Holiday Gift Issue 2023 - The Strategist | The Strategist

Holiday Gift Issue 2023

Carefully selected, unusually special gifts for every person on your list, no matter what they’re into.

  1. gifts
    My Friend Chased a Pair of Nikes Across the Internet for Trevor NoahAnd found them on Romanian eBay.
    By Madeleine Kuhns
  2. ask amy sedaris
    What Do I Get My Boring Father-in-Law?An old map and other ideas from our first-ever gifting columnist.
    By Amy Sedaris
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    What I Got My 96-Year-Old Grandmother“She gives them to everyone who visits, and she’ll also slip one into greeting cards.”
    By Erin Schwartz
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    What Do I Get My Brother Who Only Likes His Dog?An odor-masking Diptyque candle and other ideas from our first-ever gifting columnist.
    By Amy Sedaris
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    What I Got a Nonsmoker Who Wanted a Pipe“He loves it, even though he has never used it, but I think I love it more.”
    By Eliza Brooke
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    What Should a Poor Daughter Give to Her Fancy Mother?A hunk of aged Parmesan and other ideas from our first-ever gifting columnist.
    By Amy Sedaris
  7. celebrity
    The Best Gift I Ever Gave Was a Baroness TitlePersonally signed by the prince of Sealand.
    By Cynthia Talmadge
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    Consider a Very Large — in Fact, Enormous — GiftFrom a three-foot stuffed octopus to a three-pound gummy worm.
    By The Editors
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    Ask Amy Sedaris: What Do I Buy My Stepmother Who I Kind of Hate?Anti-aging cream and other ideas from our first-ever gifting columnist.
    By Amy Sedaris
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    Couples Discuss the Gifts That Work WellFrom years of experience.
    By Katherine Gillespie
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    119 Carefully Selected, Unusually Special Gifts Over $200Including a hand-carved purse, a hand-forged frying pan, and two standout fountain pens.
    Edited by Dilara O'Neil and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  12. kids and babies
    High Schoolers Told Us What They WantIncluding Olivia Rodrigo concert tickets and mini phone printers.
    By Kitty Guo
  13. gifts
    100 Carefully Selected, Unusually Special Gifts Under $200Including delicate glass spoons, a spherical bread bin, and two cool clogs.
    Edited by Dilara O'Neil and Jenna Milliner-Waddell
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    What Do You Get a Silicon Valley CEO?They just want to unplug.
    By Natalie So
  15. gifts
    109 Carefully Selected, Unusually Special Gifts Under $50Including frozen Italian porcini, metallic oven mitts, and some status socks and slides.
    Edited by Jenna Milliner-Waddell and Dilara O'Neil
  16. gifts
    71 of Our Readers’ Extremely Specific Gifting Quandaries, AnsweredLike, “what should I get my 60-year-old dad who is in a Jewish motorcycle gang?”
    By The Editors