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Editor's Picks: The Best New Gifts for the Holidays

We just made your mission of finding the perfect gift this holiday season an easily accomplished one.

Jason Stahl

Nov 06, 2024

Ahh, the holidays. Everyone's favorite time of year to buy presents for friends and family, coworkers, perhaps even your mail carrier, dog walker, babysitter. Nobody likes to look like they're just “mailing it in" with their seasonal gift giving.

Whether they're unwrapping gifts around the tree on a frosty winter morning while sipping peppermint hot cocoa or eating latkes and spinning dreidels with their loved ones, we can help you ensure your gifts will warm the heart — and stomachs — of your loved ones this holiday season with this gift guide.

I'm here to help you make everyone on your list very happy and avoid any gifting pitfalls. (Socks? Really? Not even Aunt Linda will get you socks.) This delectable array of delicious ecstasies will surprise and delight even the most discerning and sophisticated palates all year long. They may actually knock their socks off come Christmas morning!

Bonus: You can buy these gifts without dealing with the dreaded trip to the mall.



Spectacular Gourmet Gift Basket with Wine

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Spectacular Gourmet Gift Basket with Wine

Shop : Spectacular Gourmet Gift Basket with Wine from Harry & David

What's got pears, sausages, crackers, Pepper & Onion Relish, jalapeño jelly, a chutney, three types of popcorn, super thick English muffins, a chocolate cake and a pineapple macadamia nut cake, preserves, cans of mocktails, coffee beans, four different bottles of wine, a box of chocolate, mixed charcuterie and cheeses, mixed nuts, dried fruit, chocolate-covered fruit, smoked salmon, Belgian chocolates, and a box of Cheryl's Cookies…and wants to be unwrapped on Dec. 25?

This gift!

Shop : Spectacular Gourmet Gift Basket with Wine from Harry & David



Grafton Village Cheese Crate

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Grafton Village Cheese Crate

Shop : Grafton Village Cheese Gift Crate from Harry & David

Located in Vermont, where cheesemaking is second nature, Grafton Village has been around since 1892, making award-winning cheeses. They make aged cheddars, as well as smoked cheddars, which are infused with maple, truffles, and chili. All are available in this crate. Any cheese lover would be tickled pink to receive this.

Shop : Grafton Village Cheese Gift Crate from Harry & David



Tower of Treats® Signature Holiday Gift

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Tower of Treats® Signature Holiday Gift

Shop : Tower of Treats® Signature Holiday Gift  from Harry & David

The Tower of Treats gift tower has been putting smiles on recipients faces since 1945. Each box houses some of the best treats Harry & David has been offering over these many decades, such as Royal Riviera Pears, chocolate truffles, and Moose Munch Popcorn. This gift defines tradition and elegance. Now go define what a great gift-giver truly is!

Shop : Tower of Treats® Signature Holiday Gift  from Harry & David



12 Days of Christmas Tower

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12 Days of Christmas Tower

Shop : 12 Days of Christmas Tower from Harry & David

I'm not sure how they fit so many drummers inside one little box, but…. Oh wait, that's just the theme of this clever design. Each of the 12 boxes has a wonderful treat inside, including yogurt-covered snowflake-shaped pretzels in the box where I thought those drummers would have gone. And instead of getting two turtle doves, you get an entire drawer filled with dark chocolate-covered cherries. The drawer for the five golden rings? Well, I'll let you use your imagination.

Shop : 12 Days of Christmas Tower from Harry & David



Nutcracker-Inspired Gift Tower

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Nutcracker-Inspired Gift Tower

Is there anything more associated with Christmas than the nutcracker? OK, sure, there's that bearded fella in the red suit who flies around with reindeer, and that song about the 12 days, and the mistletoe, and candy canes, and decorating the tree, and singing carols, and making gingerbread houses, and eating peppermint bark. But the nutcracker does date back hundreds of years, and, according to German folklore, was supposed to bring families luck and watch over them. Then there was that whole ballet. And now there's this gift box.



Musical Gourmet Gift Box

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Musical Gourmet Gift Box

Shop : Musical Gourmet Gift Box from Harry & David

A gift that also entertains? Sign me up! Just turn the key on the handmade music box and delight in the sounds of a classic winterland carol while nibbling on summer sausage, sharp cheddar cheese, dark chocolate truffles, and more.

Shop : Musical Gourmet Gift Box from Harry & David



Christmas Party Collection

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Christmas Party Collection

Shop : Harry & David® Christmas Party Collection from Harry & David

If you want to give someone a Christmas party as a present, then order this aptly named gift for them. It has so many treats to snack and nibble on, plus the infamous fruitcake (this version isn't one to joke about – it's actually delicious!) they'll be partying through New Year's.

Shop : Harry & David® Christmas Party Collection from Harry & David



Scharffen Berger® Chocolatier’s Collection - 72 Piece

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Scharffen Berger® Chocolatier’s Collection - 72 Piece

Chocolate lovers will rejoice when they unwrap luxury at its finest and get to experience 17 types of premium chocolates, made from either milk chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, or extra dark chocolate. Some of my favorites? Amaretto barrels, coconut butterflies, and cherry cups.



Giant Royal Riviera® Pear Duo

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Giant Royal Riviera® Pear Duo

Shop : Giant Royal Riviera® Pear Duo from Harry & David

There are pears, like the ones you buy at the grocery store. Then there are pears, like Harry & David's iconic Royal Riviera® Pears. But now, thanks to a glorious growing season in the Rogue Valley, there's a third level of pears – these ginormous Royal Riviera® Pears! They're so giant, it took teams to construct a box big enough for them. They're so colossal, it may take a team to eat just one! If you're fortunate enough to get down with one of these. consider pairing it with some blue cheese. Oh, good luck fitting them under the tree.

Shop : Giant Royal Riviera® Pear Duo from Harry & David



Holiday Mugs and Hot Cocoa Kit

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Holiday Mugs and Hot Cocoa Kit

Shop : Holiday Mugs and Hot Cocoa Kit from Harry & David

A hot cocoa kit is one of those gifts that is suitable for anyone on your gift list. Grandma's always cold? Hot cocoa kit. Kids love drinking chocolate? Hot cocoa kit. Your co-worker drives you to work in the dead of winter? Hot cocoa kit. See? It really is the perfect gift.

Shop : Holiday Mugs and Hot Cocoa Kit from Harry & David



Pinkglow® Petite Pineapple Duo

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Pinkglow® Petite Pineapple Duo

Shop : Pinkglow® Petite Pineapple Duo from Harry & David

For anyone who's ever wanted to eat a pineapple of a different color, this is the fruit for you! From the paradise known as Costa Rica – and after 16 years of bioengineering – comes a low-acid and very sweet fruit that's only available for a short period of time. And that time is now! FYI, these pineapples are shipped without their crowns. Since these fruits are so rare, their crowns are removed and replanted to continue the crop.

Shop : Pinkglow® Petite Pineapple Duo from Harry & David


For delivery before Christmas, order by:

  • Dec. 19 for standard shipping (4-7 business days)

  • Dec. 20 for express shipping (2 business days)

  • Dec. 23 for overnight shipping (1 business day)

For more information about shipping, click here.

For more holiday gifting inspiration, check out our other gift guides

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