Gifts

Because you never know who may show up over the holidays, you need some emergency gifts on hand—like these inexpensive Wirecutter picks.

Many 9-year-olds can take on grown-up activities—like baking and sewing—and use grown-up tools.

As teens near adulthood, they are ready for more-grownup gifts. But they may also appreciate items that help them relax and still feel like a kid.

These 100 items are the most-purchased Wirecutter gifts so far this year.

Thoughtful, practical, artful, and even pleasantly painful—these are the best gifts for the dedicated runners on your list.

From durable cookie cutters to a nimble rolling pin, these are the tools we recommend to make holiday cookie baking fun and stress-free.

Wrapping paper is pricey and often not recyclable. Here’s how to make inexpensive gift wrap dupes like newspaper and craft paper look fabulous.

Advice from a dozen experts on the best presents for kids. They don’t have to be big or expensive, but merely used and loved over time.

Kin and colleagues, kiddos and teens: Here are our favorite picks from our 2023 holiday gift guides, all in one place.

Choose from among these pint-sized finds to surprise and delight very good grown-ups.

Give the gift of warmth to the people in your life who are always shivering.

Wirecutter staff members have long been buying—or making—Advent calendars featuring Lego pieces, jams, lotions, and more.

Our recommendations for indoor, outdoor, LED, and incandescent Christmas lights.

Most cyclists are gearheads by nature, and finding the right gift can be daunting. These finds are approved, endorsed, and coveted by our in-house bicycle enthusiasts.

Simply to Impress has been our top pick for holiday photo cards since 2016.

A good Secret Santa gift is bought on a budget, when you know only one or two things about the giftee—and we’ve found ideas for even the hardest-to-please people.

National Tree Company’s 7.5-foot Feel Real Downswept Douglas Fir really does give the illusion of being an actual tree—without the sticky, needly mess of the real thing.

If you’re looking for a pricey item, it pays to look for it secondhand. Not only might you get a bargain, you’ll also help keep it out of the landfill.

For those who’ve jumped into pickleball mania, here’s all the gear they need, whether they’re looking to improve their performance or just serve in style.

After considering more than 35 Christmas tree stands and testing five models, we’ve found the Krinner Tree Genie XXL to be the best overall and easiest to use.

These gifts include pretty, useful, and downright ingenious things for cultivating thriving plants.

You needn’t be an avid gamer to give an avid gamer something incredible. Our gifts team has you covered, with a range of Wirecutter-tested accessories and our favorite games of the year.

Photographers can be picky about gear—which is why selecting a gift for a shutterbug can be a sticky wicket. Here are stellar finds endorsed by our staff photographers and reporting experts.

Here’s what you need to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights—including the best gear for making latkes, an elegant menorah, and great Hanukkah gifts.

Many 7-year-olds are ready for more challenging games and toys, including puzzles and STEM-related activities.

Tweens are quickly transforming into young adults, but they can still appreciate gifts that are silly and fun.

Here are our go-to ghoulish garnishes, including spooky smart lights, pumpkin-carving tools, and all the scary and not-so-scary stuff to have a happy Halloween.

When a friend or loved one is going through a hard time, a care package of thoughtful things can make their day.

Subpar Santa hats dominate store shelves, but we’ve found some stellar Santa hats for every price and personality.

The rose toy is worth the hype, but we don’t think it’s the best vibrator of its kind.

These 100 unique things are the most-purchased Wirecutter gifts so far this year.

Lessen the stress and enhance the joy of giving with a few practical tips.

We scoured picks throughout our site to find 50 of the most useful things under $50, all of them Wirecutter-tested and Wirecutter-approved.

Father’s Day is just around the corner, so we’ve compiled the best deals on Wirecutter picks for Dad we can find.

Need a reason to treat yourself to a new indulgence? For National Masturbation Month, we’ve curated exclusive deals on the sex toys we recommend most.

These are the top 50 gifts our readers purchased for Valentine’s Day 2020—and they hold up surprisingly well for our 2021 pandemic reality.

These are the 200 most-purchased, Wirecutter-recommended gifts so far in 2020.

From a do-it-all braising pot to indoor games, here are things staffers bought this year that made our lives infinitely better while we rode out a pandemic.

We asked staffers what they received, gifted, or bought that they’ve loved most. These gifts are sure to please the weird and wonderful people in your life.

Here are the most-purchased Wirecutter-recommended gifts for kids so far this year.

Between the tree, the lights, tools, and accessories, we’ve got your home-decoration needs covered this Christmas.

After testing 14 craft subscription boxes with nine kids, we recommend the Koala Crate for preschoolers and the Kiwi Crate for early elementary students.

Brimming with bright fruits, fresh meats, and delicious cheeses, the charcuterie boards from Lady & Larder are a reminder that you eat with your eyes first.

Pointers from a grief guide, a hospice administrator, and an advice columnist on writing condolence notes, as well as thoughtful cards to send.

Entrepreneurs and inventors are rethinking shaving by combining the traditional with the modern.

We spent more than 30 hours trying 35 recommendations from experts, educators, and parents to pick the best learning and STEM toys. Here's what we found.

We gathered recommendations to our favorite gifts for video gamers, from popular games to give with new consoles to lesser-known greats for experienced gamers.

From a killer fly swatter to a family-worthy cargo bike, these are the things Wirecutter staff bought this year that made their lives easier and more fun.

We asked our staff for their favorite gift recommendations for this holiday season. Here are 17 gift ideas, vetted by our staff, that everyone loved.

From brewing buckets to bras, this is the stuff we bought this year that made our lives a little brighter, and a little easier.

Here’s our yearly collection of weird and wonderful gifts to help you navigate the holidays—thoughtfully and carefully curated, with love, from us to you.