23 Hostess Gifts to Bring to Your Next Holiday Party

Have the Sunset lifestyle delivered straight to your loved one’s door with the Sunset Box, a quarterly subscription box packed with editor-curated kitchen gear, garden tools, and home and wellness products. The premium edition of the holiday box includes includes an iconic blue corn pancake mix, salted apple caramel preserves, beeswax taper candles, a Japanese steel utility knife, and other goodies from the West and beyond.

Influenced by his training in French pastry making and the Chinese cooking he grew up around in the Los Angeles suburbs, founder Justin Chao bridges the two worlds with his Le Bon Garçon caramel confections. Of course, there’s the classic sea salt flavor, but there’s also some unique and delightful options like Bitten Peach, Mango Sticky Rice, Thai Tea, and Calamansi Ginger. The Holiday Bundle features Peppermint Mocha, Cider + Spice, Spiced Gingerbread, and Pumpkin + Spice caramel flavors.

Cozy socks are always a welcome gift, especially with a cheeky motif, like bright red lips.

Candle gifts can sometimes seem overplayed, but not when you gift your loved one something from P.F. Candle Co. This bundle features a candle, reed diffuser, and 30 wood-based incense cones in uplifting scents. Choose from Bergamot Shiso, Myrtle Mint, Geranium Moss, or Enoki Cedar.

Why not give the person who always hosts game night a new thing to play? Brass Monkey has so many fun and unique games, like this imitation game that features 500+ prompts of characters, animals, or objects to mimic.

Gift this to the dog parent in your life—it’s the chicest leash set we’ve ever seen.

This chic and sleek card case has four credit card slots and a center pocket for cash, receipts or business cards. Add personalization for $15.

This isn’t just any old robe—it’s a hand-stitched, kimono-style robe made from natural French flax that will grow even softer with time.

The stunning box these chocolates come in is like a gift in itself. Inside are the most decadent and delicious chocolate dipped fruits from California orchards—dates, apricots, peaches, pears, pineapples, and more.

Gift them a bouquet that will never die. These stunning paper crepe bouquets look almost like the real thing and make for beautiful decor that lasts forever.

With a luxe, super-soft feel, this throw blanket makes for a cozy present. Add a monogram for free.

No one would say no to a box full of seasonal treats like cheese, dark chocolate popcorn, a sweet and spicy snack mix, chocolate-covered pretzels, chocolate truffles, and of course, Harry & David’s famous pears.

This simple art print can fit in with just about any decor style.

Budding mixologists will appreciate with cocktail smoker kit. It comes with a glass topper, two tins of fuel, butane, and a torch.

Studio Tigress’s calendars are both a decor piece and utility piece. A thoughtful gift for the friend who’s always organized.

Olive oil is a gift that just about anyone can appreciate because just about anyone uses it! Brightland’s Mini Artist Series set features four of the brand’s oils—Ardor Chili Olive Oil, Rosette Garlic Olive Oil, Lucid Lemon Olive Oil, and Arise Basil Olive Oil—in a beautiful gift box.

Panettone is such a classic, tasty holiday gift. Giadzy’s panettone gifts come in such gorgeous boxes—no wrapping required!

Handcrafted by local Italian artisans, pieces from Piano Piano will bring a touch of the Amalfi coast to the home.

If a clog and a slipper had a baby, this comfortable, shearling-lined leather mule from Hawaiian footwear brand OluKai is super comfy and comes in this festive silver colorway that’s perfect for lounging around the house come the holidays. 

If you plan on bringing a bottle of wine as a gift, why not wrap it in this beautiful, reusable gift wrap cloth? In fact, you can wrap boxes and other items with the wrap. After, the recipient can use them to wrap gifts, transport items (tie it up like a pouch), or add it to any outfit as an accessory or hair wrap.

Future Society is a perfumery that has created one-of-a-kind scents utilizing the genetic sequencing of extinct flower samples from Harvard Herbarium. The Haunted Rose scent is Travel Editor Krista Simmons’ favorite. Reminiscent of a Turkish lukum shop, where the delights fill the air with the aroma of fragrant rosewater, sugar, vanilla, pistachio, and orange blossom, this bottle harkens the extinct Macrostylis villosa subspecies 1 + 2, a flower from South Africa last recorded in 1960.

There’s nothing like the gift of self-care, especially for a busy holiday host. The Calm Balm from L.A.-based massage boutique The Now is super soothing for tired, tight muscles.

Fresh Sends makes it so easy to send curated gifts by mail, so if you do show up empty-handed, just send them a present after! This set features a candle, perfume, and hand cream.