Holiday shopping can be overwhelming with all the whoosits and whatsits galore overflowing at every store and website, which is why we’ve narrowed it down to our latest favorites for everyone on your list. Whether you’re shopping for yourself (recommended), your partner (also a good idea) or someone else, these products are an absolute score.
WE FOUND LOVE
A romantic gesture for your honey or a gift to newlyweds, the custom map by My Ever Map makes personalized gifts really manageable with an easy-to-use website and modern designs. Celebrate a first kiss, an engagement, a marriage or something else. $50. myevermap.com
CHEERS, QUEERS!
We spotted Fizzics on the Today show, and knew we needed to try it for ourselves in our craft-beer-loving home. The newest model, the DraftPour, is a personal beer dispenser, and it makes for some seriously good beer. All you have to do is pour a can or bottle of beer in the container, and then pull on the handle. Micro-foam technology leverages sound waves and fluid dynamics to produce the perfect tap-worthy pour. Cheers! $129.99. fizzics.com
BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Weighted blankets are increasing in popularity, and for good reason. They can calm people with anxiety, PTSD, restless legs and other disorders—plus, they’re just so dang cozy. The TRUBlanket offers couple-sized weighted blankets in 15 and 20 pounds which means you don’t have to sacrifice your snuggles just to get that “everything is going to be OK” feeling. $289.99-$299.99. trulitebedding.com
SO CLUTCH
Maxed out in classic Christmas plaid, the Noelle Red Tartan glass gift box clutch by Nina Shoes is perfect for the fashionista in your life. $98. ninashoes.com
TRUE COLORS
Make a statement at any LGBTQ+ wedding with these rainbow heels by Nina Shoes. $79. ninashoes.com
JUST BREATHE
Yoga lovers in your life will appreciate this Thalé Blanc vegan leather yoga mat strap complete with a crossbody option as well as a handle. Eyeglass and wallet clip-ons make this a grab-and-om full package. $69.99. thaleblanc.com
WINE COUNTRY IS CALLING
As someone who has traveled to Napa and prayed my new wine bottles would survive the plane ride home, this is the solution I didn’t know I needed. The oenophile in your life needs this clever Piccolo suitcase, which has one side dedicated to holding up to five full-size wine bottles nestled in dense removable foam padding, while the other side of the case is available for the rest of your belongings. $249. vingardevalise.com
LIGHT IT UP
The innovative LumiCharge 2.0 LED lamp and multi-phone dock is a next-level cool for your tech-loving friend or coworker. A major space saver, this well-designed slim multi-purpose apparatus offers a wireless charging platform for your phone, three charging ports on a rotating wheel (plus another port in the back), a touch-sensitive lamp, a calendar, a timer, a clock, a temperature gauge and more. $129. thelumicharge.com
STOCKING STUFFERS
Socks for presents never get old, and maybe it’s because we all need them? When it comes to shopping for socks, we’re pretty stoked to share the fashionable line from PKWY by Dwyane Wade since not only are the socks super comfy and boast fun designs, but the retired NBA great “DWade” recently made the news for proudly supporting his son, Zion, attending Pride, making his sock collection a shoe-in for our gift guide. $24.99-$29.99. pkwy.com
DINNER IN AN INSTANT
Know someone who loves cooking and is vying for a healthier way to eat, too? The Vortex Plus 10 Quart Air Fryer Oven makes fried food without the fryer. And it replaces the microwave, pizza oven, convection oven, dehydrator and toaster, saving on counter space and providing multiple cooking options from air frying, baking and roasting to broiling, reheating and dehydrating. $129.95. instantpot.com
100% FOR THIS
New on the fashion scene in 2019 is Plus Size For, an apparel and merchandise company that provides election-oriented and political merchandise for every size person up to size 6X. Our faves? “Elizabeth Warren is 100% that bitch” T-shirt and “Healthcare is a human right. Period.” sweatshirt. $15-$40. plussizefor.com
NAUGHTY AND NICE
Lingerie specifically made for transgender women? Yes, please! GI Collection is a lingerie company founded by Carmen Liu as an answer to trans women’s prayers for lingerie that’s specifically made for pre-op bodies. We’re crushing on the sexy black classic bra and panty. $23-$29. gicollection.co.uk
DECADENT DISC
Chocolate gifts are welcome by most anyone anywhere. When you need to bring the Christmas cheer, the 10-inch Chocolate Pizza is an easy choice with its delicious gourmet chocolate blended with homemade English toffee and clever delivery in a white cardboard pizza box. $25.95. chocolatepizza.com
THE ANSWER TO YOUR HEADACHE
Sufferers of tension headaches will appreciate the gift of the Tension Releazzzer, a deceptively simple chiropractor-created product that eases headaches with a replicated technique used worldwide called sub-occipital release technique (SORT). The pegs are adjustable to give you what you need—just lay down on the knobs. $45. tensionreleazzzer.com
WINGING IT
Peanut butter, chocolate and potato chips are layered together to create a creamy, salty and indulgent combination called the Peanut Butter Wings. If you gift these to someone else, do yourself a favor and have a box sent your way too. $10.95. chocolatepizza.com
COMES IN HANDY
The Geekey Mini Multi-Tool is perhaps one of the smallest yet mighty new inventions of this century. The steel tool is hardly bigger than a house key yet manages to offer 16 different options, including a screwdriver, a smoking pipe and bowl, a wire bender, a bottle opener, a protractor, a wire stripper, a ruler and much more. $26.99. getgeekey.com
GOOD READ
Civil rights icon Edie Windsor was catapulted to international fame in 2013, when the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case seeking recognition from the U.S. government for her marriage to partner Thea Spyer, setting the stage for marriage equality in the U.S. Windsor’s memoir, A WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE (St. Martin’s Press, $27.99), written with Joshua Lyon and published posthumously, shares the fascinating and little-known details of her life, work and loves, from her adventures in the lesbian bars of 1950s Greenwich Village while pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics at NYU, to her work at IBM in the early days of tech, as well as her activist awakening and epic love affair with Thea Spyer. $27.99. us.macmillan.com
