77 Unexpected Gifts for Your Best Friend If You Wanna Get Really Creative

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20 Bright Ideas For Gifting Your Best Friend

Are you wondering what gifts to buy your friends this holiday season? We can relate. How to find the perfect present for the person who you rant to over glasses of Sauv Blanc and helps you organize your impulse purchases into keeps and throwaways? Choosing the best gifts for your best friends is tricky — because, while you’ll talk to them at length about anything under the sun, you don’t want to ruin the holiday surprise by straight-up asking your BFF what they want for Christmas this year. You have to be able to read their mind like they read yours, obviously.

Are you lucky enough to have a ride-or-die best bud who’s by your side as you cue up that Mariah Carey album, bookmark wreath-making tutorials on Pinterest, and make an exhaustive gift list as the holidays approach? Don’t worry, friend — we’ll take it from here. We found 20 gifts that say “ILYSM” to your best pal ahead. Because maybe you and this person do share a brain after all?

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77 Unexpected Gifts for Your Best Friend If You Wanna Get Really Creative

Your bestie deserves the world, but you already know that. Sisters, roommates, or long-distance pals—there’s no gift that quite says, “Hi, pls just take my entire heart, ilysm.” So, we think you should get them the next best thing, aka a present from our list of 77 unexpected gifts to get your best friend, below.

I mean, you can’t get ’em just any ol’ present.. A BFF gift isn’t like a gift you’d give to regular folks—like your boss or even a family member (sorry, Auntie)—because there needs to be *so much more thought* that goes into it. No, a present for your bestie is a thoughtful gesture reserved for your partner in crime only. It’s a gift they’ll use all the time, look at and weep because it’s so sentimental, or crack up over because it’s just that hilarious.

This gift has high stakes, so the pressure’s majorly on. Don’t stress, though, because there’s a massive list of ideas coming right up, from apparel to home decor, accessories, gadgets, and more.