Last-Minute Gifts For Friends

The Ultimate Last-Minute Gift Guide For Friends and Lovers

We don't have to tell you how much time is left to buy those special Christmas presents. But we can give you suggestions for gifts that will blow your loved ones away. Ahead, check out stellar gifts for friends and significant others (and even significant others' families) that you can buy today. Need something for your new boyfriend? For your friend you've known since birth? It's all right here, so get clicking while the clock's still ticking.

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Affordable Gifts For Girlfriends

When you're hunting for the perfect holiday gift for a girlfriend, it's all about the little luxuries. That's why we scoured the web for small, affordable gifts that your girlfriends are sure to cherish. Check out these funny, fancy, and unique gifts — all $20 and under!

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Sexy Gifts For Your S.O.

Baby, it's cold outside, but it's hot, hot, hot inside! We've got the steamiest gift ideas for your significant other, whether you're married, casually dating, engaged, or "it's complicated." From fun stocking stuffers to blush-worthy goodie packs, Santa's got some sexy surprises under his belt.

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Quarter-Life Crisis Books

If you have a friend in her 20s who's on the verge of a quarter-life crisis, then here's what to give her this Christmas. We selected a collection of books with poignant advice, hilarious personal experiences, and worst-case scenarios to help her (or you) get over the my-life-is-hopeless hump — or at least laugh about it!

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Funny-Lady-Approved Gifts

What do the funniest women on Twitter have on their holiday wish lists? Find out what they're asking Santa for this year, and find great ideas — like boyfriend pillows and panda onesies — for other funny ladies in your life!

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Gifts Only Your S.O. Will Appreciate

There are certain things you and your boyfriend or girlfriend share that only you two can laugh about. Check out fun gifts that reflect some of those inside moments whether you've been together five months or five years.

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X-Rated White Elephant Gifts

If you missed out on a white elephant party with your closest girlfriends, it's not too late to bring out the laughs with X-rated gifts that'll make 'em feel like they just stepped into a bachelorette party. From the cheesy to the creepy and everything in between, these finds promise a good time!

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Gifts For Meeting the Family

When you're meeting your significant other's family for the first time, the pressure is on to bring something memorable — in a good way. So if you find yourself in that boat, we have some gift ideas to make a great first impression and keep the meet-up stress-free.

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Cheerful Christmas Gifts

Spread Christmas cheer far and wide by showering your best girlfriends with gifts that scream "ho, ho, ho!" There's no such thing as too much festive spirit, so get your jingle on, stat.

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Gifts For New Boyfriends

The new boyfriend — let's say less than a year — may be the hardest to buy for. What to get the man who has, well, you may not be sure yet. We've kept this list budget-friendly, around $50 or less, if all you're ready to say is "I'm in like with you."

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Cat-Lady Gifts

With so many celebrity cats these days — Grumpy Cat, Lil Bub, and Maru, to name a few — cat companions are as popular as ever. Whether you have a cat-fanatic best friend or you're the one with an affinity for felines, we bring you the best cat-lady gifts.

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Breakup Gifts

Did you know that breakups are most common during the holiday season? It's sucky but true. If you have a friend who's going through the hard time, then get her one of these awesome, sometimes-silly gifts that will put a bandage on her heart and a smile on her face.

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Gifts For Writers

If you know any aspiring novelists who need a little nudge to get pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), then check out these expert gifts to inspire a future Jane Austen. We promise she'll love 'em.

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Love Prints

The Winter months are both proposal and cuffing season (don't ask), but we also tend to feel the love around the holidays for our friends and family. To celebrate these warm feelings of goodwill, we found the sweetest love-filled prints and posters to give your significant other, honor a newlywed couple, or celebrate a friend's housewarming.

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Vintage Hostess Gifts

Vintage hostess gifts coming right up! From home goods with classic packaging to retro barware to beautiful coffee-table books, these nostalgic picks are sure to please the hostess who loves Mad Men or hopes to channel her inner pinup girl.

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Nostalgic '90s Gifts

What happened to those lanyards we made at camp or those Lisa Frank stickers we traded at recess in the '90s? Whether you have a girlfriend, sister, or significant other who's missing her childhood this holiday season, check out these nostalgic stocking stuffers straight from the past.

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Bachelorette-Approved Gifts

As a former contestant on The Bachelor and star of The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris has had her fair share of romantic dates. See what's on her love-filled wish list, and incorporate some ideas into your own holiday gifting.

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Disney Princess Gifts

Give the women in your life some nostalgia with these presents inspired by Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, and the rest of Disney's royal ladies. Whether it's a girlfriend who's still waiting for her prince charming or a sister who dressed as Belle every Halloween, anyone who's still got a soft spot for Disney princesses will love these gift ideas.

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Christmas Lingerie

Put the ho, ho, ho in the holidays this year by taking a spin on Saint Nick in the boudoir. No matter what your relationship status, these Santa-inspired lingerie and PJ pieces are perfect for being holed up this holiday season.

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Thoughtful Gifts For Girlfriends

You have girlfriends from work, pals from gym class, soul sisters from childhood . . . lucky you! We bring you gift ideas for every type of friend in your life, because, as you well know, it would be hard to imagine life without her.

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Our Editor Christmas Picks

Between shopping for your BFF, your significant other, your family, and whoever else is on your holiday shopping list, it can take a lot of self control to keep from buying yourself a few gifts along the way. That's why we channeled our window-shopping willpower into a wish list that runs the gamut from vintage to sparkly to sassy and everything in between.

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Gifts For the Couple That Just Shacked Up

Know a couple that recently made the big jump to live-in status? Their abode probably needs some love, and that's where you step in! Gift 'em these finds that were made for lounging, entertaining, and everything in between.

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