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Bad On Paper

A Holly Jolly Gift Guide

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

 

It’s about that time for a holly jolly gift guide! We gathered gift ideas for every price point from 5-year journals to candy to candles and more!

 

Under $25

Furbish Studio Matchbook Ornament - $28

BonBon holiday gift box - Med - $28

Book Person Mug ($15) + a book

Weleda Skin Food - $13

Thrifted Matchstrike W/ Matches

Framebridge ornaments ($25)

 

$25-$50

LEUCHTTURM1917 - Some Lines A Day ($33) + a nice pen

Custom Pet Stamp - $33

Confetti Flutes ($24) + Bottle of champagne

Watercolor Set ($29.99) + Watercolor coloring book ($15)

Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write book ($26) 

Photo prints 

Necessaire Body Serum ($48)

 

$50-$100

Fredricks & Mae cutting board (med $95; small $40) and a cookbook like More Is More and Cook this Book by Molly Baz, What Goes With What by Julia Turshen, and What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking by Caroline Chambers

Free People Classic Striped Crewneck ($98) or Malibu Surf Sweater Set ($88)

Goldbelly Essa Bagel Brunch for 6 - $99

Etsy Handmade ceramic mugs (so many to choose from, usually $60 - $80)

Maya Base Perfume Oil $72 

Target gift card and a friend date

 

$100+

Hotel lobby candle votive candle - $145

Lingua Franca Sweatshirt - $175 (LFBECCA10 for 10% off)

Cozy Earth Cuddle Blanket

Bose Quiet Comfort Headphones - $350

Coach Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 39 $495

Engraved Locket/Jewelry from Monica Vinader - $130 - $178

 

Obsessions

Becca - Grossy Pelosi Big Italian Sandwich Puzzle

Olivia - Little Women (2019)

 

What we read this week

Becca - The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

Olivia - Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young, The Boyfriend by Frieda McFadden

 

 

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone and welcome to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Olivia Mentor. And I'm Becca Freeman. And today we have a holly jolly gift guide episode. I added the holly jolly at the last minute. It was a spontaneous edition. What do you think, Becca? I was going to ask what you think. I like it. I like the words holly and jolly. And together, it did make me a little happy just now.

0:40.3

I do think that there's no such thing as too much Christmas cheer this year.

0:44.5

Okay, good.

0:45.3

Like, I feel like we just need to lean into happy things.

0:49.0

So, yeah, it's a Holly Jolly Gift Guide episode.

0:52.3

Great.

0:53.2

Well, I was going to say, tell me your Holly Jolly

0:56.1

Hi, but that's ridiculous. Too far. Okay, so tell me, tell me your high. My regular non-Holly

1:04.3

Jolly High. I went to a Ben Folds concert on Tuesday. Random. Super random.

1:11.4

Super random.

1:12.3

My friend Jenna is a really big concert goer.

1:16.5

And she remembered that I mentioned Ben Folds in the Christmas Orphans Club.

1:21.6

And she was like, do you want to go to this?

1:23.3

And so we got tickets with our friend Elizabeth.

1:26.0

And it was very fun.

1:28.3

It was slightly jarring to realize that Ben Folds himself is 58.

1:34.2

Yep.

1:34.7

Olivia's fake jaw just, like, dropped.

1:37.7

That's like, wow.

1:40.0

Okay.

1:40.9

Processing.

1:41.8

Yeah.

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