95 Carefully Selected, Unusually Special Gifts Under $50

Holiday Gift Issue 2024

From Jeju Island, home to some of the world’s most prized citrus; ideal for salad dressing.

Tavi Gevinson’s viral is-it-or-isn’t-it– Taylor SwiftFan Fictionin print form.

They’ll never be without their Sonny Angel with this key-chain carrying case. Angel not included.

From a family of fishermen who’ve worked Sicilian waters for 200 years.

With California dill pollen for a hint of pickle and Comapeño chile powder for a kick.

Kids can snap together 24 magnetic pieces shaped like fins and tentacles to create sea creatures.

An aluminum Café Forgot coaster designed by Marland Backus.

Featuring Ellie, arguably the most famous member of the WNBA team.

Gestura’s tiny tool spreads, smooths, lifts, flips, and plates.

The collaboration with Little Beast features parkas, carriers, and this turtleneck onesie.

The novelist’s and artist’s kids’ book on plants is rich in historical context.

It comes with five “carriages” and ten sushi trays for transporting takeout.

A collection of painter John Craxton’s feline muses.

A satin-but-not-shiny finish that can be tapped on and melted into the lips from a latter-day Clinique.

Shaped like a blowfish and designed by a second-generation doll-maker.

Sustainably made from organza.

A spicy Korean-barbecue flavor, new this year, would pair well with rice and kimchee.

A perfect add-on to the Ami Colé lip oil you gave them last year.

A ride-on RV and play set with all the camping essentials.

Made with apple pectin instead of gelatin, these gummies are infused with Assam black tea and spearmint.

The raised keys on the Tippy Type keyboard cover allow those with long nails (up to medium Après Gel-X extensions) to type with ease.

A first for DedCool; its bergamot-based fragrances are popular among the Brooklyn nightlife set.

Disclaimer: It may not last as long as Brat Summer.

A classic style from Lele Sadoughi in seasonally appropriate green velvet.

This wooden set comes complete with three coffee pods and a carton of oat milk.

Artist Anandamayi Arnold takes nonliving clams and puts little non-pearl surprises in each one.

A similar version from Mattel sings “Defying Gravity,” but your 8-year-old doesn’t need to know.

For the rigatoni Pitti heads out there.

Hex Bots’ robot crawls, rotates, and glows from within.

A middle-schooler teams up with her new neighbor to find a missing tenant from their building.

Featuring a portfolio of feral Japanese cats and a history of hair balls.

Made from old sports jerseys in Los Angeles.

Sourced from 18th-century design house Henry Newbery & Co., supposedly made in 1958 for a movie set.

An addictive spicy Ghanaian condiment in vegan form.

Featuring illustrations by none other than Al Hirschfeld.

Cure your gel manicure with her bow.

For strands of hair harder to tame than stiff squid-ink pasta.

A Whitney Shop original designed for the “Edges of Ailey” exhibition.

This Makeup Revolution case has nine eye shadows, all with that nostalgic sweet scent.

With nettle leaf, monarda blossoms, and goldenrod flowers, all grown in Down East Maine.

Can also double as a tea-light holder.

Sevillano olives are harvested and bottled immediately.

Cool kids’ line Koko Momo makes a matching parent-size version of these.

This isn’t a normal highlighter: It’s a Kaia Gerber highlighter from her book club, Library Science.

Little feet stay warm with less risk of falling in these merino-wool slipper socks from Bombas.

Abstract Evil Barbie, Aardvark Ellipse, and 4,934 other band names from old “band naming” sites.

Made with pure saffron threads by Moroccan American gourmet grocer Marché Berber.

New this year from handsome-helmet-maker Thousand.

Cinqpoints is a French brand that makes (no-scissors-required) paper building sets.

Dominique Ansel collaborated with Maison Demarle on these silicone molds.

The ultimate guide for cinephiles who want to inculcate their offspring with good movie taste.

Ergonomically designed so they can chisel gelato with ease.

A wee charm from Susan Alexandra.

A recent issue included mental-health advice, a vegan Caesar-salad recipe, and dad jokes.

For serving breakfast or mounting on the wall as an objet.

Eadem’s nonsticky formula is slightly plumping and comes in rich neutral shades.

With galangal and lemongrass notes.

Used in her famous tagliarelle with truffle butter.

This Baggu is part of a merch collection for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ exhibit “John Waters: Pope of Trash.”

Not actually fried; made in Korea.

There are only three pieces, but it’s extremely difficult.

Made from cows that live on the actual Ballerina Farm.

Quut’s bath toy doesn’t need to be hidden under the sink post-play.

Handmade in India from leftover Tigra Tigra fabric and adorned with metal discs, beads, and shells.

As well as natural habitats to stick them to.

A Dolly Parton–signed mini-skillet ideal for a single serving of cornbread.

Pour water into the GrossMos eye socket, watch it foam, then dig out the gunk to reveal tiny dinosaur bones inside.

These Cordura-yarn socks will last through multiple marathon-training cycles.

It’s made of wheat straw and rice husk and will decompose in 100 days.

The debut cookbook of desserts from chef Paola Velez, inspired by her childhood in the Bronx.

Dumpling and pork-bun recipes and stories of Chinatown from Nom Wah owner Wilson Tang.

Williamsburg neo-bistro the Four Horsemen has a cookbook at last.

From France’s First Family of charcuterie.

It’s shockingly dishwasher safe.

Kulfi’s formula offers hydration and impressive staying power.

One of the many Irish recipes London chef Max Rocha developed that’s featured in his new Café Cecilia cookbook.

Available in nine shades of Italian leather.

The shop’s founders share their personal archive of Black ephemera, from Shirley Chisholm pins to HBCU yearbooks.

Celebrate Barbie’s 65th birthday with this tiny backpack-shaped pencil case.

The 95-year-old cartoonist’s latest, a YA graphic novel about a brother and sister named Curly and Pearlie.

Designed by Margot DeMarco, this is one of 40 stickers from the Working Loose gallery in Maine.

Commemorating Luna Luna, the world’s first art amusement park, returning this year.

A redesign from artist Keiichi Tanaami.

A new lip balm from the brand that made pimples cute.

Squeeze out every last bit of Monastery’s nourishing, hydrating salve with the included key.

An ingenious silky sack that’s meant to prevent self-tanner from staining the bedsheets.

One of the latest (and hardest) Jellycats to track down.

From her new hair-care line, with notes of Australian sandalwood and Haitian vetiver.

Postage-stamp-size versions in a handy travel tin.

Designed by Philippe Starck for Heller back in the day, the Excaliber is available in four new colors for its 30th anniversary.

As seen on the nose of Taylor Swift.

From old-world Swiss confectioner André’s, based in Kansas City.

A tribute to the hottest Upper East Side club of 1994, Au Bar.

Cold-smoked lox but make it Hudson Valley trout.

Realistic-looking fish bones are printed on the inside.