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Best Bets Daily: Club Monaco cashmere sweaters make easy gifts
Brooklyn Based: Not updated
DailyCandy: A guide to small, travel-friendly presents (pictured)
DailyCandy Kids: Not updated
I Heart Daily: Stocking stuffer beauty products
MUG: The former capital of Laos and other getaways
Refinery29: A slideshow of NYC's best holiday windows
The Skint: Not updated
Thrillist: Website Defaced, which collects funny local graffiti
UrbanBaby Daily: Not updated
VSL: New photo book From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America
WWWD: A grunge-inspired fashion editorial
The Zoe Report: DayNa Decker's flame-housing, scent-diffusing sculpture