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               1  Great Jones the Dutchess          4 Lumos Smart Bike Helmet           7 Northam Throw Blanket            10 Polaroid Lab Instant Photo Printer
                  Is Dad a disaster in the kitchen? A   Bike helmet? Bright idea. Bike    The hygge is strong with Ralph       Step one: Take photo on
                  quality Dutch oven—like this one from   helmet that integrates LEDs, a hard   Lauren’s supple gray-and-cream   smartphone. Step two: Put phone
                  Great Jones—can transform his       brake, and turn signals controlled    woven lambswool throw. There isn’t   on Polaroid Lab. Step three:
                  hot messes into haute cuisine. $145  via iOS app? Try brilliant idea. $180  anything cozier. (We looked.) $595  Press button and watch pixels
              2   Kalamazoo Shokunin Kamado Grill   5 Sega Genesis Mini                 8 Wilson Luminous                      transform into pictures. $130
                  Traditional Kamado grills can cook   A tiny version of the classic console,   Iridescent Basketball       11 Rimowa Cabin Suitcase
                  at temps as low as 200 degrees      the Mini is loaded with more than    Your b-ball-crazed cousin may get   In a sea of silver and black,
                  and as high as 1,200 degrees.       40 titles, including Street Fighter II,   regularly dominated in pickup games,   Rimowa’s new metallic red and
                  Kalamazoo’s model does this         Sonic the Hedgehog, and, erm, Ecco   but this rock featuring reflective,    blue (shown here) colorways
                  with a stunning stainless-steel-    the Dolphin. $80                    laid-in channels will likely make the   will turn heads everywhere from
                  and-wood design. $5,995           6  Cangshan Thomas Keller             agony of defeat sting a little less. $40  the airport lounge to baggage
              3   Departo Folding Chair + Stool       Tai Three-Piece Knife Set         9 Ralph Lauren Alonzo Ski              claim to first class. $1,150
                  Foldable furniture: typically hideous.   When one of the world’s premier chefs   Bear Velvet Slippers    12 Google Stadia
                  Departo’s foldable furniture: so visually   teams up with a renowned Japanese   This plush pair of slippers adorned   Cloud-based and supporting 4K
                  arresting that stashing it in a closet   cutlery company, they produce the    with a bear (who can somehow also   resolution and 60 FPS, the Stadia
                  should be considered a crime. $295   last knives culinary-obsessed guys   ski) might be the best thing to happen   can be played on smartphones,
                  (chair), $225 (stool)               will ever need. $300                since bread met the slicer. $695     smart TVs, and beyond. $130


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