These Last-Minute Gift Baskets Make Gifting Totally Stress-Free

Lizzy FrancisLifestyle Editor
Lizzy FrancisLifestyle Editor
I cover Real Estate and help with coverage across Cleaning & Organizing and Living. I've worked in digital media for almost seven years, where I spent all of those as News Editor at Fatherly, a digital media brand focused on helping dads live fuller, more involved lives. I live to eat, exercise, and to get 10 hours of sleep a night. I live in Brooklyn with my husband and my dog, Blueberry.
published Dec 19, 2025
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Gift wrapped in white paper with colorful grid patterns, featuring a tag that reads "To: Emma, From: Vicky."
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It’s hard to figure out the exactly perfect gifts to get everyone in your life when you have no idea what to buy. Juggling extensive wish lists can be a challenge, to say the least. And while prewrapped gift boxes tend to get a bit of a bad rap, I actually find that they can be really great gifts that are low-effort but feel incredibly personal. 

To that end, I’ve been digging into Cratejoy, a website that sells gift boxes that can be onetime gifts or even be on a subscription model, so you can get that special person in your life a present for months, not just on Christmas. I picked out six gift boxes that could be good for your friend, a White Elephant party, the kid in your life, or really anyone. And best of all, right now you can score half-off sitewide with code HALFOFF.

Platterful: A Charcuterie Experience
$124

This fabulous all-in-one charcuterie box from Platterful can be sent one time for $124, but you can also buy a three-month, six-month, or annual subscription. Prices get cheaper per month the longer you subscribe. The kit includes a worksheet and videos to help whoever in your life is a true cheese enthusiast put together their charcuterie board, and it comes with cheeses, meats, crackers, and other accompaniments, like jams and honey.

$124 at Cratejoy
12 Days of Socks Holiday Gift Box
$144

The older I get, the more I really like to get socks as a Christmas gift, and there’s no version more fun than this miniature advent calendar of socks from moJJa Socks that actually runs from Christmas Day to 12 days later. You can pick them for kids, men, or women, and each day is a different fun pattern. At $144, it’s not cheap, but it is $12 per pair of socks — so it all washes out!

$144 at Cratejoy
Men's Luxury Soap Box
$15

I don’t know about you, but I love luxury soaps. The only problem is that they’re so pretty, I don’t want to use them, so they end up taking up bathroom cabinet space for far too long before I finally give in and start using them! Plus, if you’re looking for a gift for someone who is more masculine, you want to get them something they’ll use, too. This subscription soap box blows right past that problem — at about $15 per month, you could get a friend a three- or six-month subscription for these soaps that they’ll be excited to use knowing another gorgeous bar is coming. The scents vary from Lavender to Pumpkin Beer to Beach House.

$15 at Cratejoy
"Mini Self-Care" Box
$60

Who doesn’t need a little more self-care at this point, and especially after the hustle and bustle of the holidays? This self-care gift box — which is $59.99 and isn’t a subscription box — comes with nail cuticle oil, overnight masks, hydrating face pads, mindful ritual cards, and a “whipped booty butter.” Gift this one to your friend who needs to unplug for an evening, or buy it for yourself and sink into an evening of ahh.

$60 at Cratejoy
Luxury Candle Box
$43

Candles are a deceptively personal gift to get someone — not everyone likes warm vanilla, and there’s nothing worse than getting someone a candle they won’t burn. This luxury candle subscription box is a fun find — you can buy your friend one box (one candle comes per box) or three-, six-, or 12-month options. This isn’t a cheap one, at about $40 to $43 a box, but the scents are gorgeous, and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive. One reviewer wrote that the tomato leaf candle they sell is “BAE,” another said that the candles are “well made and beautiful,” and one simply put: “Best candles ever!” Each candle has a 60- to 80-hour burn time; is nontoxic, vegan, and cruelty free; and promises no phthalates, parabens, or harmful chemicals.

$43 at Cratejoy
Succulents Box
$11

For the green thumb in your life, this succulent box is an adorable way to buy them a gift that lasts well beyond the day you give it to them. You can pick how many succulents you want to give them (up to four per box), whether or not you want to gift them with clay plots, and for how long you want to gift them for (there are one-, three-, six-, and 12-month subscription options.) The succulents are just 2 inches, so they’re perfect for the friend of yours who lives in a small apartment, and each month has different plants.

$11 at Cratejoy

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