Host Gifts Gone Mad: Disco Plates & Sardine Candles Reign

KEY POINTS

•Hosts appreciate thoughtful gifts that combine practicality with whimsy for holiday gatherings.
•Unique presents include a $26 vanilla eggnog scented candle disguised as tinned fish and vintage shot glasses from the 1940s at $65.
•Accessories like pearl-tipped cocktail picks and tartan napkins aim to elevate at-home social experiences.
•Maldon sea salt remains a coveted gift, praised as a gourmet upgrade available in large buckets.

Forget your boring candle sets—this holiday, we're unwrapping gifts like a disco-ball serving plate and candles that sneakily smell like spiced eggnog but are shaped as tins of sardines. For just $26, Tinned Fish Candle sells a vanilla eggnog aroma candle dressed as a fish tin, guaranteed to confuse your guests about your holiday vibe. Meanwhile, vintage 1940s shot glasses fetch $65 on eBay and can be split up to multiply gifting laziness, because why single-host spoil the fun? Fancy drinkers get Delphine pearl cocktail picks at $28 from Anthropologie, elevating olives to a tiny-boardwalk carnival. Not to be outdone, $59 tartan napkins from Williams Sonoma promise poshness while you squint through mulled wine fog. And before you ask, yes, Maldon salt is still the self-proclaimed 'reason kingdoms fought wars'—now available in what you can only describe as a literal bucket of crystallized culinary devotion.