“It’s the most wonderful time of the yearOpens in a new tab.” Mostly. Long lines, parking lot fiascoes, frustrated customers, and sold-out items on shelves definitely aren’t wonderful. In fact, shopping this time of year is downright exhausting, and it can drain your excitement for the holiday. Don’t despair though, because we have a way to help with both problems. We’re here to make your shopping easy while celebrating your love of the season itself. Here’s our Holiday Gift Guide for our favorite pop culture holiday gifts.
Harry Potter Funko Advent Calendar
Funko
Why celebrate only 12 days of Christmas when you can double up on this magical time of the year with Funko’s Harry Potter Advent CalendarOpens in a new tab for 2019. For 24 days you will open up to discover a different mini-figure that will help you recreate Hogwarts’ Yule Ball scene from The Goblet of Fire. ($39.99Opens in a new tab)
If you want even more from the wizarding world you can also get Harry Potter Advent calendars from LEGOOpens in a new tab and Insight EditionsOpens in a new tab.
Home Alone Christmas LP
Real Gone Music
Home AloneOpens in a new tab remains our favorite Christmas movie about attempted murderOpens in a new tab. Now the soundtrack from both Macaulay Culkin films can be a part of our favorite Christmas albums. Real Gone Records’ limited editionOpens in a new tab (only 1,500 copies), 12-track LP celebratesJohn Williams’ score for the franchise. The holly green pressed vinyl also features both classic Christmas tracks along with new versions from contemporary artists. ($21.98Opens in a new tab)
Love Actually Original Soundtrack
Real Gone Music
This holiday season give that special someone the gift of romance with Real Gone Music‘s two-discOpens in a new tab LP of the complete soundtrack of 2003’s Love Actually. Featuring songs from The Beach Boys, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, The Pointer Sisters, and more, both discs come in a red-and-white candy cane pressing. It also includes a bonus Christmas track from Otis Redding, and who doesn’t love Otis Redding? ($26.98Opens in a new tab)
Scrooged Soundtrack
Enjoy The Ride Records/Paramount
Scrooged remainsOpens in a new tab one of the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol ever made. Danny Elfman’s fantastic score is a big reason why. Now Enjoy the Ride Records has teamed up with Paramount to make the soundtrack available on vinylOpens in a new tab for the first time. The Cigar Smoke Swirl pressing comes with bonus tracks from the film, and is available in limited edition versions featuring different vinyl designs. The web-only variantsOpens in a new tab celebrate the Ghosts of Christmas past, with Taxi Cab Splatter (200 copies), Snowflakes and Moonbeams (150), and Reaper Swirl (150). A Red and White Swirl pressing (300 copies) can be found between Bull MooseOpens in a new tab and ZiaOpens in a new tab, and Urban Outfitters offersOpens in a new tab a Red and Gold Swirl (500) version. ($30.99Opens in a new tab)
Scrooged DVD with Ornament
Paramount
We love Scrooge‘s score; we also love watching it too. And you know what everyone loves? Bonus gifts. You can get both with this in-store only WalmartOpens in a new tab exclusive Scrooged DVD. It comes with a “bah humbug” red stocking ornament.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles DVD with Ornament
Paramount
That’s not Walmart’s only exclusive, in-storeOpens in a new tab only DVD with ornament. John Candy and Steve Martin’s 1987 buddy film from director John Hughes comes with a green “those aren’t pillows” tree ornament to hang on your own Christmas tree.
It’s a Wonderful Life DVD with Ornament
Paramount
The ultimate Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, also comes with its own DVD and ornament release. The ornaments come in the shape of a—what else—a bell that reminds us every time one rings an angel gets its wings. You can pick one up at your nearest WalmartOpens in a new tab, but this DVD is also available at AmazonOpens in a new tab. ($17.99)
It’s a Wonderful Life 4K Blu-Ray
Paramount
No matter how many times you’ve seen It’s a Wonderful Life (and for us it’s many, many, many times), you’ve never seen it like this. The film is now available for the first-time ever in Ultra-HD 4kOpens in a new tab. The two-disc set was fully-restored from the movie’s original negatives, and comes in both its original black-and-white and colorized versions. ($19.96Opens in a new tab)
Doctor Who Christmas Ornaments
BBC Shop
We’re simply havin’ a wonderful wibbly wobbly Christmastimey wimey season with the BBC Shop’s Doctor Who ornamentsOpens in a new tab. The collection include ornaments of the Thirteenth DoctorOpens in a new tab, a glass gingerbread TARDISOpens in a new tab, blue TARDIS machines (both with a Christmas wreathOpens in a new tab and withoutOpens in a new tab), a glass AdiposeOpens in a new tab, and a four-piece Dalek Ornament setOpens in a new tab. (Priced from $9.99 to $19.98)
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Figurines
Department 56/Amazon
Some Christmas movies are classics because they’re hopeful and touching. Only one is a Christmas classic because it features Uncle Eddie in his bathrobe emptying his RV waste into a public sewer. Now you can celebrate that heartwarming momentOpens in a new tab in your own home thanks to Department 56’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation figurinesOpens in a new tab. The collection includes pieces like the Griswold homeOpens in a new tab, Clark plugging the lights inOpens in a new tab, the family’s oversized tree tied to the carOpens in a new tab, and tons more great figuresOpens in a new tab. ($18.27Opens in a new tab-$129.99)
Halloween Inspired Wrapping Paper
Skelly Paper Co.
What? We said this was a holiday themed gift guide, and Halloween is a holiday. Besides, you need to wrap your presents, and with Skelly Paper Co.’s Halloween gift-wrapping paperOpens in a new tab you can celebrate the two most wonderful times of the year. ($6.00 each)
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