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Buying things may not lead you to happiness, but having the right stuff can make each day just a little more joyful, sometimes in unexpected ways.Among this list of our favorite things, we hope you’ll find a helpful solution to a stubborn problem, or even find a great gift. Some of these are things we found after hours of research and testing, others were impulse buys in a drugstore, and a few we stumbled upon serendipitously during our travels, but they’ve all made our lives a little brighter, and a little easier, over this past year.
Order among the chaos of travel
Photo: Michael Hession
Eagle Creek Pack-It Original Cube Set ($28 at the time of publication)
Packing for a trip used to entail hastily throwing everything into my luggage and hoping the shampoo doesn’t leak. That ended when I bought the Eagle Creek Pack-It Original Cube Set after reading our review last January and discovered the joy-inducing power of an organized suitcase. This set of three zippered pouches hold enough shirts, jeans, underwear, socks, and toiletries for seven to nine days. (I also opted for a separate garment folder for dresses, skirts, and wrinkle-prone garments.) All of this, along with three pairs of shoes, tucks into our budget pick for carry-on luggage. Now after a long day of airports and cramped seats, I arrive at my destination with a tidy bento box instead of a trash heap of wrinkled clothes peppered with makeup and lotion bottles.
—Lesley Stockton, senior staff writer
Keep drinks hot (and homey)
Photo: Sarah Kobos
Bodum Pavina Double Wall Glasses (set of two) ($14 at the time of publication)
My home office is in the draftiest room in my apartment. Even though I cherish my carefully curated hodgepodge of thrift-store mugs, they can’t keep my morning coffee or afternoon tea hot during the winter months. The Bodum Pavina Double Wall Glasses are the perfect size, a delight to hold, and ensure me a warm beverage to the last sip. I know my Zojirushi travel mug would do the trick, but it lacks the comfy vibe I so desperately want at home. In my opinion, locking flip tops and house shoes don’t go together.
Entryway multitasker
Yamazaki Rin Magnetic Key Rack with Tray ($22 at the time of publication)
When I stumbled upon the Yamazaki Rin Magnetic Key Rack with Tray in the aisles of the Tokyu Hands department store in Shibuya, I was immediately struck by how much it manages to accomplish using so few materials; like a haiku written in the language of industrial design. Despite its small size and minimal design, the Rin brings order to an entire household’s worth of keys and a day or two’s worth of snail mail, all without occupying any counter space. The Rin is meant to mount onto a front door, which cleverly makes it impossible to leave home without confronting one’s keys. (If you’re as forgetful as I am, sticking your wallet in the mail slot also helps.) For a fireproof front door, the Rin’s magnetic backing simply sticks onto steel with no additional installation, but it also comes with screws for mounting onto other materials.
Think of the last time you gave someone the perfect gift. That head-high joy of getting a gift just right is almost as good as receiving the thing itself—maybe even better.I know I got as much pleasure giving a neighbor a batch of my favorite boozy pecan pie truffles, placed in a simple tin with a silly hand-drawn doodle, as I did when receiving an assortment of dried sardines, rare teas, and delicate pastries from a friend who had carefully toted them back from Japan for me.
In that spirit, consider this a gift guide not just for the people receiving them, but for you, too. Every single item here brought joy or happiness in one way or another to our editors and writers who suggested them for this list. We also have some picks in our gift guide with The New York Times (Wirecutter’s parent company). And if you have little ones in your life, don’t miss our kids gift guides, because there’s nothing like the vicarious delight of seeing their giddy excitement at getting just the thing they wanted.
Bike safety made tasty
Photo: Michael Zhao
Safety Pizza ($20 at the time of publication)
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s a- sign that a cyclist is ahead and should be given a wide berth by passing motor vehicles. Or at least, that’s how the song has gone in my head ever since a friend from my biking group got a Safety Pizza from his local bike shop last year. These reflective slices are made from the same materials found on first-responder vehicles and garments. As a result, they remain visible, flexible, and safe in temperatures as cold as -55 °F. Give this to anyone who rides a bike and loves ’za—in my experience, the overlapping portion of that Venn diagram looks more like two stacked pies.
They’re not like regular ghosts, they’re cool ghosts
Photo: Rozette Rago
Studio Arhøj Ghosts (about $25 at the time of publication)
These quirky ceramic figures are made in various shapes by Studio Arhøj, a design and ceramics studio in Denmark. Apart from just looking cute, the 4-inch ghosts also make great paperweights or ring holders. But I prefer mine on my mantel, keeping friendly watch over my guests and me.
Insulation for your morning coffee
Photo: Alex Arpaia
Hydro Flask 12 oz Coffee Mug ($30 at the time of publication)
This mug is exactly the thing I wish I’d had around when I worked in an office every day. I’m a notoriously slow coffee drinker, and this mug helps to keep things warm for longer than the average ceramic mug. It has a simple lid that pops right in, and it comes in four colors. Unlike other insulated mugs, the Hydro Flask mug has a handle, which makes it more comfortable to use for casual coffee sipping than an insulated travel carafe. Pair it with a few packets of hot cocoa mix and a peppermint stick, and you have the perfect stocking stuffer for the hot-beverage lover in your life.
Whether you’re having a few pals over for Friendsgiving or an all-out, extended-family Thanksgiving feast, you’re probably going to need a few supplies. Our team has put several hundred hours of research and testing into choosing the following picks. Some of these picks come from longer full guides; other items come from the research we did specifically for this collection. Thanksgiving can be pretty hectic, but the right gear can make it a breeze.
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