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E! picks the best cozy holiday gifts for lounging

Gift guides this season pitch plush lounge socks at forty-eight dollars and a care package at two hundred seventy-five; the toes remain unconsulted.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorE! News has its list of the best cozy holiday gifts, for anyone who would rather stay in soft pajamas than go out into the cold.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the entire premise is that leaving the house is the problem. I've never felt so seen by a shopping list.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTaste of Home lists a plush lounge sock at forty-eight dollars. One sock. Well, a pair, but still.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-eight dollars to cover a foot that spends its whole life under a duvet.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe same guide has a care package at two hundred seventy-five.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo seventy-five.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo seventy-five. I assume the card reads, 'Merry Christmas, I've heard about your toes.'

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorApartment Therapy says cold toes are worse than anything else about winter, and recommends shearling-lined Birkenstock clogs.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWorse than anything? I've had a winter. Toes weren't in my top five.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVerdict: I own one pair of slippers. The left one has been looking for the right one since the move.

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