Let’s take a look at that holiday list, shall we? Organize Christmas menu, make sure you have enough place settings for holiday dinner, trim the tree, make the latkes, pick up cloth napkins to replace dirty old stained ones, figure out gifts for Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Uncle, Cousin, Daughter, Son, Teacher…wow that’s a lot of people!? Feeling overwhelmed? OK, here’s something that will help: Let’s take a look at that list again: Organize Christmas menu; make sure you have enough place settings for holiday dinner, trim the tree, make the latkes, pick up cloth napkins to replace dirty old stained ones, figure out gifts for…wow, that’s a lot of people in your life, and a lot of amazing, incredibly lucky ways to celebrate them as they will most likely be celebrating you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, enough with the big picture and enough with the perspective. Let’s do some shopping!
(P.S. In keeping with tradition, I ask you to read allll the way through. There just might be something in it for you.)

Beauty Boxes (Lush, $5-28) If you’ve been in the Lush stores, you’ve probably ogled their displays that look more like candy and cheese than beauty products. They are packaging geniuses over there and even if my girls didn’t love the sweet-smelling bath and beauty products inside their gift boxes, they’d still be overjoyed to see one under the tree. If there is a grandparent in your life who keeps begging you “I need ideas! I need ideas!” First, be grateful. Second, send him or her this link for a few pre-wrapped, can’t-go-wrong options. If you want to come up with something a la carte, start with their bath bombs, our daughters’ favorites. (Shown above, clockwise from top left: Little Snow Fairy gift box $15; Stardust Bath Bomb, $5.25; Christmas Party gift box $28; The Experimenter Bath Bomb, $9)

New York Babka (Breads Bakery,$35 for three) My dad loves babka. Which is a silly thing to say because, I mean, how can you not love babka, chocolate-swirled rolled cakes, that are spiked with cinnamon if you’re lucky. I used to pick them up for him when I lived near the Middle Eastern markets on Atlantic Avenue — now I just pick them up wherever I wander by one that looks good. This week, it just so happened I was wandering by Breads Bakery, home to what New York magazine calls the Best Babka in New York. Sold.

American Flag Throw, (in2Green, $165) You know that aunt/cousin/in-law who disagrees with you on literally everything in the headlines lately? Well, for the time being, I’ll bet you can probably agree on this. Made from soft, washable, recycled cotton, we have them in the TV room, on the couch, in the girls’ beds…I’d say we’re officially addicted.
Keyboard Covers (Amazon, $3-$10) If your kid’s philosophy in life is “Inject Fun Wherever and Whenever Possible” then these are for them. (And probably also for you, because, um, definitely for me.) Shown: Rainbow, but I’m thinking Universe, Owl, and Polka Dots are good stocking stuffer options as well. (Don’t forget to search for your exact computer model; PC options also available, but not as many.)

Fates and Furies (by Lauren Groff, $28) Two givens every time I open up my Facebook feed: A post about Trump and a post about this novel, which tells the story of a marriage that takes place over two-plus decades from the perspective of the two parties involved. It’s a National Book Award finalist and seemingly on every “Best Books of the Year” round-up in America. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my nightstand waiting patiently. (PS: I’d be willing to bet your kids’ teachers would be psyched to use this as an excuse not to grade more papers.)

Balance Board (Carrom, $77) Think of it as training wheels for a Hoverboard. And a little easier on the wallet.

YA National Book Award Nominees ($8 – 11) Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson; The Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin, Challenger Deep (the winner) by Neal Shusterman. Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that George O’Connor is out with the next volume in his epic Olympians series. This time: Apollo. (Reminder: My 13-year-old Phoebe started on the graphic novel series about six years ago, and I credit it with kicking off an obsession with mythology that lives on to this day. Don’t make me show you her Medusa Halloween costume.)
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (by George Saunders, $15) For younger kids — or even adults, to be honest — this repackaged classic by George Saunders is one we can’t recommend enough. Here’s what we wrote about it five years ago: “The dreamscape illustrations by Lane Smith, the message about empathy and community and the importance thinking beyond yourself, the heroine’s name (Capable — how great is that?), but really: this one, for us, is all about the writing and the humor. ‘She soon found that it was not all that much fun being the sort of person who eats a big dinner in a warm house while others shiver on their roofs in the dark,’ Saunders writes. ‘That is, it was fun at first, but then got gradually less fun, until it was really no fun at all.’ You want a book that gets talked about at the dinner table? This is a great place to start. Deeply wise, generous in spirit. Hard to overstate our love for it.” Ages 5+

Leather “Ingredient” Bracelet (Delicacies, starting at $75) Why shouldn’t there be a line of jewelry exclusively for the epicure? And why shouldn’t they feature special ingredients in sterling silver? Especially when every bracelet sold will provide 20 meals to those in need through Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry. The company is working with a new celebrity chef (think Marcus Samuelson) every three months,to choose a charity to which to donate the proceeds. How cool is that? How cool are they?
Dollhouse (Smaland, $89) If you have a kid who loves nothing more than disappearing into a pretend world, I have two things to say to you: 1) Make it last as long as you can — you’ll miss listening in on their make-believe conversations sooo sooo much and 2) Look into this dollhouse. I’ve already gone into detail on how sentimentally attached I am to Lundby (I grew up with it), but anyone with a heart can appreciate the sweetness of this happy home.

Baking, (By Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, Food52, $23) It’s the subtitle that really grabbed me here: 60 Sensational Treats You Can Pull off in a Snap. (Specifically the “in a snap” part.) As most of you know, Food52 is a deep, rich, endless rabbit hole of recipes and inspiration, but when you need, say, something for the cookie swap that’s tonight or the bake sale that’s tomorrow, well, you want someone to tell you exactly what to make. That’s what this book is. (P.S. Did someone say Brown Butter Cupcake Brownies?)

Graphic T-Shirts (Target, $5-$15) Parents of toddlers, you probably only have a few more years of controlling what band will be emblazoned on their T-shirt besides Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift. Might as well make the most of it. Shown: Beatles and ACDC. (I’m no longer shopping in the toddler department, so I picked up an XS in this classic for my 13-year-old. (Related: This Amazing Album.)
iBlock Cutting Board (Brooklyn Butcher Blocks, $125) Used to be you needed grooves in your cutting board to catch the filet’s juices. Now you need them to prop a tablet. (Brooklyn Butcher Blocks can’t guarantee Christmas Delivery — here’s another option just in case.)

Belgian Waffle Maker (Waring, $53) You know how before you had kids, you used to say things like “Every Sunday we’re going to have a real diner breakfast with waffles, pancakes, an omelet station…the works.” By now, though, you know not to ever listen to your pre-kid self. (She didn’t know anything about Music & Me schedules…or exhaustion.) Don’t beat yourself up! Maybe all you need is a little gear to kickstart you (or your earlier waking spouse) in the right direction. This Belgian Waffle Maker? A good place to begin.
Fatheads ($25-$140) In my day, it was the McEnroe poster thumbtacked to the bedroom wall. Today, it’s the fathead – which, judging by my nephew’s reaction when we gave him one last Christmas – is way cooler. And sure, while Stephen Curry (or Lionel Messi or Maria Sharapova) is never going to be a bad choice for a ginormous wall decal, did you know the company customizes them, too? In other words, what’s stopping you from enlarging your very own midfielder…or ballerina…or Boston Terrier? The possibilities are endless. And maybe a little terrifying.
Holiday Gift Kits (prices vary) I love this idea so much. Instead of just giving a favorite book, my friend Jodi uses that book as a starting point for a holiday gift kit. Like, for instance, Dinner: The Playbook (hey whaddaya know!?) would be bundled with a wooden spoon and recipe ingredients. Not surprisingly, Jodi writes the awesome craft blog Supermakeit (you might remember her adorable Animal Menorah) and has written two of her own books that are well worth bundling — check out her entire round-up.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
PS: GIVEAWAY ALERT! Delicacies, would like to give away two supercool leather bracelets to two lucky DALS readers. Just comment below to be eligible. Winners will be chosen at random. Contest ends Monday, December 14 at 5:00 PM. Good luck! UPDATE: THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THANKS FOR PLAYING EVERYONE!
Past DALS gift guides:
Other great gift guides: Cup of Jo; Bon Appetit $50-and-Under; Ben & Birdy
Babka photo credit: New York Magazine
I would LOVE to win a bracelet!
Great gift ideas! Those Lush gift sets make me so happy.
Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah!
Cute!
Thanks for the giveaway and all of the great gift ideas!
Thanks for the great ideas on your gift list!
I love the bracelets! Very clever!
Merry Christmas!
Jack’sjax
I seriously love that sweet little dollhouse, and now I’m also kicking myself for not thinking of Lush products for my preteen niece. There’s always her birthday, though.
Great gift guide! I’m totally stealing that cookbook kit idea for my impossible-to-shop-for Mother-in-Law. 🙂
I love the cookbook/package idea! What a great way to turn a good book into an awesome gift. Thanks!
So many great gift ideas! That babka looks so yummy.
Id loooove these bracelets!
I just sat down to research dollhouses for my three-year-old daughter who pretend plays for hours. I’m debating between a kit that I can personalize (lots of time) or something like this one you’ve listed here. AND….babka is something I miss so much from New York, after moving away two years ago. I just looked up your recommendation and it ships! I might need to ask for this from my family! Thanks again.
DALS is my favorite food blog. That Delicacies bracelet is fabulous.
Holiday gift kits are the best, and in my house are usually built around http://www.dinneralovestory.com/ill-miss-you-granola/!
I am terrible at coming up with gift ideas, so this is very helpful, and I am using quite a few. Thanks — and thanks for the giveaway!!! 🙂
Those are super cute! I’d love to win one! Would be a perfect gift for my S-I-L!
i would love a bracelet!
love the bracelets!
Bunch of great ideas here!
Fates and Furies is on my nightstand too! Maybe some downtime after Christmas to read it!
Rhonda – do read it! It is one of my favorite books this year. Read it for book club and couldn’t put it down. We loved it!
I like how each delicacy on the bracelets means something. Onions for strength and protection!
Totally would love an epicure bracelet! Thanks for the suggestions.. checking them out right now!
Would love to win! And also, another great new graphic novel – HILO.
Ooooo what a cool prize! Would love to gift my Mama with the pineapple! Thanks DALS for another great gift guide!
How awesome! I think I’m going to get my sister-in-law a chicken delicacies bracelet! 😀
Another great idea for the hubbies who are impossible to shop for is https://www.divebarshirtclub.com/ I have no idea if it’s any good, but just ordered and fingers are crossed that he will like it 🙂
Love the delicacies bracelet! I was planning on looking it up before I even got to the bottom of the post. The egg is my most favorite ingredient of all time, and is what I would get on my bracelet.
Oooh oooh oooh! Pick me pick me! I could pretend like I was going to be a super awesome person and give it to a friend for Christmas, but this treat will be absolutely positively exclusively for my. wrist. only. Because. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this bundle of super duper awesomeness.
Great suggestions!
Thank you for the giveaway, I would love to win one of the bracelet! 🙂
Those bracelets are so neat and I love that it provides meals to those who need it!
Pick me!
What a great list!
Such good ideas!! I had never seen the keyboard covers before – and they are perfect!
Great gift ideas….thanks!!!
I would love to win a bracelet!
Great post! Somehow I missed all the buzz about Fates and Furies, it’s now on my to-read list!
What I would give for a ginormous boston terrier decal…
Love your suggestions-as always
Thanks
I’m buying the YA books now. And based on your previous posts, I bought an Oconnor set for my son who is entering the mythology obsession too – he is plowing thru the myth-o-mania series
My 13 yo just read the lions of little rock and loved it…in case your girls need a new one
Ooooh – my 9-month old needs that Beatles shirt! Thanks for the link.
I would so rock a supercool leather bracelet! Please pick me!
Thanks for the ideas Jenny, and this amazing blog! Its the one thing I look forward to reading most everyday!
Bracelets for days
I just saw Jodi’s post on her gift kits — and forwarded it on to my family for me. I doubt anyone will go to the trouble but you don’t receive if you won’t ask!
As always, you list great ideas!
The gift kits are adorable!
Great suggestions! Thanks!
Those bracelets are so cute. And this whole post is full of great ideas!
Love the gift guide!
I really love the Holiday Gift Kit idea. Super fabulous. I also LOVE those bracelets.
Checking out those books!
Fun gift guide. Love the bracelets!
I would ROCK a bracelet with a pig on it.
Great gift guide!!
The bracelets are adorable!
Great list!
Ingredients on my wrist! Yes!
Love it!
i love lush! just bought an awesome hair masque there about a week ago. also–looks like there’s no link for the wall decals?
Great ideas Jenny!
I would love to win a bracelet – thank you for the
opportunity!
Love the list! I’m not sure how I missed seeing anything about Fates and Furies, but I’m adding it to my To Read list now!
Love all these ideas! So unique 🙂
Great ideas – thanks for the post. That balance board is just the thing for one of my twins – she’ll love it. And great book ideas, too. Happy Holidays!
I’ve never heard of a babka before but it looks delicious!
The bracelet would be so fun to wear!
Glad I saw this post today – there are definitely some great ideas here! I just put Fates & Furies on MY wish list. 😉 A Delicacies bracelet would be pretty awesome too!
These are all great gifts! Love this list every year and would love to win a bracelet!
Ooh thanks for the ideas. I, too, cannot wait to read Fates and Furies. Those bracelets are SO cute!
Great gift guide!
Thanks (…I think) for introducing me to the Delicacies bracelets–I can see getting carried away there very easily… And the cookbook gift kit is SUCH a brilliant idea! Methinks the babka makes the perfect “one for you, one for me” gift, too. 🙂
Love your lists every year–they are spot on! Thanks for putting this together again! And LOVE the bracelets!
Love these ideas and would be thrilled to win one of those fabulous bracelets!
As an organic free-range chicken farmer, the chicken bracelet really resonates.
Love the idea of then holiday gift kit based on a book or a recipe! What fun!? 🙂
Thanks for the Lush reminder — my 12-year-old will thank you, too!
I’d love one of those nifty bracelets!
Thanks for the chance! And now I know what to get some young teens on my list…lush!
Great gift ideas! I especially love the butcher block (and that bracelet is pretty darn cute, too!).
I have a friend who would LOVE a bracelet, but alas, I can’t spend $75 on her. But if I won one …
These all look great – thanks!
Such a great list! I’d forgotten about cute target tees for kids!
Love the idea of the gift kit! Also, those leather bracelets are pretty cool.
Lush is not just for pre-teens (hint to any family members reading…)
Love your site!
the bracelets look so cute, I’d love to win!
Pick me! Pick me!!
What a fun treat that would be!
I’m a long time reader and I recommend your blog to so many people. I absolutely love your lists and recipes. Thank you so much for the time you take to make these posts for all of us to enjoy!
The bracelets are lovely! <3
I’d love to win a bracelet! So cute!
And I love the gift kit idea. I feel like sending this post around to my family so they get some ideas.
Awesome list! My daughter loves bath bombs and The Thing About Jellyfish has been a huge hit with the 6th grade girls!
The American blanket is so great! Perfect for those relatives I have nothing in common with. 🙂
Great unique gift ideas! My daughter would love the Experimenter bath bomb. Thanks for sharing!
This list is phenomenal! Thanks.
Thanks for the giveaway chance.
One of my favorite gift for friends is your bumper sticker MAKE DINNER NOT WAR
Love these bracelets and that some of the proceeds are going to a good cause
Oh man, the coffee bean or the garlic – so hard to choose!
I love your gift guides! Thanks!
This is one of the best holiday gift guides I’ve read this month! I would love to win one of those bracelets!!!!
I’m sucker for a gift guide, especially one with a giveaway. Guilty for clicking every link.
Those bracelets are gorgeous!
I LOVE those bracelets! Can you pretty please send my hubs a hint? 🙂
I love your graphic novel suggestions. My 8 year old is really into them and has not even begun the Olympian series. I’m all over it! (and mama would seriously rock one of those bracelets!)
Super cute bracelets!
Oooh! What a lovely gift list!
Awesome looking bracelets! Fun giveaway
Would love a Delicacies bracelet!
Love the cookbook gift package and would love the bracelet!
Love these suggestions!
I want a dollhouse for my little girls. (Really *I* want a dollhouse to furnish)
That babka makes me want to eat! And the bracelet is cute too!
Your annual gift guide has been a god send! Thanks!
Love the bracelets!
Would LOVE to find one of those bracelets in my stocking. Lots of other great ideas too. Now I’m headed over to check out Jodi’s blog.
Oooooh, the little chicken bracelet is totes adorbs!
Happy Holidays!
I already eye-balled the wheat thick cut bracelet. I love a gift guide! But I already have both your books. But hey, my brother doesn’t!
Merry Xmas and thanks for the great gift ideas. Would love to win a leather bracelet!
Great gift guide!!!
Delicacies- what? No wedge of cheese? I am drawn to the cow and the octopus, so lovely and detailed for being so petitely formed.
Awesome bracelets! So much better than Pandora. 😉
A cute belt for my wrist!
Excellent ideas!
I love all these ideas! I also have some new books to add to my list!
Great gift guide! Thanks for all of the ideas! I’m a total cookbook luddite (I like a book on which to make notes and splatter things) but I have friends who have embraced the tablets and that cutting board is a stellar idea. Thank you! And thanks for the giveaway opportunity, too! Those bracelets are super cute and the company has the soul that I ask for in a company 🙂
I love the ingredient bracelets!
That bracelet — with that tiny sterling silver chicken — would be perfect for my chicken-raising, leather-loving mother. Would love to win!
Love this list! Thanks!
Thanks for the great ideas!! I have been looking for a good book to get for my mom!!
holly jolly ho ho ho!
Thanks for all the great ideas.
Would love to win!
Gorgeous bracelet. Great ideas. Thank you!
I think I’m in the minority of people who did not love Fate & Furies.
You are not alone…I hated it and can not even imagine gifting it to any of my kids teachers!
holiday shopping… a challenge for all. nice ideas
Lush! Of course, a perfect gift — thanks! (And yes, I really like the bracelets!)
Love your blog…and your books!
The chili pepper!! Ow ow ow! Such a great list of ideas!
Great gift ideas, thanks, I love the recipe kit!
What a great idea for a teacher gift! I’m grabbing a few copies of Fates and Furies. My 9 year old is desperate for a hoverboard so the ball ace board is goingr under the tree too. Thank you for the list!
Thank you!
It is so difficult to find something new and cleaver- this bracelet is perfect!
Fate and Furies is on my reading list too. Great ideas!
Everything on here looks like so much fun, and the bracelets are so beautiful!
Cannot wait to read Fates and Furies….it’s on my holiday reading list. Thanks for the great ideas, and the giveaway!
I love all the gift ideas. Just looked the other day at previous ones. Was wondering where your book list went. I came across it a week or so ago, but now can’t find it. Always love to see what people are reading or want to read.
I love gift guide season!
That bracelet! Adorable!
Thanks for the great ideas! I’ll be getting some bath bombs for sure! Those keyboard covers are so fun…
We did a holiday gift kit using a hardcover copy of Dinner: A Love Story in a crockpot for my brother and his girlfriend last year. Wooden spoon and ingredients inside as well! Cannot possibly go wrong with that kind of gift, especially as they had just moved in to their first apartment with a real kitchen!
What a fun giveaway – have a great winter everyone!
Thanks for the great gift suggestions!
LOVE the bracelets!
I love the bracelets! So dainty and so original. But I really love the idea of the personalized gift and gift!
The holiday gift kit is wonderful! We always have to buy a non-gender specific gift for the gift exchange for my husband’s family and then you just grab a gift from under the tree. Trust me, we’ve ended up with some real “goodies.” Ahem…but I foresee putting together a gift kit this year and, maybe if I’m sneaky enough, I can end up with my own present!
Great gift guide! Thanks for the ideas.
Great picks! Love these gift ideas!
Xoxo,
Love from http://www.trangscorner.com {a lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food blog}
happy holidays. Thanks for the book recos.
What a great giveaway. Love the bracelets!
LOVE those leather bracelets! Great giveaway!
These are darling!! Thank you for the list!
I would love to win one of these for my daughter.
Thanks for this inspiration, you always put together great lists. And OMG, how much am I now coveting a delicate garlic bracelet?!!!! Fab.
I left my chickens in San Francisco …
Sonoma, actually, but we are embracing a new life in Boulder, CO! Buff Orpingtons coming soon. Delightful bracelet! Thanks for your tireless inspiration, Jenny.
Thanks for the great gift list. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Thanks for the opportunity to win the bracelet. 🙂
would love to enter, Happy Holidays.
Today is the day to sort through gifts and see what is missing… and now I have ideas to tuck in the openings. Thanks.
I am looking up the bracelets right now. Love everything about them. Oh and the ya books too. My kids are readers. It is hard to keep up with new books for them!
Great ideas! I love the “hoverboard alternative”
Cute bracelet and very good gift guide!
Such an adorable bracelet! I always love your gift guides for the mix of food and book gift ideas – definitely speaking my language!
All can’t miss ideas–thank you!
Love the bracelet and the cutting board is pretty cool too!
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Love the gift guide!
Those bracelets are gorgeous… oh random number generator, please pick me!!!
Beautiful and fun.
Big fan of the chicken bracelet!
Thanks for the always useful ideas…hoping for an update on your running/training progress for inspiration!
Of all the hyperlinks, the bracelet was the one I clicked through on! love that crab.
all of these are GREAT ideas!
I have been waiting for your gift guide to come out. Have some teens and tweens to give gifts to and this provides some great ideas.
ooh ooh pick me pick me!
WOW! I want everything on this list–to give or to get, really! Great selection.
Yes, please enter me in the contest for one of the supercool bracelets!
Those bracelets are super cute! What a great idea with the gift basket. I like the idea of giving a gift that is an activity or a learning experience.
Love the book ideas! I’m going to have to find that Johnny Cash CD!
iPad stand butcher block! Genius!
what great ideas! thanks for the giveaway!
I always love your book recs! Thanks for all the ideas. Hope I win!!
LOVE all your ideas! Thanks for doing this every year – especially love your book recs! AND love the bracelet!! THANKS
Great list! Love that idea for the book/ingredients in a jar. Will be stealing that for sure!
These are so cute! And so not what I normally would spend for myself. Thanks for the pointer
Great gift ideas!
Love the bracelets from Delicacies! I hope they do a tomato or strawberry one soon!
Fates and Furies is also on my nightstand. I think reading it by the Christmas tree with a glass of wine sounds good right now.
Love this gift guide! Thanks for the suggestions. And I super LOVE those bracelets!!!
What a wonderful gift guide! I love the idea of the book in a jar!
I loved Fates and Furies, it’s an excellent read!
Great ideas! Love learning about new sites and products.
Love these bracelets!
These bracelets are SO fun! I can see so many reasons to give them to friends. Fingers crossed I win one! Thanks DALS for the chance to.
I’ve been waiting only semi-patiently for your annual gift guide post. Thank you for another round of terrific ideas! Of course now I’m re-thinking my holiday master list for everyone.
Always love your book recommendations, thanks!
i would love one with garlic, my favorite ingredient!
Great gift guide, I love the bracelets!
Great round-up! Especially love the pig bracelet 🙂 Happy holidays!
Excellent list, as always!
Love the books on this list – can’t wait to pick them up for my kids!
I love the idea of giving things that will be used. I’m dying to get the Food52 Baking book since baking is almost my favorite thing to do/share in the world. Packing a (your) cookbook in a big glass jar with some fixins for a meal is also a stellar choice for gifting. Thanks for the fun ideas. And of course, I’d love a chicken on my wrist – they used to wander in our yard, but no more… they’re fun creatures to have around.
So many good ideas!!
I’m going to use this comment to say: “I was just thinking how much I love your site & your writing. I recommend this blog to friends all. the. time as they try to get a grip on feeding a family.” But also, that bracelet. We just had conferences and my daughter’s teacher is a total jewelry-file. I would love to be able to give one to her! (However, being a teacher myself, $75 seems a little extravagant for my budget, though, in the light of her awesome teaching, a small price to pay…)
great list. thanks for sharing
Thanks for the mythology graphic novel suggestion.
I LOVE those bracelets! What an amazing idea and an even more amazing cause!
Love so many of these!!!
Always great gift ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Great list, filing away those stickers!
i love this list!! i love a good chocolate babka myself 🙂
I always love your book recommendations: Fates and Furies is now on my list.
great list, something for everyone!
Love!
LOVE the delicacies brand; right up my alley style-wise and food-wise. What a great idea!
Great ideas! I especially love learning about companies that give back. Thank you!
I bought my sons the Olympians gift set on your recommendation, and they love it as well, I am so super excited to order the next two books, thanks for the heads’ up. (Their obsession began with Percy Jackson, and then blossomed with these graphic novels!!)
Fun list! Love the variety!
I would love a bracelet, too!
Love the gift guide as always! <3
What lovely bracelets.
Love the gift kit idea. What a great way to personalize a gift!!
This is a great gift guide. Thanks!
So many great gift ideas in this post, and some we’ve already purchased. Thank you!!! (esp for the grandparent suggestions)—
What a great gift list! So many great ideas here.
Hi! I’m so excited to read your book reccs – especially fates and furies! I love books, moreso than makes me cool …
Loved this list! Just ordered Fates and Furies for my mom to round out her gift – thank you for the recommendation!
I love the Lobster! So fitting for a Mainer!
great ideas for now and future
I love these bracelets! Wish they made a lemon, my favorite ingredient!
I always love your Holiday gift guides!
love it! great gift guide.
Oh, I was just trying to decide whether to put Challenger Deep in the basket for my 14 year old son (ahem, ok , me). Yes!
What a beautiful bracelet!
Great ideas all around!
what a great list!! thanks again DALS!
Awesome list! But I would like to add my two cents and say that there’s a small business called Kidecals that makes the most awesome keyboard stickers. I’ve had mine on for 2+ years and I’d rather support them than some large made-in-china distributor. They’re stickers, so it’s a little different than a keyboard cover, but still every bit as fun!
Ooooh, pretty! Pick me for the pretties 🙂
Did somebody say giveaway? Love the Delicacy bracelets!
Your blog never ceases to inspire and help me escape after a day of teaching, friending, mommying, cooking……. thank you.
I’d love to be in the drawing for one of the bracelets.
Those bracelets are so interesting and cute too!
good ideas
What a great guide! I am intrigued by the keyboard covers especially. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Um yes please! So cute!!
I would absolutely love a delicacies bracelet, but I am also obsessing over books this year. I want all the books and I want to give all the books. a bad problem to have, I guess.
cool bracelet, liked your ideas
These bracelets are adorable! Thanks for all the gift ideas in this post!
Very cool ideas! I’ve forgotten about Lush and yes, I do need ideas for the grandparents! The bracelets are simple and really cool.
OOooh can’t wait! So beautiful! Thank you Jenny!
love the bracelet for my sweet sister!
Love all of these ideas!
That cookbook kit is wonderful.
Nice bracelets!
Love the gift guide – Thanks! And love those bracelets!
Great gift ideas…thanks! (I’m a teacher and plan to read Fates and Furies over break after I finish entering semester grades:-))
Supercool giveaway!
Thanks for the wonderful gift ideas!!
Thanks for the wonderful and creative gift ideas!
Bracelets are super cute! I wish I had read your gift guide earlier. So many great ideas! Thanks!
Love these gift ideas. Especially love those bracelets!
These would be great gifts for my nieces!
Mmmmm…chocolate babka….now I am hungry.
Another great gift guide from you – thanks!
I love the cutting board w/ iPad slot, and the bracelet is adorable. My favorite is a toss up between cacao, wheat and onion.
Love all this!
Great list!!!
love those Fatheads! Thankyou!
I see you the Medusa costume and raise you an Athena costume. It included an owl on the shoulder. Thanks for the recommendation of the Olympians set.
i enjoy your blog a lot. Have also checked out one of your books from the library.
saw this article in the paper last week. seems to mesh well with the themes of your blog. you might want to share with readers.
Parenting in the Age of Awfulness
Children are immersed in a culture that stokes disrespect. Here’s how to instill some civility.
share http://on.wsj.com/1mlkQcf
cheers,
rkb