We'll Say It: Fake XMas Trees Are Better

December. Snow is falling. Eggnog is flowing. And you're having a festive, old-fashioned family holiday. At the center of it all, festooned in twinkling lights and glittering baubles, there is a glorious Christmas tree—one that never dries out, never drops needles, never doesn’t quite fit in the corner of the living room. This sublime experience could be yours, if only you’d let go of your mawkish delusions about real Christmas trees and heed these two words: Go artificial. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( Giving a gift card is only lame if you haven't given it any thought. Here are 55 options that'll make sure that's not the case. [SHOP NOW]( Giving a gift card is only lame if you haven't given it any thought. Here are 55 options that'll make sure that's not the case. [SHOP NOW]( [We'll Say It: Fake Christmas Trees Are Better]( [We'll Say It: Fake Christmas Trees Are Better]( December. Snow is falling. Eggnog is flowing. And you're having a festive, old-fashioned family holiday. At the center of it all, festooned in twinkling lights and glittering baubles, there is a glorious Christmas tree—one that never dries out, never drops needles, never doesn’t quite fit in the corner of the living room. This sublime experience could be yours, if only you’d let go of your mawkish delusions about real Christmas trees and heed these two words: Go artificial. [Read More](   [9 Apple Watch Cases That'll Safeguard Your Timepiece in Style]( [9 Apple Watch Cases That'll Safeguard Your Timepiece in Style]( The best smartwatch in the world deserves the best care. [Read More]( [43 Great Gift Experiences for People With Adventure on the Mind]( [43 Great Gift Experiences for People With Adventure on the Mind]( These ideas will have them testing limits, exploring options near and far, and, at the very least, trying something new. [Read More](     [Gary Gulman Can Make Absolutely Anything Funny]( [Gary Gulman Can Make Absolutely Anything Funny]( One day in November of 2019, the comedian Gary Gulman was scrolling on his phone when a Tweet caught his attention. Jason Zinoman, the comedy critic for the New York Times, had posed a relatively innocuous question to his followers: “What stand-up have you liked that is about class (however you want to define it)?” The prompt intrigued Gulman. He realized couldn’t think of a comedian who’d built a whole act around socio-economic status. George Carlin had touched on the topic, certainly, with riffs about how the ruling class operates to keep themselves on top. And plenty of comedians had made fun of rich people for being out of touch or joked about being poor themselves. “But I hadn’t seen anybody who made the entire hour about class,” says Gulman. “And I thought, ‘Oh, that’s it! That’s a great area.’ And then I just started.” [Read More](   [Tech Sales Have Never Been Better]( [Tech Sales Have Never Been Better]( The end of the year means one thing: huge discounts. [Read More]( [10 Last-Minute Gifts That Truly Don't Suck]( [10 Last-Minute Gifts That Truly Don't Suck]( Get your shit together. [Read More](     [What It's Like to Take a Psychedelic Trip Without Drugs]( [What It's Like to Take a Psychedelic Trip Without Drugs]( It doesn’t take a third eye to see that, at long last, Americans seem primed to turn on. If you’ve heard yourself utter the phrase “plant medicine” when what you mean is “shrooms,” if you’ve found yourself absently Googling “ayahuasca retreats” the way you used to look for beach getaways, if you’ve got a friend who flew across the country to take a “heroic dose” of psilocybin in the care of a shaman and you felt the sharp prick of jealousy…you are, well, hardly alone. I’m one of those looking for a little magic. Twenty-five years ago I left my somewhat steady diet of mushrooms, blotter, and MDMA behind me (kids, career, fear I’d been pushing my luck). But lately, along with the rest of America, I’ve been itching to hop back on the psychedelic horse after years of looking longingly at the saddle. I am here to test-drive the Reality Center, but also to catch a glimpse of the coming storefront psychedelic revolution. [Read More](   [ESQ 1933 Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779