Seasonal & Holidays
Weird Gifts Of NYC: Unique Holiday Presents From A Unique City
Because everyone needs a trash bandit, a cozy cawfee and a schmear.
NEW YORK CITY — You've got weird friends and they need weird gifts. But it's no problem because you're in New York City and we know from weird.
This season, send the people you love proof that the boroughs you love are not only the weirdest, but also the greatest.
Here are the holiday gifts you'll only find in New York City, where we give trash bandits, schmears and cawfee their due.
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The Bronx: Your Very Own Trash Bandit
What: A puppet you could give to a child. But also anyone.
Where: New York Botanic Gardens in Jerome Park
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How Much: $34 per trash bandit
Brooklyn: Cast A Love Spell
What: A love spell. Nothing says happy holidays than helping somebody "cleanse and make space for love, gentleness and hope." The collection of quartz, crystals and incense will take all the bad of the year out of the home.
Where: Rituals and Ceremony in Crown Heights
How Much: $42
Queens: The Kitchen Will Be Your Night Fair
What: A cookbook of all the food you missed during the pandemic. Eat this borough.
Where: Queens Museum Gift Shop in Corona Park
How Much: $19.95
Staten Island: A Cosy Cuppa Cawfee
What: A homemade cozy for your cawfee to go, courtesy of the island's most caffeinated knitter.
Where: CawfeeGuy Knits on Staten Island's Shop Where I Live
How Much: $8 per cozy.
Manhattan:
What: Proof that if it wasn't made in New York City, it's not a bagel.
Where: Zucker's Bagels in Midtown and Goldbelly
How Much: $59 for the carrier of your schmear.
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