Seasonal & Holidays

Mother's Day Gift Guide 2022: Odd NYC Presents For Your Odd NYC Mom

Because a card just isn't gonna cut it. But a sauna hat might!

NEW YORK CITY — This year, lets get our mothers gifts that show we know their first name isn't "Mom."

Let's celebrate their unique strengths, not the cookie-cutter idea of motherhood sold ever so neatly in the gift card aisle.

Face it, our mothers are weird. Lets show them we know it, and we f---ing love it.

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Here are just a few gift ideas that say, "I see you, Carolyn. I see you."

A Trip To The Break Bar

Smash the patriarchy, Mom, by which I mean, this old printer.

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A Pet Chinchilla

Nothing says I love you like a $1,000 rodent.

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Cost: A standard chinchilla will run you $175. For an Angora, you'll have to throw down $1,250.

An Avocado She Can't Eat

It's pretty, though.

Cost: $65

A Russian And Turkish Baths Sauna Hat For Her Next Schvitz

Try not to look amazing in a sauna hat. Just try.

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Cost: $25

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