9 Gifts For Your Son That Won’t Be Lost or Broken By Boxing Day
Let Santa be the one to buy your son all those action figures and Lego sets he scribbled on his wish list. The gifts he receives from you should be a little more special, more substantive, even if he doesn’t quite recognize that right away. Your gifts should be the ones he won’t truly appreciate until he’s older, wiser and ready to take on the world. Here’s what we mean.
Billykirk Leather Journal Holder
If your boy is a burgeoning wordsmith or sketch artist, nurture those interests with this hand-stitched leather journal holder, which can be embossed with his initials and comes complete with a custom pencil. It’s small enough to fit in his back pocket to doodle on the go, and will age gracefully over time as his talents mature.
$115, billykirk.com
JM&Sons Classic Desk
This reclaimed barn wood desk is perfect for late night homework sessions, and will serve as a handsome dining table in his first apartment a few years down the road.
$785, jmandsons.com
Miyamoto Higonokami Pocket Knife
We know what you’re thinking: buying a knife for a little kid? Really? Point taken. You can keep this beautiful Japanese folding knife locked away for now, and let him handle it in small doses the next time you take a father-son fishing trip. But it’s sure to become a handy essential once he comes of age — one that he might even pass down to his own child someday.
$35, handeyesupply.com
D.S. & Durga Cowboy Grass
Once the preteen years hit, your nose will almost certainly be assaulted by the overwhelming stench of cheap spray deodorant in the anxious hours before a middle school dance. Do your son — and yourself — a favour by upgrading him to his very first signature scent.
$170, shopstyle.com
From Russia With Love
Got your boy hooked on Bond movies already? Take that obsession to the next level with this gorgeous new edition of From Russia With Love, which features a printed slipcase and six exquisitely painted illustrations. The two of you can read it together before bed over the next few months, and he’ll inevitably return to it on his own when he hits his late teens.
$75, foliosociety.com
Fender Standard Stratocaster
At some point, your son is going to want to start a band. Rather than starting him off with a cheapo introductory guitar, you might as well splurge on a timeless Fender Strat, which he can cherish and continue to play well into adulthood.
$800, stevesmusic.com
Air Jordan 11 “Space Jam”
These Jordans — the same kicks MJ wore in Space Jam — are the year’s most deliriously hyped sneaker release. If you somehow manage to get your hands on a pair, buy ’em in an adult size. They’ll make for an awesome piece of movie memorabilia on your son’s bookshelf for now, and they’ll be even more rare and coveted by the time he grows into them.
$255, nike.com
Very Troubled Child Savanna Bag Number 4
Based on the luggage from Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, this hand-painted leather duffle will look just as appropriate at your kid’s side whether he’s 13 or 35.
$999, verytroubledchild.com
Leather Head Bison Football
You’ll make fond memories together tossing around this heirloom-quality pigskin, and he’ll think of them — and you — when it’s sitting in his study years later.
$175, leatherheadsports.com
