2023 is here with a bang, and this January we’re hopping into the Year of the Rabbit with a month-long celebration of family, friends, and good food (yum!). What better way to partake in the festivities and joy-sharing than by sending New Year’s greeting cards and edible gifts to your loved ones? (For those of you lucky enough to have received red envelopes, you gotta make use of that money somehow!)
We know choosing gifts can be hard, so we hand-picked a list for you that features some fun and unique Lunar New Year-inspired finds your friends and relatives would be guaranteed to enjoy. Thank us later.
1. Premium Taiwanese tea from Us Two Tea
Tea is perfect because it can be enjoyed as a solo OR shared activity, for any mood, occasion, and time of day. For a great brand, check out Us Two Tea, an Asian-founded and women-owned quality tea brand that promotes tea-drinking as a way of self-care, fostering relationships, and paying homage to Asian and Asian American cultural heritage.
Behold: the 4-Tea Variety Pack, complete with Taiwanese Oolong, Baozhong, Jasmine, and Black tea sachets, and more than enough to share with everyone.
2. A CHILI SPICE BUNDLE FROM BURLAP & BARREL
If there’s one color that encapsulates Lunar New Year, it’s lucky red. Red symbolizes prosperity and is said to bring auspicious fortune, so why not bless your gift with the color red too? Burlap & Barrel’s 6-chili collection features a colorful red variety of mild-to-hot and fruity-to-smoky chili flakes, making the ideal present for anyone who likes a little spice in their life.
3. Dim sum for your pup from Barkuterie Boards
Calling all dog owners! Who said Lunar New Year is just for people? This is the 7″ Doggy Dim Sum Steamer, filled with dog-equivalent proteins and snacks like beef tripe, duck feet, and fortune cookies. Even better—the bamboo steamer this delicious arrangement comes in is totally reusable, so you can make your own (human-compatible) dim sum and other steamed foods at home.
4. A Grubhub gift card
Okay, hear us out. You CAN’T go wrong with a gift card—especially if that gift card is for Grubhub, one of the best curated online marketplaces for food delivery and takeout. This one is perfect for the gourmet foodies in your life. With grubhub, friends and relatives can order from local businesses serving food for the Lunar New Year wherever they are. Depending on their location, they may have option of anything from handmade dumplings and Chinese pastries to maybe even a family-sized Peking duck dinner kit. Let your taste buds reap the good fortune, or so they say.
One more thing…
Now that you have some ideas to chomp on, don’t forget the important last step: a New Year’s ecard to go along with your present. Writing a short, sweet, and heartfelt note does wonders for personalizing a gift, after all… pretty cost-effective for something that only takes a few minutes to complete! Add a funny Lunar New Year GIF meme (if appropriate for your recipient) and you’re all set.
Get started with a New Year eCard from Kudoboard
Ring in the Lunar New Year right with well wishes collected from friends, family, and coworkers from around the world.
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