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WHOOPS. You forgot to buy a gift online for someone on your list.
Maybe you’ve been too busy at work. Maybe you just found out that the cousins are coming to Christmas this year after all. It happens.
It’s December 23rd. It’s too late to order things online, and brick-and-mortar stores are either closed for the week or absolutely slammed. So what can you do?
Subscriptions!
Subscriptions and subscription boxes are super-solid last-minute options: you can order them from your phone, it’s okay (expected, even) if they start arriving after Christmas and there’s a subscription service for… pretty much everything at this point.
Need some ideas? Here are some of our favorites services right now:
YesPlz
YesPlz is a coffee subscription with a fun twist: each weekly delivery comes paired with a magazine put together by the YesPlz team, featuring everything from comics to deep dives on music, art and, of course, coffee. “Beans and Zines,” as they put it.
PipSticks
Stickers! A semi-random but always wonderful allotment of stickers, delivered regularly.
It’s a great one for kids — but it’s also an awesome one for teachers, bullet journalists or stationary geeks.
Succulent Studios
Got a friend who loves plants but can’t keep ’em alive? First of all, that’s me. Second, succulents!
Succulent Studios drops off two fledgling succulents each month, with all sorts of fun varieties in the mix. I subscribed to this one for quite a while, stopping only when we… pretty much ran out of room for more succulents. The few times I had a succulent arrived damaged, they helped me nurse it back to health or replaced it.
Price: Around $17 per delivery
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