| “Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.”
—Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights Lambswool Hot Water Bottle Get cozy with this knitted Lambswool hot water bottle in a dapper gray and white striped pattern. The two liter water bottle with a super-soft cover is perfect for staying warm on a cold winter night or healing aches and cramps. The knit creations are handmade in Hampshire, England using 100% high quality Lambswool yarn sourced from the UK. Chamonix Cable-Knit Handwarmers Whether you’re enjoying the après-ski in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, holiday shopping on a wintry day in the city, or just keeping cozy with a good book on the couch, these lovely handwarmers are sure to keep you comfortable. | Chamonix Cable-Knit Slipper Socks These slipper socks are the perfect accessory for a cozy day in—all you’ll need to add is a great book. Hand-knit and with a soft suede sole, the slippers have a lovely cable-knit pattern and an ankle opening fastened with coconut buttons. The sherpa-fleece lining inside makes them luxuriously soft and very warm. | This top-of-the-line, featherweight throw is the perfect accessory for a cozy nap—or for curling up with a good book. The superfine merino wool has been softly brushed, producing a fleecy, velvet hand that must be touched to be believed. Beautiful and ultra soft, this blanket is the definitive solution for anyone looking for an unforgettable gift. | Pendleton Roll-Up BlanketWhether you’re heading to a picnic, hiking trail, campsite, or backyard gathering, this is the perfect grab-and-go blanket for any setting, from damp grass to chilly evenings. It features a comfortable layer of pure virgin wool on one side and weather-resistant nylon backing on the other for ultimate versatility. | Twenty-Four Days of Tea Advent Calendar Palais des Thé, the esteemed French tea house, invites you to bring a little holiday magic to every day of December. This festive and gourmet advent calendar makes the perfect holiday gift or a joyful treat for yourself. Behind each door you’ll discover a hand-stitched cotton tea bag filled with a flavored tea blend, a rare single estate, or a soothing herbal tea—expertly selected to warm your heart all season long. | James Joyce Holiday Cards “His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe.” This quote from James Joyce’s short story “The Dead,” in the collection Dubliners, is printed on pale cream–colored, acid-free stock, 100% recycled, FSC-certified, and carbon-neutral. | “Let There Be Light”
Hanukkah Cards Share the joy of Hanukkah with this set of six enchanting letterpress cards. Designed by artist Susan Talan, the cards feature an illustration of three lit menorahs with the festive greeting “Let there be light.” Made of high-quality fine white paper, each card comes with a lovely kraft envelope. | New York City Almanac and Planner, 2026 Much like the city itself, the Almanac is overflowing with wit, whimsy, humor, frustration, optimism, irony, and affection. It’s a day-by-day guide to the coming year in NYC: cultural events, holidays, historical anniversaries, weather predictions, the night sky, and more, with enough space to record your own appointments. | Brown Betty Tea Pot and Tea Set“I would rather have nothing but tea.”
—Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Since the seventeenth century, the Brown Betty has taken its rightful place as a time-honored design icon widely regarded as producing the perfect brew. We have paired the Brown Betty with two beautiful English tea tins—rectangular, with a hinged lid—containing forty tea bags of English Afternoon Tea and forty tea bags of English Breakfast Tea, blended by a UK tea merchant. The superior tea made in a Brown Betty is credited to the shape of the pot, which causes the tea leaves to be gently swirled around as the boiling water is added, and the terracotta clay and Rockingham brown glaze, which coddle the brew as the tea leaves steep. These pots also keep the water hotter for longer. | Bialetti Espresso Set for Two You may not have access to the water that flows through an ancient aqueduct—said to be the key to Rome’s unparalleled coffee—but you can easily make a superior brew at home with this Italian espresso set. Made by Bialetti, a heritage company in business for more than a century, this espresso maker is easy to use on a gas, electric, or induction stove. Best of all, it’s a simple machine without any electronics. Simply fill the bottom chamber with water (up to the valve), pack the filter with ground espresso (included), screw on the platform, and set on the stovetop. A few minutes later, delicious espresso will drip from the spouts directly into the two cups provided. Please note that the cups will be very hot immediately after brewing. | Silence Please MugA polite exhortation, “silence please,” appears beneath the English Gothic arch at the entrance to the Bodleian Old Library. Another appears in the library’s fifteenth-century courtyard. | La Dolce Vita Sock Collection Our stylish friends at the London Sock Exchange have designed a new trio of socks featuring Italian icons: pasta shapes on a bright green sock, a moped on a soft gray sock, and a Venetian gondolier on a coral sock. | The Shakespeare Collection Socks Gift Boxes Each Shakespeare Collection gift box—designed and produced under license from The Shakespeare’s Globe Trust—includes five luxurious pairs of socks suitable for all genders. | Charles Addams “Brownstone Snowman” Holiday Cards Cartoonist Charles Addams, of Addams Family fame, was inspired by the quirks of his fellow New Yorkers and the singular nature of their city—itself one of Addams’s characters. Perhaps Brownstone Snowman is Addams’s wink at a frozen New Yorker come in from the cold, celebrating the season in snowman style. | Planetarium ProjectorExplore space and the night skies on the ceiling and walls of a room. This projector illuminates a darkened room by casting projections of the stars in the night sky and space-themed images, turning it into a planetarium theater. This home planetarium is actually two projectors in one. The first is a rotating star map dome that projects astronomically accurate maps of the stars; star maps for both the northern and southern hemispheres are included. | Illuminated Crystal Balls Let the light shine with these beautiful illuminated crystal balls, featuring a 3D laser-engraved design. Choose between a galaxy, solar system, and dandelion design. These unique lights will spark joy and make any space come alive. Winner of the 2024 UK Gift of the Year Award, this crystal ball is a unique accessory for your desk or bookshelf, and also functions as a nightlight. You can switch between three light intensity levels by touching the copper button on the front of the solid walnut wood base. The base is fitted with a rechargeable battery that can keep your space illuminated with stunning light for up to sixteen hours. The USB-C port in the back makes for easy charging with the cable that is included. The Louvre Tea Collection Discover the Louvre Collection, four exceptional signature blends created by Palais des Thés in partnership with the Louvre to pay tribute to one of the world’s greatest museums. Each blend comes in a beautifully designed little tin. Find yourself transported to Paris as you open the Thé du Louvre tins, which pay homage to the architectural wonders of the pyramid and the poetic charm of the Tuileries garden. And as you savor the caffeine-free herbal blends of the Infusion du Louvre teas, gaze at imagery that evokes ancient Egypt and Rome. | Mini Tea Library Palais des Thés invites you to learn the art of tea tasting and discover some of its most iconic teas with the Mini Tea Library. The French tea house, founded in 1986 by Francois -Xavier Delmas, pioneered sourcing teas directly from tea growers, cultivating personal relationships with tea-gardens and farms across the world for more than thirty years. Palais des Thés is committed to sustainable, eco-friendly tea production while preserving ancient tea traditions and history. | Animal Tracks in the Snow Holiday CardsThis cheery letterpress greeting card is perfect for the entire holiday season. Featuring an image first published in 1897, it teaches its recipient to identify the tracks of rabbit, deer, muskrat, skunk, mink, squirrel, fox, and more. Individual cards are blank inside for your personal message. | The Moth: A Game of Storytelling The Moth on NPR is all about true stories told live, and this game is designed to prompt a volley of sharing and listening between players. Created by the program’s storytelling experts, this interactive card game encourages lively conversations, sparks creativity, and improves public speaking abilities. | Banned Books Socks These unisex cotton blend socks are “mismatched.” One sock displays the titles of fifty famous banned books. The other sock lists the same titles, only redacted with a black bar. Black and white. | Vintage Bodleian Christmas Wrapping PaperThis high-quality wrapping paper shows brightly colored vintage clothbound books from the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford. | Collective Noun
Tea TowelsA chime of wrens, a charm of goldfinches, a prickle of hedgehogs, a drift of sheep, and more on hand-screened tea towels, each featuring 15 evocative collective nouns. | Richard Scarry’s Busy World Pajamas “Scarry’s illustrations are noted for being crammed with details that toddlers find enthralling.”
—The New York Times Kids will love hosting a sleepover with Hilda Hippo, Lowly Worm, Gold Bug, the Huckle family, Mr. Fixit, and all the characters from Busytown, illustrated on these 100% cotton pajamas. | Madeline Pajamas “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline.” Read one of the beloved Madeline books to a small listener at bedtime while they snuggle up in these 100% cotton pajamas decorated with scenes from the cherished books by Ludwig Bemelmans. | Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks Pajama Set There’s no better feeling than putting on a cozy pair of pajamas and snuggling up with a great book before bed. Make your little one’s nightly ritual even more memorable by bringing their favorite book to life with this adorable pajama set. The pajamas provide lots of opportunities to talk with children about all the citizens of Busytown. | Gluggle Jug Discover the timeless charm of the Gluggle Jug—a beloved British design icon known for the delightful “glug-glug” sound it makes when water pours from its mouth. Handmade in Stoke-on-Trent, England, these jugs combine heritage artistry with quirky personality. | Our Favorite Basic Book Light Harness the environmental and economic advantages of a rechargeable light. With no need to buy new batteries, you’re saving money and putting less hazardous waste into landfills. This all-purpose book light provides clear, consistent light that is easy on the eyes: twenty lumens of warm white light via two energy-efficient LEDs. | BabyLit CollectionIntroduce young ones (ages birth and up) to a world of literature with these cheerful, colorful, and humorous board books, bundled together in an I Love Books canvas tote. The ten books include four classics from the wildly popular BabyLit series, two volumes from BabyLit Shakespeare, and four from BabyLit Little Poets. Lively illustrations accompany the text. Babies, toddlers, preschoolers—and adults—will be charmed by this irresistible set. The books will see a young child through many years. | Zig & Go Musical Chain Reaction Construction Set Zig & Go is a wooden building game of chain reactions requiring careful thinking. A large set of chain reaction and wooden construction components, as well as chimes, bells, a gong, and other “instruments” that can produce sound when positioned to do so. Although the possibilities are endless, a booklet includes step-by-step instructions for three designs to initially help children build their courses | The World of the Romantics:
1,000-Piece Puzzle Piece together stunning moments of beauty and tragedy from the Romantic era with this 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, which features over twenty famous figures from Coleridge to Keats. | Classic Cookbook Covers:
1,000-Piece PuzzleThis puzzle features artist Richard Baker’s realistic paintings of classic cookbook covers. Each book portrait shows not only the original front cover in detail, but also signs of its passage through time—creases, worn bindings, and all. | Traditional Potholder LoomNYR staffers and their kids—representing three generations—count themselves among those who loved/love making potholders. This writer fondly remembers spending an entire summer (in the 1950s) with loom and loops. Another staffer, the mother of a Brooklyn fourth grader, reports that her daughter is “obsessed.” | Janet All-Occasion Greeting Cards
by Glen Baxter In a multitude of books published across four decades, “Colonel” Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own—slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Copy on front of card: “Janet set aside an hour each day to work on her threatening letters.” | Around The World Tea Set Embark on a refined tasting journey across continents with this collection of teas from around the world. This is a sophisticated gift to offer or savor during the holiday season–perfect for tea lovers and curious palates alike. Carefully curated by tea researchers from Palais des Thés, this premium set features sixteen loose-leaf teas—ten original single-estate teas and six Grands Crus sourced from the world’s finest gardens and terroirs. | This deluxe Madeline Tea Set is decorated with scenes from the beloved book by Ludwig Bemelmans and includes a tray; a teapot; four cups, saucers, plates, spoons, and napkins; and a tablecloth, all packaged in a sweet little suitcase for tidy storage. “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline.” | The New York Review of Books Baseball Cap Celebrate your favorite magazine with our smart baseball cap. This black cap has the New York Review of Books logo in bright red. An adjustable velcro strap means this cap offers a comfortably snug fit. This cap is the most stylish way to read the latest copy of the Review without the sun in your eyes. Indulge yourselves in the modest Danish tradition of hygge, the feeling of contentment and comfort when you enjoy life's simple pleasures with people you care about. |
