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.
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.
Yeti something! Various of the tumblers are customizable.
My sister who is a palliative care nurse with a broadway and true crime obsession
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.
Art from Kneeland Co.
Early 20s brothers who still live at home.
Solid Wiggles, which now ships on Gold Belly
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
Kids and Teens!
5-year-old who bounces off the walls and loves telling stories and recapping movies.
Haba doorway puppet theater or Wonder & Wise by Asweets playhouse
P.S.- We Made This: Super Fun Crafts That Grow Smarter + Happier Kids! by Erica Domesek
Lego MiniFigs
4-year-old who loves twirly dresses but mom's aesthetic is minimalist Brooklyn hipster.
All Small Co dress section (see: kiwi puff tutu dress and Lisa Says Gah x All Small Co puff sleeve 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
Some TikTok-adjacent cooking things: DIY fortune cookie kit, The Dough Club mochi pancake and waffle mix, Takashi Murakami flower pancake pan
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.
A flower subscription from Flowerbx or BloomsyBox
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.
Coworkers/direct reports - ideally one idea for all. We are remote so a digital gift is ideal.
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.
Gjusta Goods herbed salt and Burlap & Barrel Zanzibar black peppercorns and Graza olive oil
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
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.
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
Vintage napkins with her initial or monogram on Etsy/eBay
Donation to animal sanctuary, like Farm Sactuary: “adopt” a goat named Jennifer or a donkey named Albert!
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.
The Last Course by Claudia Flemming (and Melissa Clark) + her new book Delectable (with Catherine Young)
Memor phone case or vase. They also sell jibbitz…er, shoe charms.
Recovering cool girl that doesn't want any more vinyl, just something useless + gorge.
Casa Veronica wall hook or candle holder
Everyone Else!
Brother's girlfriend who loves to read, has 2 cats, hates clutter, and many food allergies.
A donation to a local cat rescue organization
Gymnastics moms who plan trips, organize fundraisers and figure out carpool.
A bottle of something fun and a little surprising: Pipeno red ( with Papaya Reusables paper towels?),Forthave Spirits Red Aperitivo, non-alcoholic De Soi or Non or Proxies
Stationery / office-supply grab bags with finds from Yoseka Stationery, St. Louis Art Supply, or your local art store
Millennial who loves gardening and just started a high powered public job in the city.
Garden clogs from Gardenheir
For all our ideas, check out the archive of gift guides past—and keep those VMs and DMs coming at 833-632-5463 and @athingortwohq!
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