The 10 best pop-culture gifts for kids this holiday season

Our 2021 guide to the toys, books, and T-shirts that will make the coolest kids (and parents) happy

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The 10 best pop-culture gifts for kids this holiday season
Clockwise from top middle: Ghostbusters ECTO-1 LEGO set (Photo: Lego), It’s A Small World board game (Photo: Funko), Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas (Photo: Chronicle Books), MasterChef Family Cooking Game (Photo: Wilder Games), Ghostbusters shoes (Photo: Reeboks) Graphic: Natalie Peeples

Let’s face it: If you don’t have kids, you might not know what to get them for the holidays. What do they have, what don’t they like, what’s too old for them, what’s too young? And even if you do have kids, sometimes they give you a frustratingly short list (“Legos”) and you just want to mix it up a little and provide a few surprises. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of our favorite gifts for culturally savvy kiddos. We’re talking kids who were raised on The Beatles, watch “classic” movies like Ghostbusters with their parents, and who might enjoy a Darth Vader picture book. These presents can also be for full-grown adults, too, because—who are we kidding?—we’re all just kids at heart.

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Photo ‘Lil Cinephile

Cinematic auteur teesRaising a kiddo who can riff about the joys of 70mm projections and Terrence Malick? Then you’ll love Super Yaki and ’Lil Cinephile’s line of auteur tees. There’s “,” “,” “,” and, of course, “.” If you want to go even geekier, ’Lil Cinephile has even more on its site, like “,” “” “,” and “.” Sure, your kid might not know what these mean, but has that ever stopped them from loving something before?

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