To decide what to get your nearest and dearest for Christmas, look ahead exactly one week. Though Christmas gift-giving has totally overshadowed New Year’s gift-giving in the U.S. and many other places, you heard it here first: New Year’s gifts are a thing! Not only is it a traditional gift-giving day in several other countries, including Russia — which looked to New Year’s during the Soviet era as a secular alternative to Christmas — it gives you an extra few days to find presents for everyone. Look, you could just get everybody socks. Seriously, everybody loves socks! Look at these puffin socks. Anyway, for those of you whose friends and family have enough socks (no such thing), here’s a pro tip when deciding what to get them: In just a few days, they’ll be celebrating New Year’s Eve … and you should get them something they can use. Of course, there’s no one-size-fits-all New Year’s, but OZY has you covered no matter what. |