Someone In This Online Group Asked “What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?”, 30 Folks Delivered

Buying last-minute Christmas gifts can cost a few weeks' worth of stress. But deciding what to give to the giftee is half the job. The other is probably divided into earning money/making the gift, buying, and wrapping.

One person asked Reddit users "What last-minute gift for Christmas is always a winner?". The question got 35,6k upvotes and over 8k comments. Bored Panda selected the most popular ones to give you some ideas.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered One of the best gifts I've ever received was a big box of thrifted books. I am a big reader of trashy romance novels and I go through them pretty fast. They paid like $5 for this box of books and it gave me like 3 months of reading material. I was super happy!

paramourns , Graham Stanley Report

Final score:

101points

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JuJu 2 years ago

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell is a fantastic book

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Responses varied from very practical gifts like socks, food, amazon/grub hubs gift cards to experiences such as massage coupons or theater tickets. A few people mentioned cooking, and it is often true that a handmade gift someone put a lot of thought or effort into creates more warm fuzz than an expensive one.

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Homemade cookies. One year I was particularly broke and decided to make everyone Xmas biscuits. Felt a bit stingy as I didn’t really spend anything on it (had all the flour, eggs, spices etc already at home and only had to buy a single chocolate bar to make choco chips) but people LOVED it and now ask me for them each year. I usually personalise the flavours or ice the person’s name/something they like on them. For one friend (who loves warm cookies) I gifted a log of cookie dough and cooking instructions, that went down pretty well.

ididitforcheese , bluecookies Report

Final score:

93points

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Barbara L Bristow 2 years ago

I was AMAZED that everyone loved the book marks I hand made. They were so easy

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered People always say children are a gift from god. Maybe I will start giving out children for Christmas. Not like the ball pit at ikea has armed security, shouldn't be too difficult to get a dozen children or so.

stinkyfastball , TimothyJ Report

Final score:

89points

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J 2 years ago

If you coat some old spiderman posters in epoxy you can make a sort of 'mega flypaper'. Walking through the street playing a pipe is also historically a winner.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered This has been a rough year for me. Funds are tight so I am making 100 dozen tamales to give to my family and friends this year. And for my Christmas grandchildren's birthdays I am making them their favorite cake. Hummingbird. I know every one will be happy as I am always being asked to make these items for them throughout the year.

MsHTownSmoker61 , kinwart Report

Final score:

82points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I've made coconut ice or truffles in the past when I couldn't afford as much, as well as jam.

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People based their responses either on what they always like to get or what they know their family loves to receive. A few were in a festive mood and gave joke answers, but someone might actually appreciate them, like "Bag of batteries with a note saying 'toy not included'".

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Super soft blanket

beregond23 , moon angel Report

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76points

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TheDivineMsM 2 years ago

You can never have enough cozy blankets. This is often my go to gift- especially if I can find this soft and oversized and cuddly.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Last year i put hundreds of the best rock music on a USB for my dad to listen to in the car. It was the night before Christmas. He uses it everyday still.

TheBrotherhoods , osde8info Report

Final score:

72points

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Kate Fowler 2 years ago

I did this for mybrother inlaw. He still plugs that thing into the port in his car on his fishing/roadtrip each year

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered When someone buys me socks. I fu**ing love socks.

Klutzy_Newt , popofatticus Report

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72points

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Bunzilla 2 years ago

It's pretty funny. When you're a kid, getting socks or clothes is generally a disappointment. But when you're an adult, it's usually very welcome.

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However, someone pointed out that a lot of suggestions were pretty expensive gifts "ya'lls last minute gifts are my 'If I won the lottery 3 months before Christmas' gifts". Hopefully, this person has enough to buy a shop vac as a last-minute gift this year.

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered I feel like snacks for stocking stuffers are always a win with me. If my wife is reading this please give me bbq pringles please for my stocking.

CarminesCarbine , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

70points

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Roy Webb 2 years ago

I always give my wife as big a bag of peanut m&ms as I can find, and she does the same for me,but pistachios.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered A card with $5 in it and a super sweet message from my grandpa about how proud of me he is.

Happened to me when I was 12. My grandpa had just passed away and he had already made cards for everyone. I still have the card and the $5.

aurarasburst , raidensgrammie21 Report

Final score:

68points

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Danielle Terese 2 years ago

I got a card from Grandpa just after he passed away too! I was living in another country at the time, and it reached me just a day or so after his death. Very sweet, cried so much.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Last year I was at Microcenter buying someone a drone, and they have bins of 32GB flash drives at the checkout counter for $3. I bought 15 and put them in everyone's stockings. People loved it.

BelowDeck , osde8info Report

Final score:

51points

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2x4b523p 2 years ago

Incredible how things lose value. My first USB drive was 128MB, cost me my two day salary and I was absolutely convinced I future proofed myself with that splash of money because most of my classmates were on 32MB.

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If you need more ideas for what to give or not to give check out what Bored Panda wrote about it before.

#11

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered One year I went to my grandmas house and snapped a few pictures of the old albums. Went home, made some collages out of the pictures, made them into magnets. (I did this at home with what I have, but a mail order place can do it too) I didn’t know if people would like them but several people cried when I gave them out. They all compared pictures and still have them up.

-in_the_wind_ , downing.amanda Report

Final score:

47points

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ChickyChicky 2 years ago

This is not a last-minute gift.

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#12

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Lego set^

KakashiD1o , Peter & Joyce Grace Report

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44points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I want a Lego set!

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#13

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered If you've got a fairly geeky group of friends, fancy leather notebooks from Barnes and Noble will do the trick easily.

If not, the amazon gift card always works.

EatsAtomsRegularly , redspotted Report

Final score:

43points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I always asked for a journal or sketch book as a teen. Still would like them to be honest.

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#14

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Tickets to something that person would enjoy, whether it's a play, musical, concert, dinner theater experience, live podcast, comedy show, sporting event, movie, museum, art show, historic place tour or tour of something else. It's easy to get (just buying tickets/passes to something) but also very personal & meaningful. It can also range from being a cheap gift (like movie tickets) to more expensive (like a Broadway show) depending on your price range and closeness to that person.

chessie_h Report

Final score:

42points

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Martha Meyer 2 years ago

Where did they dig up that picture of a 20 year old ticket with the price both in Euros and DM!

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#15

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Food basket with sausage, crackers, and cheese. I love getting them, it makes for great snacks or even a good meal.

llcucf80 , Birdies100 Report

Final score:

42points

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Osgood_7 2 years ago

Check to see if they have food allergies first please

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered A jug of real Vermont maple syrup.

Back2Bach , Priscilla HughesFollow Report

Final score:

38points

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Catherine Côté 2 years ago

*Laughs in Québécois*

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#17

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered A gift card to a store they like + a home baked treat (banana bread or chocolate chip cookies)

doublestitch , jmackinnell Report

Final score:

37points

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Danielle Charney 2 years ago

just a home baked treat is plenty

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#18

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Bag of batteries with a note saying “toy not included”

streakystronky Report

Final score:

35points

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J 2 years ago

Useful, but seems a bit random... I pretty sure 'batteries' is also listed elsewhere on BP as 'worst gifts at christmas'.

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered I work at a coal mine. I usually grab a chunk every year for someone.

endlessloads , phredd Report

Final score:

35points

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Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago

As a child I asked specifically for coal for Xmas. My grandma played the game and got me this nice little pouch filled with three coal pieces - a joke gift on top of whatever else she gave me. Thing is, I don't remember what else she got me, I remember and still have the coal and it's a favored Xmas memory. The other adults there reacted poorly to the joke at the time, but I *literally asked for it* and it was hilarious. I'd still love a piece of coal for Xmas!

19points

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Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered I like my gifts to be practical, no matter who's getting them.

Small, bright keychain lights like the Photon Micro or the Olight IE3 EOS.

Small Swiss Army knives like the Swiss Army Classic.

Awesome socks like Smartwool or Darn Tough or Fox River.

High quality beanie from Outdoor Research, Arcteryx, Smartwool, Sealskinz.

Space pens and a small, quality pocket notebook.

Coffee Travel mugs from Contigo.

Small car emergency kits, everyone needs them and literally no one has them.

Powerbanks

If you live some place it snows: A good snow scraper, because again, for some reason, everyone has some piece of junk from a gas station.

Magnetic charging cables. Seriously. I give these all the time and they're a huge hit, especially for iPhone users who seem to be constantly breaking either their cord or the charge port. I like the NetDot and Volta.

Small, quality multi-tool from Gerber, Leatherman or SOG. These are especially popular with women that get them from us.

GhettoCop , Andrew Fresh Report

Final score:

35points

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Parmeisan 2 years ago

I have way too many snow scrapers from people who somehow never thought that in Saskatchewan, Canada I would already have a good snow scraper. Practical gifts can become junk if you're not careful.

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#29

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Sword. Imagine showing up to Christmas Day gift swap with a badass cleaver or katana. Plus, they aren’t marked up this time of the year.

PredatorSane , Jeremy Hall Report

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18points

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Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago

Or a ba't'leth.

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#30

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered For me, Scented Candles.

Can never have enough, and even if you give me the same smell twice, now I have an excuse to burn through them.

Link0606 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

6points

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Sue Bradley 2 years ago

Make sure the person will like them - they are my idea of hell!!! I detest the normal scents they come in and normally give me a cracking migraine :-(

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#31

Someone In This Online Group Asked "What Last-Minute Gift For Christmas Is Always A Winner?", 30 Folks Delivered Alcohol.

Diamond_Joe217 , Robert Couse-Baker Report

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-3points

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Rainbow Roger 2 years ago

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What do you think ?

Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

You guys know those metal boxes that you open expecting cookies, but get sewing supplies? Yes, get one of those, a new one of course. The insides vary from chocolates and biscuits, to alcohol, even stuffed toys depending on the shop. What is inside will be consumed and the box stays as decoration and storage. This has never failed me.

9points

Olive 2 years ago

As a true last minute idea- I always like getting scratcher tickets in my stocking. I also second the snack idea. Can't go wrong with snacks.

Yort 2 years ago

I think most people hate getting scratch off tickets for Christmas. I think a lot of people interpret it as cheap and classless. So I definitely wouldn’t give them to someone if I didn’t already know they actually wanted them (like you). I do like scratch off tickets, so I’m not judging, just saying that’s not a good idea for most people. Also, yes, snacks. Everyone is happy getting free food, as long as it’s good. I actually asked for flour for Christmas this year.

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Megan Klein 2 years ago

Hand lotion, especially non-smelly, deep healing lotion.

LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago

My dad is very difficult to buy for. My nephews gift is delayed due to transportation problems, I have no idea what to get my brother in law. So tomorrow I'm making 9 dozen cookies.

Deborah B 2 years ago

Something edible and treaty. Homebaked cookies or cake are always a big win. High-quality chocolates, cheese selection, bacon of the month club, exotic fruit, whatever someone really likes, but won't buy for themself. I occasionally get sent a box of Feijoa fruit from an online exotic fruit company. Childhood favorite from growing up, not widely available in the UK. Best gift ever, Christmas or Birthday. As a teenager I once got two tubs of Hagendaaz icecream and a spoon from a sibling. That was an amazing gift.

thatmagicgaychick 2 years ago

terry's. chocolate. oranges

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

Please do not give anything scented to people you know have migraines. We'll never use it.

Poppy 2 years ago

I always ask for consumables, mostly money and bubble bath. I love having a long hot soak in a bath with loads of bubbles.

Annette Kramer 2 years ago

Liquor

Barbara Skolly 2 years ago

I often have extra tins of baked goods to give or nice Christmas ornaments. The they don't have a dust collector they feel they need to keep out all year. Got into the giving ornament habit years ago when i worked in fitness so wanted to avoid giving clients anything with calories.

Bri Lancaster 2 years ago

All these gifts are very inexpensive and convenient for the gifter, but recepients might see "cheapskate" written all over the gifter. BY CONTRAST, a gift is supposed to come from the heart of the gifter, so unless it's a very very tacky or literally insulting gift, the recipient should appreciate whatever the gifter gives, especially if it's someone they love. I'm never going to say, "Why did my sister give me a bible? I wanted a new cellphone." Or, "Why did my Mom give me a cellphone? I wanted a blanket." People, you're supposed to appreciate anything (not weird like used toilet paper, or not hurtful or meant to belittle you) that a person that truly loves you gives you.

AnnaBanana 2 years ago

Not a last minute gift, but my best Christmas gift in recent years was my niece telling me she was pregnant! I couldn't stop crying, I was so over the moon for her and her partner!

Bill Evs 2 years ago

Not last minute as such but for me I'd rather have a gift that's actually useful rather than a novelty item. I tell my wife every year that I'd like a good quality socket or screwdriver set or a cordless drill and she always looks at me with a mix of amusement and bemusement but I'm being totally serious.

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