HOLIDAY
GIFT GUIDE
HUFFINGTON
11.18.12
Editor Letter
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
fall, we have you covered this year,
with spectacular gifts of all price
ranges for everyone on your list,
from the trendsetter to the gadget
geek to the kid who has it all.
Prefer gifts with a sense of place?
We’ll take you on a cross-country
holiday road trip spotlighting our
favorite cities’ delicacies and treasures, from San Francisco’s awardwinning artisanal cheeses to pearl
shark earrings straight out of Miami. Shopping local has never been
so convenient.
But this issue of Huffington
isn’t just about great gifts. It’s
also about seeing the holiday season as a time of reinvention. We
introduce you to some of the visionaries behind the scenes of the
holiday retail experience—people
who are changing the way we give,
browse and think about where our
products come from. You’ll meet a
woman whose New York store rotates its entire theme and product
line every month or two; a man
whose website is transforming gift
certificates into luxe catalogs; and
an Indian artisan whose handmade
wares are upending tradition.
You’ll also discover how to wrap
up those lovely gifts with unexpected do-it-yourself materials,
tour the world’s best
hotel gift shops and
see how to fill stockings with pocket-sized
pleasures. We even
take a stab at guessing what your favorite
stars will be gifting
each other this holiday. And of course, after all this decadence,
we’ll pass along some
of the best ways to give
back this year.
We’re so happy to
give you, our readers,
this guide to all your
holiday retail dilemmas. Here’s to wishing you and
yours a season filled with stressfree shopping and happy
faces on the ones you love.
Some
of us relish
the holidayshopping
quest. For
others, it’s
about as
pleasant as
an eggnog
hangover.”
KATE PALMER AND THERESA D’ANGELO