Listen: 2025 Gift Guides
Wirecutter’s tips for everyone on your list.
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December 12, 2025
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WIRECUTTER

What Our Experts Are Giving This Year

Wirecutter staffers share their favorite gifts of 2025 and why these items made this year brighter.

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NYT Wirecutter; source photo by Adobe Stock/wacomka

WIRECUTTER

What to Get the Hardest People On Your List

Wirecutter’s gift editor walks us through how to approach selecting presents for the trickiest of recipients.

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NYT Wirecutter; source photo by Adobe Stock/wacomka

WIRECUTTER

Kids Tell Us What They Want

Who better to hear from about the hottest gifts for kids than kids themselves?

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