Joy Interactive Photo Album

Unlike those digital picture frames that cycle through the same old shots, Joy is a 13.3-inch HD touchscreen tablet specifically designed to consolidate images from all your social media accounts and devices, and handsomely shows them off to unwitting dinner guests who didn’t actually ask to see them. The holiday gift sits on a wireless magnetic charging stand, and the battery reportedly gets about 5 hours between charges. That’s just enough time to walk your dinner guests through your baby’s first 100 days. Buy Now $199

Fujifilm Instax Smartphone Printer

This second iteration handheld printer from Fujifilm shoots out credit-card-size, 320 DPI images from your smartphone or social media via the corresponding app and a decent Wi-Fi connection. And, like your kid eating ice cream, it does so with remarkable speed — 10 seconds a picture! Unlike your kid, however, it’s actually quiet. You can even jazz up your shots with fancy filters and color adjustments, as well as templates that let you do stuff like split pics in 2 or create collages way better than those your third grader keeps bringing home. Buy Now $109

Meural

Meural is actually more like the Netflix of museum-quality art than that Sharper Image digital picture frame you got but never used. Each ‘smart’ frame holds a 27-inch, Wi-Fi connected, high-definition screen that vividly displays classic and contemporary art and photography from Meural’s vast, subscription-based collection. The built-in ambient light sensors adjust so image looks like on canvas, not liquid crystal. Display everything from French impressionism, to abstract art, to stunning modern landscape photography. It even has“Motion Art.” Take that, the Louvre. Buy Now $479

Liforme Travel Alignment Yoga Mat

How’s a modern yogi supposed to balance career, kid, home, fitness, and mindfulness? Have a mat that acts as a cheatsheet for common moves, of course. Liforme’s mat comes designed with a built-in alignment system designed to teach even the most advanced yogi how to properly stand and stretch. Liforme’s Travel mat also comes with a bag for easy transport and durable non-slip padding. She’ll never have to worry about improper Warrior II form ever again! Buy Now $125

Minoux Spartan Bracelet

Handcrafted in Portland, OR, the Spartan bracelet is made out of solid bronze, bringing to mind both its minimalist style and Gerard Butler — which could be to your advantage. Tell her that Minoux also uses environmentally-friendly practices like using recycled metals, so theoretically this bracelet could be made from the shield of the ancient Spartan warrior. (Or just discarded third place Little League trophies.) Buy Now $148

Mersi Paloma Carry-All Tote

Even if you carry your gym clothes around in a garbage bag, at the very least you understand your wife enjoys a high-quality, over-the-shoulder leather carry-all. This holiday gift shows effort: it’s the Paloma Carry-All Tote from Mersi. Crafted from 100% vegan leather, this tote includes a laptop compartment and water bottle slot, allowing for easy organization. It’s big enough (11.5 inches x 20.75 inches inside) to shove all her crap and your kid’s crap, and still have room left over for your crap — without it looking like crap. Buy Now $119

ShepsWool Chunky Knit Blanket

As Yoda once said, blankets lead to cuddling. Cuddling leads to spooning. And spooning leads to forking. (Not Yoda from Star Wars. Tim Yoda from college.) But considering you’ll both be too exhausted from hosting family at the holidays for any of that, this ShepsWool handmade chunky knit wool number is also quite effective at keeping your wife warm when she inevitably falls asleep on the couch halfway through an episode of Orange is the New Black. Buy Now $153

Artifact Uprising Layflat Photo Album

Because as cool as the Joy Interactive is, not everybody wants to look at family photos by swiping left or right. Artifact Uprising’s Layflat photo album strikes a happy medium: this holiday gift is a traditional handcrafted photo album with up to 70 pages of ultra-thick paper and a customized foil-stamp cover. The pics inside, however, are digital shots that you upload using their online/desktop editor. It’s available in 4 sizes and 10 colors, and can be on your coffee table awaiting unwitting holidays guests in only 10 days. Buy Now $152

OXO On 12-Cup Coffee Brewing System

Many a husband has tried to give his wife an “appliance” only to spend Christmas in the doghouse. The literal one. But, nobody is going to open up this OXO coffee maker and declare the holidays ruined. The On Barista Brain has a lot of fancy bells and percolators. The holiday gift has a microprocessor-controlled brew cycle for a perfect carafe. It’s one of the Speciality Coffee Association Of America’s 10 certified home brewers (and those guys are snobs). And it features a Rainmaker Shower Head that saturates your grounds like they’re at a fair trade spa. The only thing better would be a live-in barista — but that gets awkward, fast. Buy Now $300

title: “Best Holiday Gifts For Her” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-06” author: “Clarence Rainey”

Best Watch For Her: The Runwell

The Runwell features a polished gold case, midnight dial, sunflower leather band, and a date indicator box, so your wife can figure out what day it is while checking to see how late the kids are for whatever it is they were supposed to be ready for FIVE MINUTES AGO. And don’t call it a watch. For that kind of price, you get to bust out the SAT words. “Beautiful chronograph, honey!” Buy Now $800

Best Carry-On For Her: The Away Carry-On

This carry-on is the maximum allowable size for all major airlines, meaning your wife can pack all her stuff and still have room for some of the kid’s gear. Okay, that’s a stretch, but it does comes in hour sharp colors, includes a limited edition copy of the photography book The Places We Return To, and has a charger for your devices. Your kid will probably have to carry their own damn bag, though. Buy Now $225

Best Subscription Box For Her: Birch Box

You have no clue how to buy beauty products, but you certainly can fill in a few blanks about your partner’s style. Seriously, if you’ve ever looked at her once, you can pick from choices like “Trendy,” “Classic,” “Curly Hair,” and “Fair Skin.” After that, she’ll be set up with a customized monthly box of makeup, skincare, haircare, and fragrance products, and you’ll look like a genius. Buy Now $10 per month

Best Dessert Maker For Her: Yonanas Elite Banana Ice Cream Maker

When the all-kale juice diet isn’t enough, this thing combines a juicer and an ice cream machine to turn anything normally kept in a refrigerator drawer into a delicious mutant form of ice cream. To be fair, 100% natural, frozen fruit ice cream (substitute) would seem to be the natural evolution of the banana stand, and there’s always money in the banana stand. Buy Now $98

Best Pajamas For Her: Hepburn PJ Set

Tuxedo-styled silk pajamas are the perfect combination of stylish and sexy. After the kids have worn themselves out on all their new presents and your in-laws have worn themselves out on Christmas dinner, you and the wife can sneak off and these become a gift for everyone involved. Provided you haven’t already worn yourselves out on parenthood. Buy Now $224

Best Book for Her: “Love And Other Ways of Dying”

This essay collection by Michael Paterniti has been longlisted for the National Book Of The Year Award, probably on account of Paterniti’s writing being “humane, devastating, and beautiful,” “spellbinding,” and “expansive and joyful,” to quote the critics. Now, be honest with yourself — you’ve found a lot of incredible books for you both to read to the kids this year, but none of them can be described by those adjectives. Buy Now $12 )

Best iPhone Accessory For Her: Timeshel

Timeshel users add photos from their camera, Instagram, or other feeds to their “story,” which gets printed at midnight on the last day of each month. Your wife will receive 10 or 30 photos depending on her subscription tier, which can be switched at any time. In addition to priceless keepsakes, Timeshel frees up priceless phone storage. Because $15 a month is still way cheaper than a 128 gig phone. Buy Now $6 or 15 per month