We’re wrapping up the year with an informal gift guide that
features something for everybody: your favorite wordsmith, designer, drinker, or friend.
Your graphic-designer friend will love these any-occasion Pantone postcards, but I have no doubt other less color-obsessed friends and family will appreciate them too. They're bright and clean, with just enough gloss to feel special. And since we all know colors communicate specific emotions and feelings, you'll be able to send a message without any words at all.
Go to Alia's pick
Rachel
editor
I'm not usually a brandy lover, but this bottle of Butchertown Brandy from the Copper and Kings Distillery converted me. It's 124 proof but goes down smooth. Plus, it could take the edge off family gatherings.
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Plus, some of the things we loved most in 2018:
Delilah:
Big Mouth
Katie:
Haunting of Hill House
David:
Double Negative
Katie
design
associate
The Ancestry.com database, while kind of pricey, has thousands of centuries-old records from all over the world. It's easy to get lost in the exhaustive amount of data, but it's so rewarding when you find the missing piece you needed. Plus, family members have a selfish extra incentive to gift it.
Go to Katie's pick
Carolyn
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
on Netflix
on Netflix
– Low
– Ottessa Moshfegh
Alia
director of accounts and strategy
Carolyn
strategic communications
manager
A lot of folks dream of getting published, but very few try. Even fewer succeed. Luckily, Writer's Digest still updates Writer's Market in print annually. With editions for short stories, manuscripts, poetry, children's writing and illustrating, and literary agents, the guides provide actionable advice for writers hoping to get published. Your friend who's been threatening to become a famous short-story writer has no excuse now.
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Mimi
editor
Hot chocolate is an all-seasons drink as far as I'm concerned. Katherine Anne's is priced like it's awesome—because it is. This drinking chocolate has the viscosity and heat of lava, and that's a good thing.
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