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Presenting: presents! From stylish picks for design aficionados to 2022 kitchen essentials (plus our favourite sustainable goodies), this gift guide has all your solutions for the holiday season.
The holiday season is upon usbut we’ve actually been scouting out the best gifts in the West for months now. We’ve rounded up the best of the best for everyone on your list (think gifts for lovers of food, travel, design, fitness and sustainability). We’ve got you covered.
If food is their love language, we're only too happy to give them the best cuisine-related gifts out thereso long as theyre sharing. READ MORE
For the space-curators, the furniture-rearrangers and the Pinterest-scrollers: here are the most stylish gifts to suit the interior inclined. READ MORE
After many (many) months of daydreaming about that sunny vacation, planning a trip is finally possible again. Here are the best gifts for the one who has come down with an incurable case of wanderlust. READ MORE
This should be all of us nowwhile thinking about the climate crisis isnt very festive, this time of year is particularly wasteful. Here's a roundup of gifts that are extra-mindfully made. READ MORE
Check off the gym lovers, mountain conquerors and yoga practicers in your life with these fitness-focused picks. READ MORE
Alyssa Hirose is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, illustrator and comic artist. Her work has been featured in Vancouver magazine, Western Living, BCBusiness, Avenue, Serviette, Geist, BCLiving, Nuvo, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight and more. Her beats are food, travel, arts and culture, style, interior design and anything dog-related. She publishes a daily autobiographical comic on Instagram at @hialyssacomics.
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