65 articles about christmas.
Giving an experience as a gift means trading an object for a memory: a national parks pass, a cooking class, a CityPASS for a city weekend, a museum or aquarium membership, a ski pass or a supercar track day. Below are 18 experience ideas with prices checked on each provider's own site in October 2026, from $46 to $1,529, plus how to wrap something that doesn't fit in a box.
The best Christmas slideshow is a short family movie: 60 to 100 photos and a few video clips from the year, in a clear order (month by month, Christmases past or "the kids grow up"), set to two or three songs and played on the TV after dinner. Ask relatives to send their own photos and short video messages, and the slideshow tells the year from everyone's camera roll, not just yours.
"Merry Christmas from our family to yours" is the classic sign-off for a family card, and it lands best with one personal line in front of it: a bit of news, a joke, or a wish for the people reading it. Below are more than 60 card lines and captions built around it, grouped by tone and by who's sending, from new parents to big multigenerational households.
Families make a year in review in three main formats: a video made from everyone's clips and photos, a one-page letter with the year's highlights, or a printed album organized month by month. Pick the video if your family is spread out and you want to hear everyone's voice, the letter if you send holiday cards, and the album if you want something to flip through at the table. Each one starts the same way: a list of the year's 12 to 20 best moments.
The best Christmas gift baskets this year are a Harry & David pear and truffle box, a Hickory Farms meat and cheese box, a Zingerman's holiday goodies box, a Wolferman's Christmas morning bakery basket and a Cabot cheddar pack, or a basket you build yourself around one theme. Below are 20 ideas with prices checked on each maker's own site in October 2026, plus how to add the one thing a store basket can't hold: a message from everyone who loves them.
The best small Christmas gifts are useful, edible or a little bit luxe: a short group video from friends, a Mast sea salt chocolate bar, Glossier Balm Dotcom, a Rifle Paper Co. notebook set, See's Peppermint Krispys and a 14 oz Stanley Quencher. Sixteen of the 18 picks cost $35 or less (eight are under $20) as of October 2026, and several split into Christmas goodie bags for a party table.
The best Christmas wishes for family are short, specific and sent in the format they'll see: a one-line text for the group chat, three warm sentences in a card, or a few seconds on video for the relatives who live far away. Below are more than 60 original messages, sorted by tone (short, heartwarming, funny, religious, inspirational) and by who you're writing to.
Good Christmas card messages for family follow a three-line formula: a warm wish, one real detail from this year, and a sign-off with every name in your house. Below are more than 60 messages you can copy, a set of fill-in-the-blank templates for when your mind goes blank, and sign-offs that sound like you.
The funniest Christmas gifts this year are a family roast video made on Tribute, a yodeling pickle, a fake prank gift box hiding a real present, Throw Throw Burrito and a holiday pack for Cards Against Humanity. Most of the picks below cost under $25, every one is checked on the maker's own site, and each comes with who it suits, from the white elephant table to the cousin who has every game already.
The best Christmas gifts for new moms give back sleep, comfort or a moment to remember: a group video of family welcoming the baby, a sunrise sleep clock, soft nursing pajamas, a meal delivery gift card and a dated Baby's First Christmas ornament. Below are 18 picks, each checked on the maker's own site in October 2026, sorted by what a new mom needs most in those first months.
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