Stress-Free Holiday Shopping: 35 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas

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Discover our fail-proof last-minute gifting strategy: Opt for the convenience of e-gift cards, delightful gift subscriptions, or Amazon Prime-friendly purchases. This ingenious move not only spares you from dashing to the store but also banishes the anxiety of late-arriving online gifts.

Now, some might label this approach as effortlessly clever, and we couldn’t agree more. The beauty of it lies in granting your recipients the power of choice, ensuring their absolute satisfaction. In retrospect, maybe procrastination does have its perks.

In this curated collection of 35 last-minute Christmas gift ideas, we’ve handpicked the most sought-after subscriptions and e-gifts the internet has to offer. Whether you’re hunting for presents for your family members, pals, epicurean enthusiasts, or fitness fanatics, we’ve got you covered.

The clock is ticking, so why wait any longer? Dive into these fantastic last-minute gift ideas — the “add to cart” button beckons you now!

Note: Starting prices are indicated for each offering, but please be aware that amounts may vary.

Cookie Sugarwish

While this gift won’t be delivered on the same day, a text or email messaging your gift recipient it's on the way will appear instantly upon your purchase.

And the best part is, your loved one can pick the cookie flavors they want. All you do is pick a spend level, and they handle the rest.

There are also options to gift wine, gourmet snacks, hot cocoa, dog treats, and more. When the gift arrives, it comes packaged in the sweetest box.

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Temperature Control Smart Mug

Give the gift of warm coffee or tea all day long. Thanks to you, they can skip the reheating routine just to have that piping-hot beverage.

This Ember mug, which can warm its liquid contents up to 145 degrees and can be delivered swiftly via Amazon, will delight and comfort. It comes in various colors, and can easily be controlled on any smart device via Bluetooth.

Once downloaded and synced, the app will let its user know when their beverage reaches its optimal temperature. And, it stays on as long as you want it to and knows when to automatically turn off when idle for a set amount of time.

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Personalized Video

Have their favorite celebrity deliver a personalized message through Cameo. If you're gifting to someone who is obsessed with reality TV, loves a certain music artist, or is very into sports, a video message from the person they idolize is the ultimate gift.

Once you figure out which celeb you want to deliver your message (e.g., Lance Bass, Gabby Douglas, or Sammi from Jersey Shore), you can purchase a video message from them and let them know who and what it's for. The hardest part will be keeping the surprise from your recipient!

Gift Card

Bespoke Post is a men’s-focused marketplace that's ideal for any lifestyle. Grooming essentials, kitchen- and barware, style upgrades, and even 420-friendly accessories are available and theirs for the taking.

Sending an e-gift card their way gives your recipient a chance to splurge on goodies from Bespoke Post's vast collection of indie brands that may not be on everybody’s radar yet.

Personalized Photo Box

Don’t risk giving a lackluster last-minute gift because you ran out of time to go shopping. Greetabl lets you select, package, and send your present from one easy online location.

Choose a custom design for the outside of the box and fill it with your choice of sweet little gifts, from candles to jewelry. Then select your favorite photos of you and your recipient to have printed on the inside of the box, which will fold out into a collage (and personal note) for them to keep.

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Marshmallow of the Month Club (Mini-Sized, 1 Month)

This one’s just fun. Nothing brightens someone’s day like a little marshmallow sweetness, and this quirky last-minute gift will send them a taste, a decent sampling, or a whole box full of scrumptious flavors each month. Past flavors have included shamrock shake, peaches and cream, and salted caramel.

Choose a one-off gift or send them as a subscription for 3, 6, or 12 months. According to the maker, these marshmallows are made with fresh ingredients and fish-based gelatin, so pescatarians can enjoy them, too!

Eyeris 1 Eye Massager

It heats, it cools, it massages eyes to provide relief from migraines, tiredness, and more. Think of it as a warm compress that can warm up to 107 degrees, which can soothe.

This eye massager, which uses oscillating pressure and rhythmic percussion massaging, also aims to make users look more youthful by reducing dark circles, puffiness, and more.

Want some tunes? Connect to it via Bluetooth to play your own playlist or its pre-recorded sounds using its built-in speakers.

Cheese Explorer’s Club

This introductory subscription (for $70 per month if you sign up to get three months delivered) from beloved Murray’s Cheese offers a delightful opportunity to savor a curated selection of three exquisite cheeses every month.

However, for those who truly appreciate the finer things in life and frequently host gatherings, Murray’s Cheese’s premium tier provides an indulgent experience with a complete cheese board, setting the stage for unforgettable entertaining moments.

Favorites Box

This is one last-minute gift that will provide days, if not weeks of great eats for your recipient! ButcherBox is a food subscription service known for its excellent-quality meat and meticulous sourcing.

If you’re gifting for an omnivore and avid home cook who could use a little break on their grocery bills this time of year, get them a ButcherBox Favorites bundle, give them a heads up that it’s coming in a few days, and prepare for the outpouring of gratitude.

Just one of ButcherBox’s many one-off gift boxes, this one includes the motherlode of meat: grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, and heritage-raised pork sausages and bacon, to name just a few. Plus, the entire 14-pack box costs just $159 with free shipping!

Plant Subscription (3 Months)

Surprise the plant lovers in your life with a new plant every month for three months. Not only will they get a new green friend, but the plants come with terracotta pots and saucers for repotting.

You can even choose what kinds of plants to gift, like only sending pet-friendly varieties or whatever Horti’s monthly choice is.

Coffee Sampler (Single Box)

The Bean Box Sampler Gift Subscription is sure to keep the caffeine lover in your life satisfied for a while. Even though the final, expertly curated selection of four 1.8-ounce bags is a surprise, you’ll get to choose their roast type (i.e., light, medium, dark, espresso, or even decaf!), whether the beans come ground or whole, and the frequency of shipments. Choose from a single box to recurring shipments for 3, 6, or 12 months.

We like this last-minute gift idea from Bean Box because whether “last-minute” means a week away or that very day, they’ve got you covered. The first box ships just about 2 days after you place the order, but the gift can also be sent instantly via email.

Annual Membership

One of the best things you can give is the gift of knowledge, and with a MasterClass subscription, they'll have the opportunity to explore tons of new topics.

This platform features more than 70 classes from famous people like Gordon Ramsey, Steph Curry, Natalie Portman, and Anna Wintour, who all teach the secrets to their success.

Flower Subscription

Bring a smile to anyone's face with a recurring flower delivery that'll brighten their day. The Bouqs Co. allows you to choose anywhere from a weekly to a quarterly delivery (and everything between) of a variety of bouquet styles, starting at $40 per shipment.

You can change your plan any time, choose to gift only for a certain number of deliveries, or select from any of their bouquets for a one-time shipment.

Virtual Tarot Card Readings

This last-minute gift is all about divine timing. For your most mystically inclined friend or loved one, give them a virtual consultation with tarot expert Annie Gebel (also known as Soul Mother). They span from a quick, three-card reading to a nine-card reading for a more in-depth look into their soul's hidden desires.

Give Card

Have a gym nut on your list? If your loved one appreciates a workout class, a ClassPass gift card will get good use. If you're not already familiar, ClassPass is a service that offers access to various fitness classes and wellness activities, from yoga and pilates to spinning and HIIT.

This gift will give the fitness fiend in your life the opportunity to try different workout routines before they fully commit to signing up.

As a ClassPass user, your giftee can use their gift card to pay for a ClassPass plan or purchase one-off classes when the mood strikes them on the ClassPass platform.

Puzzle Club (3-Month Membership)

Need an out-of-the-box, last-minute gift idea? A membership to JIGGY's Puzzle Club is pretty much the perfect gift to keep your recipient entertained through the cold winter months.

Available in 3-, 6-, or 12-month increments, each shipment includes one new 500-piece puzzle, along with fun goodies and exclusive content. Also, these puzzles are truly works of art — a percentage of every sale goes directly to the female artist behind each design. The puzzles can even be framed!

Gift Subscription (3 Months)

If they're a tea lover, they need a subscription to Sips By. Each shipment contains a selection of premium teas from brands based all over the world, based on their flavor preferences.

It works like this: You send them the e-gift card containing a 3-, 6-, 12-, or 24-month subscription, they create a Sips profile, and then they receive 16 cups worth of tea each month.

Custom Gift Box (9-Item Box)

Instead of giving sweets on top of more sweets as a last-minute gift idea, try a gift credit to Daily Harvest. It's one of our favorite meal-subscription services because the frozen, single-portion meals are all healthy and easy to prepare in the microwave, stovetop, or blender, and the variety is seriously impressive.

The brand's harvest bowls, flatbreads, and smoothies are also total game changers for anyone who's working or parenting from home for the long haul. And their pints of dairy-free Scoops are a sweet (but not too sweet) treat to enjoy any night of the week.

Digital Gift Card

This last-minute gift takes just seconds to digitally send to your recipient, but it'll give them years of enjoyment. Cozy Earth is one of our new favorite brands for sublimely silky, intriguingly cool, bamboo sheets — we've never slept on anything like them.

This gift puts the tough choice of what to get in their hands instead of yours: Their famous sheets? Buttery-soft PJs? A stack of their new waffle-weave towels that are as soft as they are absorbent? Or... all of the above?

Gift Card

We’ve gifted Milk Bar’s digital gift cards for all sorts of occasions and to many different recipients, and our favorite part is getting their hyper-enthusiastic reaction as soon as it hits their inbox.

While the famed NYC-based sweet shop has just a handful of other brick-and-mortar locations (in Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Washington D.C.), they offer nationwide shipping, so your recipient can enjoy those satisfyingly sweet treats wherever they are.

Don't skip out on the Apple Cider Donut Cake Truffles — they're a limited-time special, but we highly recommend grabbing them while they're around!

Wine Delivery

Keep the good times rolling and the vino flowing. Give someone a Winc subscription so they can choose from a curated selection of bottles.

And the best part is, you won't have to choose blindly. Winc provides tasting notes and other important details on every wine page so you can make a smart selection.

Don't want to do the hard work of picking? Answer some questions and Winc will recommend bottles for you!

E-Gift Card

We love gifting decadent food gifts that don't have to be enjoyed immediately, and Goldbelly is exactly that. It isn't an ordinary takeout site — the brand offers nationwide delivery from hundreds of different restaurants. (It was also a lifeline for many restaurants during the height of lockdown in 2020.)

The gift cards are available in increments of $25 to $200, or you can enter a custom amount. Plus, if you want a last-minute gift with an element of surprise, Goldbelly also offers monthly food subscriptions delivering the best pizza, barbecue, ice cream, and cookies in the entire country.

Gift Card

Many book lovers know to always shop at local, independently owned bookstores, and Bookshop.org has made it even easier to support both authors and indie sellers.

Choose a gift card amount from $25 to $1,000 and your giftee can spend that amount at any number of different bookstores through the Bookshop portal. This is a great last-minute gift idea for a far-away bookish friend so that they can support their favorite mom-and-pop bookshops.

Gift Card

There's no doubt that they've heard all about Our Place and the game-changing Always Pan, but the brand has lots more to offer. For the person in your life aspiring to stock the kitchen of their dreams with top-notch cookware and tableware, send them a digital gift card to Our Place.

On their site, they even show how much $50, $100, and even up to $250 will get them. (A Home Cook Duo, in case you're curious.) We know they'll be thanking you, so you can thank us later!

e-Gift Card

Sustainable style never looked so good. All of Girlfriend Collective's clothing is made from either recycled or organic materials, and the brand produces its products ethically and responsibly.

Their e-gift cards come in amounts from $25 to $200, so you can decide how much you want to splurge on their behalf. Plus, everything they make, from leggings, bras, sweats, and more, is so comfy.

Digital Gift Card

Bearaby's weighted blankets are one of the internet's favorite stress-busting tools — it's been said that their gentle press feels like a comforting hug, and the chunky-knit weave feels and looks so cool.

We say, if you're going to get one as a gift, opt for this e-gift card. This lets your recipient choose the color, weight, and style. Because once they have one at home, it'll probably live on their couch permanently.

Gift Card

If your gift recipient has an eye for original designs and a passion for shopping small, look no further than a gift card to Etsy.

This maker-powered marketplace has everything from small-batch beauty to handmade garments to art prints galore. We also love that the site is also making it easier than ever to shop and support Black-owned businesses.

Framebridge Gift Card

Framebridge is a custom framing service fit to tackle projects of any size, from finding the perfect frame to complement a prized piece to an entire gallery-wall consultation.

Sending a Framebridge gift card (available in preset or custom amounts) as a last-minute gift is the perfect way to help complete their space.

Gift Card

A helmet is a non-negotiable when it comes to biking safely, so make sure they're kitted out with an e-gift card to one of our favorite brands, Thousand.

We love the minimalist appeal of the Thousand Chapter MIPS Helmet, but we don't think your recipient could go wrong with any of the retro-chic Heritage styles, either. Plus, even if they're happy with the helmet they already have, the brand also carries gloves, bells, locks, and cool reflective stickers for heightened visibility.

Subscription (3-Month Option)

If you know someone who's expressed interest in meditation, a gift subscription to the Headspace app is a thoughtful way to get them going.

The app features hundreds of guided meditations not only for general use but also for sleep, anxiety, or focus that can be accessed at any time. It even lets users track their progress and sync up their meditation minutes to their Apple Health app if they're an iPhone user.

Gift Card

Everlane's minimalist — but seriously sleek — selection of basics and bags is a serious game-changer. At checkout for this last-minute gift idea, you can opt for an e-card (starting at $25 and up to $500), so they can start shopping immediately.

Audiobook Membership (3-Month Option)

Whether you know they're a long-time audiobook fan, or they've just started to show curiosity in listening to their favorite reads, a gift membership to Audible makes for the perfect last-minute gift idea.

Just think: They can redeem their gift immediately and listen to Matthew McConaughey or Viola Davis narrate their memoirs in minutes.

Choose from a 1-, 3-, 6-, or 12-month subscription, and each month the service will send new members a credit to use toward an Audible audiobook — existing members will get all of their gifted credits at once.

E-Gift Card

Who couldn't use a new set of sheets or towels? While Brooklinen's products are surprisingly affordable for their top-quality construction, this last-minute gift will allow your recipient to stock up on the exact colors, textures, and sizes they want. You can send this e-gift in denominations of $50 to $500.

We're longtime fans of both their Luxe Sateen Sheets and Super-Plush Towels, and we can attest to their resilience (and softness) over time.

1-Year Gift Subscription

This is how to ensure that their home's hibernation hub is loaded up with the finest entertainment available. This 1-year gift subscription to Disney+ provides them with every Disney, Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel, and National Geographic movie and show for their streaming convenience.

It will be delivered digitally to your recipient on your chosen date. Just keep in mind that this gift is for new subscribers only.

Gift Card

Although we tend to associate Sperry with being the go-to brand for boat shoes, they have a seriously impressive selection that spans well into sneaker and winter boot territory.

Upgrade your loved one's footwear game just before things start getting wet and slushy outside by getting them this digital gift card that's available in amounts ranging from $10 to $200.

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