs

4-year-old who loves twirly dresses but mom’s aesthetic is minimalist Brooklyn hipster.

Unwind Studio needlepoint kit for kids
Kazoo magazine subscription
OLODesigns costumes
All Small Co dress section (see: kiwi puff tutu dress and Lisa Says Gah x All Small Co puff sleeve dress)
La Réunion custom azure patchwork dress
Primary cozy plaid dress or tutu dress
Follies playhouses: Casa Azul set, The Bauhaus set, and Canvas set

13year old girl who claims she discovered preppy fashion and also loves hair product

Vintage Ralph Lauren shirts—use search terms Y2K, cropped
Used copy of The Official Preppy Handbook
Monogrammable mini backpack from Paravel
Rose and Co candle makers
Pattern mist spray bottle + microfiber hair towel
Shop Milk Teeth barrettes
Chunks hair accessories
Some TikTok-adjacent cooking things: DIY fortune cookie kit, The Dough Club mochi pancake and waffle mix, Takashi Murakami flower pancake pan
Lumber Club Marfa stool

Aunts and Uncles!

A generous aunt whose language is giving other people gifts, but hard to buy for herself. She’s a real estate agent, into some woo-y self-help stuff, and buys anything she needs right away. Have tried gift certificates for experiential things, but she’s a busy lady and these often don’t get redeemed.

An easy-to-redeem gift card for food that’s good for entertaining that comes to her. In NYC: Stocked by 3 Owls gift card. In LA: Lady & Larder. Nationwide: Beauty & the Board.
Cultish by Amanda Montell
A flower subscription from Flowerbx or BloomsyBox
Moon Lists workbook / guided journal
Amiacalva tote or monogrammed Clare V Tropezienne.
Fancy, pretty makeup like Dries Van Noten lipstick or perfume discovery set or Hermès lipstick or blush brush.

Colleagues!

Beloved senior colleague retiring: works in a museum, fun dog, rocks a funky necklace.

Lux Eros personalized pet bowl
Kikkerland wooden ball launcher
Ameico candle stacks
Roxanne Assoulin necklace
Susan Alexandra dog collar or leash
Saint Olio aromatic dog refresher

Coworkers/direct reports – ideally one idea for all. We are remote so a digital gift is ideal.

A Thing or Two Secret Menu subscription
Substack subscription: To give a gift subscription, go to the homepage of the publication you’d like to give, then add “/gift” to the end of the URL.
Libro.fm subscription
Gjusta Goods herbed salt and Burlap & Barrel Zanzibar black peppercorns and Graza olive oil
Allie’s banana bread
Good-looking games like Wingspan, Azul, Lacorsa Grand Prix, and Casa Lopez Playing Cards.

My boss – owns a company that runs farmer markets. I’ve been with the company since may. He is currently starting a farm (he has been a farmer before). I am honestly not sure if he is a Christmas guy. He doesn’t seem jazzed about it, idk. I know he cares enormously about sustainability, our food system, etc. but is also a business man. I have literally zero ideas for him. The additional piece is that we should get him a gift as a group (we are a pretty small team) but should I also get him a sep gift? No, right? Agh. I assume he’s in his mid to late 40s. White. He has small kids that I haven’t met.

Chocolate! ℅ Fossa, andSons Chocolatiers, and JST Chocolate
Alec’s Ice Cream
Séka Hills olive oil
An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits and Nuts
Flamingo Estate 9-pound bag of manure
Donation to Black Farmer Fund paired with We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile
Donation to Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at University of Arkansas

Friends!

Best friend (36 female) loves wine and who my 5 yo thinks has chosen being an aunt as her career.

Josephinen glasses
Special bottle from Walker Wines or Winebid
Cote wine club (also has a gift box option)
99 Bottles: A Black Sheep’s Guide to Life-Changing Wines by André Hueston Mack
An American in Provence: Art, Life and Photography by Jamie Beck

Female friend. Preppy/classic style. Likes fancy crafts (i.e., embroidery). Vegan. ~$40

The LL Bean tote with an in joke, catchphrase, embroidered
Loop Canvas needlepionts
StirCrazyCrafterUK embroidery journal kit
Blockshop original block-printing kit
Vintage napkins with her initial or monogram on Etsy/eBay
Typology tinted lip oil
Donation to animal sanctuary, like Farm Sactuary: “adopt” a goat named Jennifer or a donkey named Albert!
Brutus Bakeshop goodies

One of my best friends who has two boys under 4, is writing a thesis on how policing was formed out of military-imperialist activities, and is a great chef and baker (vegetarian and gluten-free). She did all our friends’ wedding hair and makeup (me included) and took us to the Usher residency in Vegas for her 36th birthday. Lastly, and most importantly, her family is very wealthy (and generous – they have taken me on MANY incredible once-in-a-lifetime trips). Lastly, she is a BIG SHOPPER but still hunts for a deal. If you’re wondering, I have already given her a custom Katie Kimmel pet vase.

Vintage Usher tee
Tani Greenspan custom matchbook print
The Last Course by Claudia Flemming (and Melissa Clark) + her new book Delectable (with Catherine Young)
Chava studio shirt or a gift cert
Alepel custom shoes or cardholder
Memor phone case or vase. They also sell jibbitz…er, shoe charms.
Arcana Books gift certificate
Hermès passport holder