An Elsa Peretti Bean necklace from Tiffany especially the gold version with the black net and tassel.
3. Gift They Won’t Return
A subscription to the NYT Cooking app! Best gift ever!
4. Gift That Gives Back
A donation to my favorite dog shelter, Wags and Walks !
Tiffany & Co.
Elsa Peretti Pendant
NYT
Cooking: Recipes & Tips
5. Unexpected Gift
A love letter! Tell someone what they mean to you!
6. Perfectly Useful Gift
Period underwear from my company Period! I love giving the Community Bundle and caring for someone else.
7. Especially Thoughtful Gift
My mom’s homemade raspberry jam—I must really like you if I’m sharing it.
8. Gift for Furry Friends
Giving to your local shelter in their honor!
Tiffany & Co.
Facets Notecards
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany T Ballpoint Pen
The Period Company
Community. Period.
9. Gift of a Great Read
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown. It’s good for everyone who wants to feel aligned with the new world—to connect themselves to the greatness that is our entire planetary ecosystem and who wants to organize for a better world.
10. Last-Minute Gift
Champs and caviar! Ruinart and Petrossian.
11. Cheap and Cheerful Gift
A bag of California citrus!
Ed. Note: Visit your local farmers market for the freshest, most reasonable citrus, but if you don’t have access to one, we also like Marmalade Grove .
12. Gift for Nourishing Mind, Body, or Spirit
A psychic reading!
adrienne brown
Emergent Strategy
Dom Ruinart
Blanc De Blancs 2010
Marmalade Grove
Citrus Club
1. How do you set a holiday season mood in your home?
I try my best to decorate early: December 1. I hit the carols, and there is no other music allowed. Think the Christmas album by Low for quiet vibes, always A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio, and then good ol’ Coast FM in the car.
2. Do you have any holiday traditions?
I do a glorious dinner of caviar and baked potatoes, crab legs, and an amazing salad, with a lot of champagne .
3. Do you have any go-to packaging items or ways you make wrapping stand out?
I’m real waste-free, so I buy vintage fabrics all year long, save all my ribbons, and clip eucalyptus from my magic tree as trim!
4. Where do you shop for gifts IRL?
OK is my fave fave, and so is the Heath store. Maxfield is another! I think the beauty of a favorite store is just to walk in and be inspired and let them gift come to you.
5. Any gifting etiquette tips?
Can I be honest? Don’t send me a thank-you card; it’s totally unnecessary! Give a gift with love and don’t expect anything except the happiness it brings the receiver!
6. Gift-season planning tips?
I love giving gifts! So it’s more really thinking about the person and finding something special!
7. Any strategy around when to buy?
Ugh, don’t leave it to the last minute, but also live your life! There are no mistakes with presents!
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Charlie Brown Christmas
Tiffany & Co.
Champagne Glasses
Petrossian
Royal Ossetra Caviar
Heath Ceramics
Bud Vase Set
Paper City Fabrics
Vintage Fabrics
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