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In our semi-regularadvice column“Ask the Strategist,” we answer your most burning shopping questions by surveying friends, calling up experts, and drawing on our personal experience. In our Friday, November 15, edition, writerDominique Parisoanswered your gifting questions live in the comments. It was our most popular “Ask the Strategist” yet — so many questions were submitted that we drafted in writerTembe Denton-Hurst to help Dom keep up with the demand. Here are some of our favorite answers. To read all the queries,scroll to the comments here.And to be kept in the loop about our next Q&A,sign up for the Strategist newsletter here.
What do I buy my nine tween nieces?
bethkalikowm3henvi5
November 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I have nine nieces and nephews! So I need to keep the price of their Christmas gifts relatively affordable and evenly matched, but want to find something they actually will like and use. One of my tween nieces loves slightly oversized sweatshirts — do you have any cute suggestions under $50? Also looking for something for my video game-loving 13-year-old nephew!
Gift suggestions for my husband? He's impossible to buy gifts for because he actually hates nice things and only likes super practical things. His favorite thing I ever bought him was three cases of diet coke. Last year our daughter bought him a big bag full of scissors, and he loved that. He likes AI, ping pong, politics (although not at the moment), and indie sci-fi movies.
any ideas for gifts for members of a ~10 person team of caregivers? everyone is in their 30s, queer, community-oriented, a lot of food allergies. budget is as low as possible, but no one will be expecting anything $$.
For some reason, hoods cost extra. The cheapest and nicest thing I found was this one from Crate & Barrel, which is a little over $50, but still under $100.
Hi! For the (rich) sister in law that has everything... what to get her? The thing she's loved the most that I've gifted is an Owala bottle fyi - doesn't need to be fancy, just great? Thanks!
I'd love to gift my family different versions of the same thing. One Christmas, I gave everyone gloves, for example. I'm looking for a fun idea of something that everyone could open at once. It could be the same item or items across a similar theme (I was considering card games for everyone).
Every year at xmas, my mom invites her closest friends to dinner - so two boomer women and one boomer man. There is unfortunately an expectation of gift giving even though I don't know them. Would love cheap ideas for things retired 70-80something people might like. The man used to be an engineer, one woman loves owls, and the other woman send cards to everyone she knows at every holiday (last year I gave her a selection of pens from jet pens - but I can't rest on those laurels, need a gift this year too).
What do I get my 17-year-old brother who’s into working out and industrial hip-hop?
aj98
November 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM
what to get my 17-year old brother who is into working out, video games, computer science, industrial/experimental hip hop, and is super frugal and never buys anything for himself?
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