There’s always one person on your gift shopping list, one absolutely impossible person, the one who has everything and who wants nothing. While it might be tempting to skip giving a gift to that impossible person, that usually isn’t an option — or if it is an option, it’s not a great one.
To help you find a great gift for the most difficult people, we scoured the internet and asked a few difficult-to-shop-for people in our own lives for insight to create this list of perfect holiday gifts for the person who has everything.
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This is a super-fun gift to give to someone who has a wood-burning fireplace or fire pit in their home, or who is a frequent camper. Toss these packets into the fire and watch as the flames turn into a colorful display. Each pouch is filled with crystals that create a rainbow of colored flames, including dark and light blue, purple, red, green and yellow.
Beautiful and practical, this carafe and tumbler makes a great addition to anyone's bedside table and will help combat that sneaky, middle-of-the-night thirst. It also works just as great in a bathroom, kitchen, living room or guest room.
Most of us aren't washing our reusable water bottles, travel mugs and hydration packs often enough. These bottle-cleaning tablets make a great gift for the person in your life who you know is not washing their reusable drinking vessels often enough. (That’s all of you.)
Even the person who seems to have everything might not have a towel warmer. This bucket-style device is a cozy and reasonably priced upgrade to anyone’s bathroom. Simply plug it into a wall outlet and it’ll have your towels, robes or pajamas perfectly warm when you get out of the shower.
Let them pass down their life story for generations with the help of Storyworth. They'll get to fill out prompts throughout the year to create a one-of-a-kind gift that's equal parts sentimental and feel-good.
Honor a beloved family home or special location with this custom watercolor portrait from Letterfest.
If they already have all of the beauty products and kitchen gadgets they could ever need, you can't go wrong with a food gift. Levain's Chocolate Lovers gift box comes with an assortment of the bakery's decadent Two Chip Chocolate Chip and Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip cookies.
Fresh flowers are always great, but they can die within days if they're not taken care of properly. For a bigger bang for your buck, consider a Venus et Fleur arrangement. This one comes with more than two dozen mini eternity roses, which are real, preserved flowers that last at least a year.
If you don't want to give them a physical gift, consider getting them a gift card to a service that they'd benefit from, such as Rinse's laundry delivery service. (It's available in plenty of major cities and metropolitan areas, but be sure to double-check the recipient's zip code before purchasing.)
Similarly, a gift card for Havenly's professional interior design services (online or in person) can help out anyone who just moved into a new home or could simply use some decor inspiration. Havenly also makes it easy to purchase the items your designer recommends.
This isn't your typical scented candle; it's hand-poured in Portland, Oregon, with 100% soy wax and topped with colorful dried flowers for an extra-special touch.
Space enthusiasts and astrology lovers alike will love this very cool planetarium projector, which beams accurate star patterns on a ceiling or wall for any date and time you specify. The projector can replicate more than 8,000 stars and 60 constellations, with adjustable speeds to simulate the Earth’s rotation.
I was sent a Pura smart diffuser a few months ago but I set it aside because I already had a traditional plug-in diffuser and I figured there wasn't much difference. How wrong I was! When I finally set up the Pura I was absolutely WOWED by it. I love the scents, I love that you can program it to go on at certain times, I love that it allows you to adjust the scent's potency and I especially love the customizable night light feature. This thing is so cool, I'm giving one to everyone I know this year.
Big blankets have become big business, and those super-plush-feeling oversized synthetic blankets are everywhere this year. However, for something truly luxurious, skip the Sherpa and opt for a 100% cotton knit blanket, like this one from Saatva.
For a cat parent, this bed that adheres to any window to provide a hammock-like space for Kitty to survey the neighborhood makes a great gift.
We tested and loved the Dyson pet grooming kit (some of our pets didn't love it as much!) and we think the attachment suite makes a great gift for the parents of a chill dog.
One way to approach giving a gift to a person who has everything is to get them something that is equal parts clever and useful. Thermacell's E55 promises to create a 20-foot safe space from pests without DEET or citronella. Our reviewer loved that it's silent, scent-free and, most importantly, legitimately effective at keeping mosquitoes away.
Another way to approach giving a gift to a person who has everything is to get them something that will truly improve their life — like the gift of better sleep! Mavogel's cotton mask is lightweight, comfortable and easily our choice for the best sleep mask.
Another entry in the "clever and useful" category of gifts is the Lost and Found Labels from Tile. Just stick them onto jackets, lunchboxes, water bottles or anything else easily left behind and loseable. Activate the labels with the Tile app, and then if anything is lost, people who have found the item can (hopefully!) scan the QR code and access the return details.
For the fitness lover, a set of ultra-trendy Bala Bangles, which our reviewer calls "sleek, unobtrusive and downright pretty," is a great addition to an at-home workout routine and they're small enough to tote along to the gym.
It can be tempting to give the cheese lover in your life one of those “Cheese of the Month Club”-type things. As a great lover of cheese myself, I want to insist that you not do that! It’s just too much cheese, you guys. (I know, I know, “there’s no such thing!” Except…there is.) Instead, gift this one-off cheese gift box, which features a 6-ounce Point Reyes farmstead toma cheese, a Beehive Cheese Co. promontory cheese, a Caves of Faribault St. Pete’s blue cheese and a Sartori Bellavitano gold cheese.
The meat (or keto!) enthusiast on your list who maybe isn't so handy in the kitchen will love this jerky gift set. The jerky variety set includes jerky sticks, bagged jerky and beef jerky bits in three flavors (root beer habanero, whiskey maple and honey bourbon).
In our review of coffee subscription services, Blue Bottle was the clear choice for java enthusiasts. It got high marks for customizability, variety and outstanding taste, beating out every other coffee subscription we tested. If you want to give a gift that doesn’t keep on giving quite so much, we also love the $40 Blend Box, which features Blue Bottle’s three most popular blends presented in a gift box.
Chocolates are a staple of holiday gift-giving, and for good reason: Almost everyone loves chocolate! The gold Godiva gift box is such a classic; we love the small 8-piece box for its $20 price point, making it the perfect gift to buy in multiples for everyone on your list, including a few extras to keep on hand for those who you might have forgotten!
Kick things up a notch by gifting someone special the Fly By Jing Tis The Seaon(ing) Box. Your recipient will get some of the best Sichuan flavors to experiment with in the kitchen, from chili crisp oil to black vinegar.
When we asked “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Lisa Barlow to recommend premade mixers for at-home bartenders, this set of three craft cocktail syrups was her pick. The tequila maven recommends using her own Vida Reposado with the Moscow mule mixer to create a Mexican mule, and Vida Blanco to elevate a spicy margarita.
Scented candles are a great and tricky gift to give, because scents are such a personal thing. During the holiday season, however, a fairly safe bet is to go with a balsam-fir-scented candle. This seasonal candle made of natural wax that is vegan, cruelty- and paraben-free and biodegradable has a 75-hour burn time.
Another way to get around the trickiness of scented-candle-giving is to give a super personalized candle. If you know your gift recipient’s birthday, this pillar candle — which combines elements of astrology, numerology and tarot to create a unique scent and messaging for every birthdate — makes a great gift.
These under-eye masks got a “highly recommend!” rating from our social media strategist, Stephanie Griffin, who praised their ability to mask (get it?) the telltale signs of a total lack of sleep. The 100% biodegradable eye masks help to reduce under-eye puffiness and the appearance of fine lines while cooling and hydrating your skin.
A tote and a backpack rolled into one, this Fjallraven bag is water resistant and comes in eight shades, making it a great choice for use as a work bag or carryall for your everyday essentials.
A bidet attachment on its own is a great “upgrade” gift, but for people who already made the switch to the bidet lifestyle, the newest offering from Tushy takes that upgrade to a whole new level. Take it from our reviewer, who says of the Ace, “There’s no doubt that the Tushy Ace is a huge improvement over the Tushy Classic and the Tushy Spa.” The Ace features endless warm water, a heated seat, remote control, adjustability and dryer and, in the words of our reviewer, “you’ll be wondering how you could ever use anything less.”
