Lifestyle of a Fashionista

Choosing the best gifts for family and friends can be challenging. Thankfully, tons of online gift lists are available to help you decide. If you aren’t interested in shopping online, plenty of in-person options are also available.

We used to have a family tradition of last-minute shopping a day or two before Christmas. Nothing like knowing you only have a few hours left to shop to help you get motivated. This is a risky way of gift shopping; you might not find everything you’re looking for, but it can also be fun. Gift cards are also great last-minute gifts.

When shopping in person, remember to shop small. Visit all the neighborhood stores for fun gifts.

Gift Lists

There is an abundant number of gift lists online. I read several and included some links below.

For everyone:

From The New York Times, The Best Christmas Gifts for Everyone on Your List

From Elle, 70 Gifts That Are $50 or Under (and Look Way More Expensive Than They Actually Are)

From Wirecutter, The Most Popular Wirecutter-Approved Gifts of 2023

From The Cut, What the Cut Editors Are Gifting This Year

From Real Simple, The 70 Best Christmas Gifts of 2023

From Prevention, 50 Best Family Gift Ideas That the Whole Crew Can Enjoy Together

From NYT Wirecutter, 22 Gifts That’ll Last Forever (or Extremely Close)

For Women:

From Refinery 29, 23 Gifts For The Woman Who Wants Nothing This Holiday Season

This book was my favorite from the above list:

From Refinery 29, We Found The 13 Best Travel Gifts For Women To Please Your Always Wanderlusting BFF

Celebrity gift lists:

From PureWow, Reese Witherspoon Just Pulled an Oprah and Released a Holiday List of ‘Favorite Things’

See the full list: Reese’s Book Club List

See Oprah’s list: Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023

Home and Beauty:

From Vogue, 70+ Under-$100 Home, Beauty, and Fashion Gifts We Love

From PureWow, The 13 Best Holiday Beauty Sets to Gift…or Keep for Yourself

For Teens:

From PureWow, 68 Gifts for Teens That Are Actually Cool, According to Real High Schoolers

From Prevention, 75 Best Gifts for Teenage Girls That She’ll Actually Love

For Men:

From Prevention, The 71 Best Gifts for Husbands Who Already Have Everything

For Hanukkah:

From Good Housekeeping, 40 Best Hanukkah Gifts for Everyone in the Family

From the New York Times, 19 Great Hanukkah Gift Ideas

For a gift swap or stocking stuffer:

From Real Simple, The 70 Best White Elephant Gifts That Everyone Will Actually Want

From Prevention, 58 White Elephant Gifts That Everyone Will Actually Want to Steal

From Refinery 29, 16 Under-$15 Secret Santa Gifts So Good, Mr. Claus Might Recruit You On LinkedIn

From NYT Wirecutter, The 54 Best Gifts Under $25