Holiday Gift Guide 2025

Published on December 15, 2025

Your Complete Gift Guide to Holiday Shopping in Santa Monica

Complete your holiday shopping and have fun doing it with this curated gift guide, highlighting unique offerings at the Santa Monica pier and local downtown businesses. From trapeze classes to charcuterie boards, Santa Monica is full of hidden treasures with something special for everyone.

Experiences in Downtown Santa Monica

Classes at the Santa Monica Trapeze School
Learn to fly with a view overlooking the ocean! The Santa Monica Trapeze School offers trapeze classes (starting at $45) for children and adults at any level. The school also teaches aerial arts classes and trampoline classes on their above ground Olympic trampoline, perfect for adventurous spirits. Explore all offerings on their website here.

Create at Color Me Mine
At Color Me Mine, choose from their wide variety of ceramic pieces and paint them anyway you desire! The studio fires them for you, and you can pick up your own hand-painted pottery weeks later. Two gifts in one!

For the artist in your life, purchase a gift-card or take them to one of Color Me Mine’s events, including date nights and an ornament painting workshop December 10th. See the full holiday calendar here.

Dine at Fogo de Chao
Fogo de Chao is a Brazilian steakhouse located right on Ocean Avenue, with a beautiful view of the pier and the ocean. Their all-you-can-eat menu serves fire-roasted meats cut tableside, perfect for meat-lovers especially.

Purchase a gift card for your favorite foodie
or host your holiday event at Fogo de Chao now through December 31st and receive a complimentary wagyu tasting, charcuterie starter, or sparkling toast.

Experiences on the Pier

Eat Seaside at The Albright
The Albright is a long-standing business right on Santa Monica Pier, serving sustainable seafood with locally sourced ingredients. After a full day at the pier, end your day with a delicious sea-side meal. Gift cards can be purchased here.

Annual Pass to Pacific Park
For the ride-lover who always wants to go again and again and again: grant them unlimited rides and 20% off all food and retail purchases with an annual pass! Available for purchase here.

Funhouse Tickets
The Funhouse is a family-friendly, immersive world of illusion, photo-ops, and play. For any thrill seeker, the funhouse is the cherry on top to an adventure at the pier. Buy your tickets here!

Apparel and Exclusive Merch

Pacific Park’s original designs, like the A Little Giants x Pacific Park “Mamba Day” or Street League Skateboarding t-shirts are both sporty and fashionable unisex styles for kids and adults alike.

For anyone obsessed with vintage fashion, these limited-run t-shirts from the 1990s and early 2000s are perfect choices, and can even be bundled with a collector’s poster at a discount. Even more options, including a classic trucker hat ($15.00) and a durable tote bag ($15.00) featuring cute, beachy illustrations are available here (plus, they’re on sale!)

Don’t underestimate the beauty of a practical, every-day gift! Purchase a ceramic Route 66 mug ($19.99) and a matching tumbler ($24.99) to bring a favorite hot or cold beverage on-the-go. Or a bottle opener that doubles as a magnet ($9.99) and matching ceramic shot glass ($14.99) for your favorite drinking buddy or party host.

Unique Memorabilia

Decorate with West Coast charm! This Santa Monica Pier ornament is silver-plated, the first of its kind on a limited run, and on sale now for $25. Pair it with this classic, Pacific Park ornament featuring the Ferris wheel framed by a wreath ($12), or this sparkling snow globe ($14.99).

Take Santa Monica home with you and light up the entire space with this statement piece, an LED replica of the Santa Monica Pier Yacht Harbor sign ($135).

And for the movie lover, chocolate lover, or both: the Bubba Gump Chocolate Tin is a delicious and playful gift of assorted truffles ($12).

In-Person Holiday Shopping in Santa Monica

Get your holiday shopping done and visit the pier while you’re at it! The Santa Monica Pier Shop and Visitor’s Center is the place to start, with a wide selection of memorabilia and visitor guides to more shops along the pier. To shop for any fishers in your life, be sure to stop at Pier Bait and Tackle. And to browse iconic Route 66 designs and purchase apparel, visit the 66 to Cali shop, where t-shirts are printed right here in California, and made from soft fabrics sourced in Los Angeles. Explore many more options and styles of apparel and mementos can be shopped at Pier Gier, including classic red and white Lifeguard hoodies and sea-animal figurines!

Just a stroll away, downtown Santa Monica houses many local businesses to support as you do your holiday shopping.

Goodies
A beautifully curated home goods store selling ceramic, marble, and wood pieces all under $25. Goodies is a one-stop-shop for high quality, thoughtfully sourced items, carrying a wide range from matcha bowls to cutting boards to marble jewelry dishes.

Andrew’s Cheese Shop
Andrew’s Cheese Shop is a quaint small business that carries quality olive-oils, wines, cheeses, and specialty grocery items. They also offer curated boards and gift bags starting at $75. If you’re in need of an elegant gift to bring to a holiday party, or want to spoil a charcuterie lover with an abundant assortment of delicious goods, Andrew’s is the perfect spot.

Alchemie Spa
Alchemie Spa offers a plethora of holistic and therapeutic treatments from massages, to facials, to sauna sessions, all of which can be gifted by purchasing a gift card. But be sure to stop by in person to browse their apothecary shop for organic skincare and consciously created lotions and oils. Everyone deserves some pampering; gift your loved one a relaxing treatment or a rejuvenating serum to support their immune systems, nervous systems, and mood (especially useful for the winter!)

John Kelley Chocolates
Anyone who likes chocolate will love John Kelley Chocolates! Visit their Santa Monica boutique for a free sample, and curate a custom chocolate box with their team. They offer gluten-free, vegan, and kosher options too.

Have fun shopping and Happy Holidays!