A full list of the marginally useful (but hopefully amusing!) gift guides compiled on this blog. And just to note: I do not use affiliate links or accept free stuff. These lists are a labor of love.
2024
2023
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð 2023 + wish-listed books for 2024
2022
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð 2022 + wish-listed books for 2023
2021
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð 2021 + wish-listed books for 2022
2020
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð 2020 (and too many books to read in the time allotted)
2019
Practical and fanciful four-year-olds
Jigsaw puzzlers
Schlegel sisters
March sisters
2018
Mycophiles (all ages)
Opinionated three-year-olds who love bright colors and the moon, among other things
Rock collectors
Chionophiles
Random gifts for specific people
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð (and bookmarked books to give or get)
2017
Dark gifts for witty women
Noisy, messy, and marvelous young children
Sensitive listeners
Green thumbs
Midwinterish gifts
Giftable books for specific readers
2016
Moon gazers
Commuters (all sorts)
Hobbyists
Play time
Magpies
The scattershot
2015
First Christmases
The sleep-deprived
Craft rooms
Householders
Library-goers
2014
Cloud spotters
Spies
Armchair mountaineers
Animal lovers
2013
Starry-eyed wanderers
Writers and readers
Beekeepers
Collectors of curiosities
Staying in
Venturing out
2012
The dreamer of ice and snow
The reader of fairy tales
The classicist
Homebodies
The bookish
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Practical and fanciful four-year-olds
Jigsaw puzzlers
Schlegel sisters
March sisters
2018
Mycophiles (all ages)
Opinionated three-year-olds who love bright colors and the moon, among other things
Rock collectors
Chionophiles
Random gifts for specific people
Imaginary outfit: jólabókaflóð (and bookmarked books to give or get)
2017
Dark gifts for witty women
Noisy, messy, and marvelous young children
Sensitive listeners
Green thumbs
Midwinterish gifts
Giftable books for specific readers
2016
Moon gazers
Commuters (all sorts)
Hobbyists
Play time
Magpies
The scattershot
2015
First Christmases
The sleep-deprived
Craft rooms
Householders
Library-goers
2014
Cloud spotters
Spies
Armchair mountaineers
Animal lovers
2013
Starry-eyed wanderers
Writers and readers
Beekeepers
Collectors of curiosities
Staying in
Venturing out
2012
The dreamer of ice and snow
The reader of fairy tales
The classicist
Homebodies
The bookish
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birthday gifts for 42-year-olds / 43-year-olds / 44-year-olds / 46-year-olds
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Christmas rush at the Washington post office. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. 1860-1920.
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Christmas rush at the Washington post office. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. 1860-1920.
