Everyone is donating their ‘AI slop’ gifts after Christmas shoppers were duped by deceptive ads

Everyone is donating their ‘AI slop’ gifts after Christmas shoppers were duped by deceptive ads

So-called “AI slop gifts” are already turning up at thrift shops to be resold after duping holiday shoppers with misleading ads. “Slop,” which was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025, is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” AI slop gifts are trinkets … Read more

Taylor Swift gifts Arrowhead Stadium worker surprise Christmas bonus: ‘My whole paycheck for two weeks’

Taylor Swift gifts Arrowhead Stadium worker surprise Christmas bonus: ‘My whole paycheck for two weeks’

She’s using that good karma to take her fans to the summit! Pop icon Taylor Swift surprised an unsuspecting Arrowhead Stadium worker by shelling out a generous $600 tip on Christmas Day — and the flabbergasted fan set one coveted bill aside to immortalize. Swift and her fiancée, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, … Read more

New Yorkers shelled out more for Christmas gifts than any other state this year — here’s the astronomical amount

New Yorkers shelled out more for Christmas gifts than any other state this year — here’s the astronomical amount

Looks like Santa’s sleigh is running on plastic. A new holiday spending survey finds parents are shelling out more than ever to fill stockings — and nobody’s splurging like New Yorkers, who plan to blow a whopping $732 per child on Christmas gifts this year, the highest in the nation. Nationwide, parents expect to drop … Read more

Exclusive | Naughty & nice: OnlyFans star Alix Lynx reveals high-end gifts men buy her for Christmas

Exclusive | Naughty & nice: OnlyFans star Alix Lynx reveals high-end gifts men buy her for Christmas

She’s making a list and they’re checking it twice. OnlyFans star Alix Lynx always keeps an Amazon wishlist on her X-rated page — and men are known to spoil her, especially at Christmastime. The list of 65 items includes a $299 dog bed for her mini Aussie named Aspen; a high-tech $239 bird feeder, and a $131 Nespresso machine. … Read more

Exclusive | How the festive season became boomtime for scammers — ruining Christmas for their victims

Exclusive | How the festive season became boomtime for scammers — ruining Christmas for their victims

For Toni Campbell, the most wonderful time of the year has been screwed by scammers.  The Queens native, a 63-year-old loving aunt to a flock of nieces and nephews, sprinted out of the office early — with sweat dripping from her brow, her heartbeat racing and her stomach in knots — on the afternoon of … Read more

Nintendo Switch is New York’s most Googled gift this holiday season

Nintendo Switch is New York’s most Googled gift this holiday season

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. If you’re scrambling for a Christmas gift to beat this year’s shipping deadlines, the Nintendo Switch is your golden ticket to holiday cheer. This year, nothing says “perfect present” quite … Read more

Most American adults think giving cash for holiday gifts is ‘very acceptable’: poll

Most American adults think giving cash for holiday gifts is ‘very acceptable’: poll

NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are “very” acceptable as holiday presents, but … Read more

Wrapping it up: These 18 innovative gifts should cover everyone on your list

Wrapping it up: These 18 innovative gifts should cover everyone on your list

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Don’t let last-minute shopping dampen your holly jolly — there are still plenty of holiday bargains in store. Whether it’s trending on everyone’s wish list or it’s that gift you … Read more

Americans are shunning gadgets and wishing for more practical Christmas gifts this year

Americans are shunning gadgets and wishing for more practical Christmas gifts this year

Forget gadgets and socks. All Americans want for Christmas this year is cash, according to new research. A survey of 5,000 Americans across all 50 states revealed that most (58%) would prefer to receive money for the holidays, hoping for an average of just over $600. Those in West Virginia (69%) and Georgia (68%) are … Read more

Parents are hiding and using decoy gifts to keep Christmas morning a surprise for their kids: survey

Parents are hiding and using decoy gifts to keep Christmas morning a surprise for their kids: survey

Parents are all about the holiday hype: a new survey has found 55% get just as excited as their kids when it’s time to unwrap gifts.  But the real challenge, according to the poll of 2,000 US millennial parents, is keeping the joy of opening gifts alive on holiday mornings from persistent, curious children. Amidst the … Read more

This is one of the worst gifts parents can give their young daughters this holiday season

This is one of the worst gifts parents can give their young daughters this holiday season

Parents of young girls should be careful not to give them a lifetime of insecurity and skincare issues this holiday season — even if it’s on their darling daughters’ wishlists. Gen Alpha — defined as the cohort born from roughly 2013 to 2024 — already spends more on skincare than any other age group, according … Read more

Here’s how many Americans are using credit cards to cover holiday gifts this year — and it will shock you

Here’s how many Americans are using credit cards to cover holiday gifts this year — and it will shock you

Cash-strapped Americans are dreaming of a green Christmas as money woes dampen what’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year. A new study has laid bare the dire state of the economy, with a whopping 84% shoppers set to use credit cards to cover costs this holiday season, stricken by soaring prices. The … Read more

Exclusive | Fuhgeddaboudit! Guido on a Ledge has Italian-Americans fist pumping over SI mom’s Elf on Shelf makeover

Exclusive | Fuhgeddaboudit! Guido on a Ledge has Italian-Americans fist pumping over SI mom’s Elf on Shelf makeover

You won’t Fuhgeddaboud being good this Christmas. You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now there’s Guido on a Ledge — a plush doll decked out in a wife-beater tank, shades, slides, sporting facial — and chest — hair, and wearing a good-luck horn. Creator Christine Fiscardi Lentinello, a Red Hook, Brooklyn native who now lives in … Read more

Our guide to 24 red-hot luxury gifts for 2025

Our guide to 24 red-hot luxury gifts for 2025

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Turn up the heat this holiday season with 24 of our favorite red-hot presents. From a ruby-studded cocktail ring and a heart-shaped leather bag charm to the most expressive top-handle … Read more

Parents spark online debate over ditching popular Christmas tradition

Parents spark online debate over ditching popular Christmas tradition

A beloved tradition is causing division online between parents. When the first day of December arrives next week, children all over the world will wake to a surprise. Some will find a box waiting for them. Others? Not a thing. It all comes down to which side of the December 1st box debate their parents … Read more

Budget-conscious mom slammed for how she’s buying Christmas gifts for her kids

Budget-conscious mom slammed for how she’s buying Christmas gifts for her kids

Some might call it cheap, others call it savvy. One mom has gone viral for revealing that she doesn’t want to go “into debt” when buying Christmas gifts for her four kids this year. You can’t blame her in today’s wild economy. Jade explained in her TikTok video that her family “really wants to go … Read more

Callous critics blast broke parents for skimping on holidays: ‘If you can’t afford Christmas, you shouldn’t have kids’

Callous critics blast broke parents for skimping on holidays: ‘If you can’t afford Christmas, you shouldn’t have kids’

He’s spreading Christmas jeer.  Penniless parents who can’t afford holiday toys for their tots deserve a fate worse than Santa’s “naughty” list, says an unsympathetic critic, who’s virally bashing folks for being broke.  “If you can’t afford to buy your kids Christmas presents, then you don’t deserve kids,” Sam, a dad and dog lover, from … Read more

The 29 best luxury home and design gifts for 2025

The 29 best luxury home and design gifts for 2025

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Home for the holidays? Whether shopping for others or treating yourself, these gifts deliver domestic bliss. Treat those on your list (or even yourself) to an upgrade of everyday essentials: … Read more

AI chatbot toys are having ‘sexually explicit’ conversations with kids: report

AI chatbot toys are having ‘sexually explicit’ conversations with kids: report

Toy bots are talking dirty to tots.  As the season of gift-giving draws nigh, experts are warning parents against buying their children presents powered by AI — claiming certain robo-charged trinkets are having “sexually explicit” discussions with kids under age 12.  “Some of these toys will talk in-depth about sexually explicit topics, act dismayed when … Read more

Come in clutch with these car-tuned gifts for the men on your 2025 holiday list

Come in clutch with these car-tuned gifts for the men on your 2025 holiday list

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Make vroom under the tree for the auto enthusiast in your life! You’ll get his engine revving with a Jaguar E-type Series 1 Coupe model car. Versace takes that new-car … Read more