Best Christmas Gift Lists for Teens and College Students, All in One Place (2025)

Here are our gift lists for parents shopping for teens and college students. We hope you find just what you are looking for to make this holiday season a little brighter for your son or daughter.

We have you covered, from stocking stuffers to popular Christmas gifts at every price point!

Grown and Flown Christmas Gift Lists for the Teens and College Students 2025

Last Minute Gifts

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Gifts for Teen Boys

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Gifts for College Guys

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Gifts for Teen Girls  

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Gifts for College Women

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Gifts Under $50

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Gifts Under $25

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Secret Santa Gifts Under $15

Secret Santa gifts for under $15
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Stocking Stuffers

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Cool Gifts for Teens/ Unique Christmas Presents

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Gifts for 18 Year Olds

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Gifts for Women in Their 20s

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Gifts for Grandparents

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Favorite Winter Boots

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Apartment Checklist

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About Helene Wingens

Helene Wingens has always been passionate about painting pictures with words. She graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in psychology and three years later from Boston University School of Law with a Juris Doctor. In a year long clerkship for an appellate judge Helene honed her writing skills by drafting weekly appellate memoranda. She practiced law until she practically perfected it and after taking a brief twenty year hiatus to raise her three children she began writing a personal blog Her essays have been published in: Scary Mommy, Kveller, The Forward, and Grown and Flown where she is Managing Editor. You can visit Helene's website here

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