My 2025 Holiday Gift Guide – Ideas for Everyone On Your List
It’s here – my 10th annual Holiday Gift Guide! It’s a full-on 2000s yearbook theme, complete with nostalgia, doodles, and the best gift ideas for 2025. Let’s dive in and let the shopping begin.
The holiday season is officially here, and my 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is live! This marks the tenth year of this annual tradition, and I can confidently say it’s my favorite one yet.
If you’re already planning your holiday shopping, this guide is your all-in-one resource. It’s filled with gift ideas for everyone on your list—from thoughtful hostess gifts and cozy stocking stuffers to splurges worth saving for.
Whether you’re shopping for your best friend, your parents, or your kiddos, I’ve rounded up the best holiday gifts of 2025 to make your holiday season feel a little more joyful and a lot more organized.
This Year’s Theme: Holiday High
Each year, I love bringing a fresh twist to the DIY Playbook Gift Guide, and this one might be my favorite theme yet.
Introducing Holiday High—a 2000s-inspired yearbook packed with doodles, superlatives, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. Think of it as the yearbook you actually want to flip through.
Inside, you’ll find plenty of familiar faces, including my mom, Jan, who absolutely steals the show. We even recreated classic “class photo” vibes with a mini shoot by my best friend and photographer, Bridget. The result? A playful, personality-filled spread that celebrates a decade of sharing great gifts and good cheer.
If you want to see how Holiday High came to life, with behind-the-scenes photos, the creation of the yearbook idea, and how this project came together, tune into my Substack post this Wednesday. I’m sharing all of the behind-the-scenes scoop.
What’s Inside the 2025 Gift Guide
Here’s a look at what you’ll find when you open this year’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide.
Top 10 Gifts from a Decade of Gifting
To celebrate ten years of creating these guides, I rounded up the most-loved items from every year since 2015. It’s a fun trip down memory lane and proof that timeless gifts really do exist.
Free Holiday Gift Tracker
Don’t miss the last page of the guide. It’s a printable tracker that helps you stay on top of your list—who you’re buying for, what’s wrapped, and what’s still on deck. It’s the exact tool Finn and I use every year, just redesigned for 2025.
Family Favorites
As always, every family member has their own page. You’ll find Finn’s practical gadgets, Jan’s tried-and-true staples, Rory and Ellis’s favorite toys, and my own list of things I’ve loved and used all year long.
Gift Ideas for Everyone
From thoughtful teacher gifts to travel essentials and perfect stocking stuffers, this section is loaded with the best options for any personality or price point. You’ll even find pages curated for homebodies, fitness enthusiasts, and beauty fans.
Creating Traditions with Jan
My mom has officially earned the title of “Queen of Holiday Traditions.” This year, she wrote an entire page all about how she’s created meaningful traditions as the matriarch of our family.
From Cookie Day to our annual family Christmas card, she shares the small, consistent rituals that make this season so special. Her perspective is heartfelt, wise, and a beautiful reminder that the best gifts aren’t always the ones you can wrap.
Flip Through the Guide
Below you can browse the full 2025 Holiday Gift Guide.
Click the arrows on the left and right to flip through the pages. Or you can open it in a new tab right here. I like to click the little arrows at the bottom of the navigation so it goes full-screen and I can easily read it! Every product image is clickable, so if you see something you love, you can shop it directly.
Reading Tip
The guide works on both desktop and mobile, but for the best experience, I recommend viewing it full screen on a desktop. Pour a coffee, turn on a holiday playlist, and start crossing names off your list.
Why I Still Love Creating This
After ten years, this project still brings me so much joy. It’s more than a collection of gift ideas. It’s a reflection of the community we’ve built together. Every message, every product recommendation, every “You helped me find the perfect present!” moment means the world to me.
Thank you for sharing this tradition with me each year and for supporting this small business in the process. I hope this year’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide helps make your shopping easier, your wrapping prettier, and your season a little more merry.
P.S. Want to peek at ALL of the gift guides I’ve ever created? You can browse all of my holiday shopping guides right here!
