Stocking stuffers
A good stocking stuffer is small, cheap and useful enough that nobody minds getting six. These are for grown-up stockings.
Every pick here costs under $25, and most cost far less. Put something sweet in the toe, something useful in the middle and something to do near the top.
The traditional bits
Things that have been in stockings for a long time. They're still the bits people eat first.
Food and drink
Chocolate coins in a mesh bag
Typical price under $25
Always in the toe, always eaten by ten.
Food and drink
Peppermint bark in a tin
Typical price under $25
Snaps in half, so it's easy to share.
Food and drink
Mini jar of honey
Typical price under $25
For the oatmeal, the toast and the sore throat.
Useful little things
The stuff people run out of in January, handed over a month early.
Wellbeing
Lip balm trio
Typical price under $25
For the dry lips that come with January.
Style
Luggage tag set
Typical price under $25
For the suitcase that looks like all the others.
Outdoors
Pocket flashlight
Typical price under $25
Lives in the coat pocket and saves the day once.
Style
Fuzzy lounge socks
Typical price under $25
Warm feet for the movie after dinner.
For the afternoon after the gifts
Something to open and use before the leftovers come out.
Games and books
Pack of playing cards
Typical price under $25
For the game that starts after the dishes.
Games and books
Pocket sudoku or crossword book
Typical price under $25
Fills the quiet hour after lunch.
Wellbeing
Pair of bath bombs
Typical price under $25
A long soak once the cooking is done.
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