Gifts for Every Budget

Gifts for
every
budget
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You have your written holiday shopping list (Mom, Dad,
mistress…) and then you have your unwritten one:
how much dough you’re allocating toward each giftee.
That’s why we’ve found presents priced from $7.50 to
$660, including some less-than-$25 gems that look
as if you shelled out a lot more. (Cheap? Let’s call it
thrifty.) And to wrap it all up with a nice bow, we share
hints to help you personalize, upgrade and match
these all-star gifts to just the right person’s stocking.
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PHOTO: JOE PELLEGRINI; ILLUSTRATIONS: ANDY SMITH
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READY,
SET, SHOP!
Find
addresse a list of store
s, phon
and websie numbers
on page 3tes
8.
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Wi-Fli Helicopter, $100
at Radio Shack
Silver glitter bag, $98
at Topshop
Slip tickets
to a New Year’s
bash inside.
By Marissa Conrad
Gibbon Slackline 82', $100
at Marbles: the Brain Store
Even the most avid fitness fiend probably
hasn’t mastered tightrope walking. He or she
can stretch this line between two trees or
posts and try a new balance challenge. (We
hear it’s great for your core.)
$100 in U.S.
Savings Bonds at
treasurydirect.gov
Sure, it’s practical—
but lil’ Timmy will
thank you later.
Especially because
this piece of paper
is about to be a
collector’s item:
As of January 1,
the Treasury is
issuing all bonds as
e-certificates only.
Manhattan Fruitier’s
Orchard Street Basket,
$96 at gilttaste.com
The Top Chef wanna-be
in your life can dream up
new recipes using the
exotic seasonal fruits
in this carefully curated
arrangement.
Bamboo computer keyboard,
$80 at Urban Outfitters
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Three once-a-month
flower deliveries from
H.BLOOM’s ArrangeYour-Own Collection,
$87 at hbloom.com
Come up roses with your
trendsetter girlfriend—
this Netflix-like flower
subscription service is
brand new to Chicago
and has popular-inManhattan cred.
PHOTO: TOP, DAMIEN THOMPSON; MODEL: SABA/AGENCY GALATEA; ILLUSTRATION: ANDY SMITH
Ball & Chain
necklace, $77 at
Zamrie Boutique