Moms are usually the ones who make the holidays happen. They buy and wrap everyone’s gifts , keep the family traditions going, bake the cookies and somehow remember the teacher’s gift card, too. Yet, the gifts they receive are often predictable (yet another robe or pair of slippers), or worse, they’re really for the whole household (a new vacuum, anyone?).

As a mom myself, I know how true this is. So I put together a list of gifts moms will actually want, use and keep for themselves, from little indulgences to splurges that make everyday life easier.

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