Alternatively, maybe yours is a "give me underwear" family. These men's boxers are bright, comfortable, and affordable.
https://amzn.to/3GzyZ2i

This dress looks really good, is as comfy as a favorite t-shirt, and IT HAS POCKETS. I wear it regularly. Even better, the sizing is loose enough that I think you could make a reasonable sizing guess for your friend.
https://amzn.to/3OiZ3Rh

Got a guy who needs a bright Hawaiian shirt? This one is super-comfy and hoo-boy it looks really good.
https://amzn.to/3OnlmVG

Surely you cannot go wrong with a wine opener corkscrew set? This one even comes with a gift box. I've done a lot of empirical testing with it, and I like it a lot.
https://amzn.to/3Gw3vKv

You know I own 500 cookbooks. When I saw this Easy German Cookbook, I felt compelled to add one more. (Re-reading my review now... yeah, it's time to make that Fleishchsalat again.)
https://amzn.to/3AwapLQ

Barbara Hambly has long been among my favorite authors. She rewrote "Bride of the Rat God" into Scandal in Babylon as a historical mystery. A good read for curling up by the fire with a cat, a book, and a box of cookies. https://amzn.to/3TSvzeb

Killers of a Certain Age by @deannaraybourn
Are your friends not-so-serious, in search of a fun action-movie style beach read? This book is a hoot.
https://amzn.to/3GvtRMx

Mother Daughter Traitor Spy: A Novel by @SusanMacNeal
A good choice if your recipient is serious-minded and political, because this novel is a reminder that America has already endured traitors-from-within.
https://amzn.to/3hQUsJL

A stocking stuffer for your coffee-loving friends
They may care about the WDT technique of stirring the ground coffee before tamping, before it goes into the espresso machine. An inexpensive "thinking of you" gizmo.
https://amzn.to/3tMPxwh

Trying to decide on holiday gifts? I'm a top Amazon reviewer. Here's a thread with some of my favorite items from the past year (with a tilt towards "gift-worthy") and my own reviews thereof.

(If the review helps you make a decision, please do tick that Helpful button. It's the only thanks I get.)

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Interviewer: How do you explain this 4 year gap on your resume?
Guy: That’s when I went to Yale...
Interviewer: That’s impressive. You are hired.
Guy: Thanks. I really needed this Yob.

King Charles III's new cypher is a design classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZL7H7WCzM

Here is the original account of the first Thanksgiving. It’s only three short paragraphs.
https://memoriesofthepeople.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/on-this-date-thanksgiving-1621-massachusetts/

It's time to listen to the classics: Stan Freberg's history of America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgxmlw43pw

Hear the nature of the Rosetta Stone’s message explained by British Museum curator Ilona Regulski. “It was a priestly decree that was drawn up on the 22nd of March, 196 BC,” she says. https://www.openculture.com/2022/10/what-the-rosetta-stone-actually-says.html

The only time to use pie charts is when charting Americans' favorite pies. https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/11/21/united-states-favorite-thanksgiving-pies-pumpkin-p

Along the same theme: It's all fun and games until someone loses a wattle.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782716688/i-beg-your-pardon-the-strange-history-presidents-sparing-turkeys

Here's something you can talk about at the Thanksgiving table besides politics.
https://www.inverse.com/science/candied-sweet-potatoes

I accidentally swallowed a handful of Scrabble tiles...
My next bowel movement could spell disaster. #jokes