A Guide to Gift Giving This Holiday Season

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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If buying presents is your kryptonite, the plethora of gift guides that have likely hit your inbox may be the answer. This season, it seems like every media outlet, store, or Substack newsletter has a gift guide curated for every kind of interest. We talk to experts about gifts for the people in your life: The foodie, the gardener, the kids, the colleagues and the weird uncle. And we hear from you: What gifts are you giving and what’s on your holiday wish list? Guests: MacKenzie Chung Fegan, lead restaurant critic, The San Francisco Chronicle Ellen Lee, writer, Wirecutter; Lee is part of Wirecutter's baby, kid, and health team; she is based in the Bay Area Ronnie Sharpe, founder, Ronnie's Awesome List; a website that shares information about Bay Area events and happenings Catherine Bailey, owner, Heath Ceramics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.5	If buying presents is your kryptonite, the abundance of gift guides that have likely hit your inbox may be the answer.
1:10.4	This season, it seems like
1:11.9	every media outlet, store, and sub stacker has a gift guide curated for every kind of interest
1:18.9	from local gardener to esoteric boyfriend. We talk to experts about gifts for the people in your
1:24.8	life, the foodie, the experience hounds the kids the
1:28.0	colleagues the weird uncle and we hear from you what gifts are you giving and
1:32.3	what's on your holiday wish list so coming up next after this news Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Well, now, suddenly the holidays are upon us. Like, playing Christmas carols right now is more or less seasonally
2:02.5	appropriate. They sell chestnuts at the grocery store. And in this country, the holidays
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