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December 2014 Lysst: Stocking Stuffers For Moms & Dads

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Some of the best gifts come in small packages—so this holiday season, stuff the stockings of the fab grown-ups in your life with ultra-luxe sweets, treats, and trinkets!

Lyss Stern is the founder of DivaLysscious Moms (divamoms.com) and co-author of If You Give A Mom A Martini: 100 Ways To Find 10 Blissful Minutes For Yourself. She is also an Upper East Side mom of three.

  • For Mom: Animal Tree Large Stocking by Coral & Tusk

    For Mom: Animal Tree Large Stocking by Coral & Tusk

     Photo by Kate Lacey. $74, coralandtusk.com
  • For Mom: Follow Your Arrow

    For Mom: Follow Your Arrow

     American-made in Rhode Island by the prince of prep Kiel James Patrick, the beautifully-braided Aspen Ridge Osprey bracelet offers up festive holiday colors that are classic enough to sport all year. Plus, the demure brass arrow closure makes for a fun detail. $40, kieljamespatrick.com
  • For Mom: Sweet Treat

    For Mom: Sweet Treat

     Give the mom in your life something sweet and stylish from Maggie Louise Confections. This handcrafted Chocolate Charm Box contains milk chocolate gingerbread men, white chocolate gumballs filled with caramel and sea salt, dark chocolate letters, white chocolate peppermints filled with chocolate caramel and sea salt, and milk chocolate sweeties filled with peanut butter candy. $70, maggielouiseconfections.com
  • For Mom: Chic & Compact

    For Mom: Chic & Compact

     Estée Lauder’s Dazzling Bow Compact is a gift every time she opens it! With its gorgeous golden color and sparkling crystal bow, it’s the perfect purse accessory for holiday parties…or to add some sparkle to everyday touchups. The compact also comes filled with Estée Lauder’s lovely Lucidity Translucent Pressed Powder. $250, saks.com
  • For Mom: Alluring Aroma

    For Mom: Alluring Aroma

     Give mom what’s sure to become her new favorite scent: Aerin’s Iris Meadow. Packaged in a stunning bottle, Iris Meadow features crisp green notes infused with lush florals and energy-filled woods. Mandarin, blackcurrant, and Egyptian jasmine round out this feminine fragrance. $110, aerin.com
  • For Mom: Tea Time

    For Mom: Tea Time

     What’s better than a steaming cup of tea on a chilly winter morning? A cup of Flying Bird Botanicals’ Organic Wellness Tea, that’s what! Each flavor is not only delicious, but also promotes wellbeing. The herbal Bluebird Morning option is perfect for moms—it supports circulation and helps keep the mind focused. $12-$13, rodales.com
  • For Mom: Travel in Style

    For Mom: Travel in Style

     Comfort is key for holiday travel. C.Wonder’s plaid travel set, complete with a sleep mask and slippers packaged in a coordinating tote, will make any mom’s getaway plans all the cozier. $58, cwonder.com
  • For Mom: All That Glitters

    For Mom: All That Glitters

     A bejeweled ring is the perfect holiday trinket for any stylish mama—not only does the star detail on this Yellow Gold and Solitaire Diamond Star Set Ring by Manon (and available from Love Adorned in SoHo), it’s also the perfect mix of dainty and deluxe. $640, loveadorned.com
  • For Dad: Peek-A-Tree Large Stocking by Coral & Tusk

    For Dad: Peek-A-Tree Large Stocking by Coral & Tusk

     Photo by Kate Lacey. $74, coralandtusk.com
  • For Dad: All Wrapped Up

    For Dad: All Wrapped Up

     From ice-skating to checking out decorations on 5th Avenue, outdoor adventures are sure to be part of every dad’s holiday season. GANT’s wool-viscose blend patchwork scarf will keep him cozy on those days and when he’s heading to work or running errands. $165, gant.com
  • For Dad: Festive & Fragrant

    For Dad: Festive & Fragrant

     Jo Malone’s new Wood Sage & Sea Salt cologne is as much a gift to the giver as it is to the recipient. The masculine and earthy scent has notes of ambrette seeds, sea salt, and sage, which all combine into a fragrance that evokes the outdoors. $60-120, jomalone.com
  • For Dad: Time Of His Life

    For Dad: Time Of His Life

     The dad in your life will be on time—and sporting up-to-the-minute style—with Michael Kors’ sleek JetMaster watch. Great for the office or for the weekend, this silver-tone stainless steel timepiece features three-hand movement and chronograph sub dials. Bezel and red accents add Yuletide-worthy pop. $395, michaelkors.com
  • For Dad: Dig In

    For Dad: Dig In

     Foodie dads will love taste-testing everything out of locally-based MOUTH’s Holiday Indie gift collection. Filled with the best from indie purveyors, it has everything from savory to sweet, including Brooklyn-based Butter & Scotch’s hot toddy caramel popcorn, Rustic Bakery’s savory cheese coins, and Sutter Buttes’ fig and olive tapenade. $50, mouth.com
  • For Dad: Knock His Socks On

    For Dad: Knock His Socks On

     Boring, generic socks need not apply! Paul Smith’s cotton blend three-pack is anything but, featuring socks with eye-catching prints and bold colors that make an understated fashion statement when those pant legs rise. $70, mrporter.com
  • For Dad: Mountain Man

    For Dad: Mountain Man

     From hipster dads to rugged ones, beards certainly seem to be en vogue this winter! This 1 oz. flask of Burroughs Beard Oil is a great gift to help tame your fave papa’s facial hair. Not only does it give a beard a subtle shape, it’s made from all essential oils so it won’t dry out skin. $28.90, store.kaufmann-mercantile.com
  • For Dad: Cheers To That

    For Dad: Cheers To That

     Help dad unwind and toast to a great year (and an even better one to come) with Izola’s Thirst Aid Kit! The kit includes a 5 oz. stainless steel flask (with a cheeky inscription), travel cup, flask funnel, and zipper pouch. $74.99, izola.com

About the Author

Lyss Stern

Lyss Stern is known as the quintessential “mom-preneur,” a mom of three ages 15, 12, 5 and of course her puppy and fish. Lyss has expanded her company Divamoms.com through media over the past fifteen years. In addition to her amazing events she has appeared on TV and radio as a parenting expert, she has authored two books, Motherhood Is a B#TCH!10 Steps to Regaining Your Sanity, Sexiness and Inner Diva, co-authored by Sheryl Berk, and If You Give a Mom a Martini, co-authored by Julie Klappas and featuring contributions from celebrity moms like Kelly Ripa, Christie Brinkley and Jill Kargman.

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