Top 10 Holiday Gifts from Monticello's 2023 Catalog

by Stephanie Fox, David Hay, and Beth Sawyer - November 18, 2023

#1 - Monticello Botanical Winter Soaps

Bars of a variety of botanical winter soaps arranged on a table

Treat yourself or a loved one with Monticello's exclusive refreshing botanical soap gift set. Each bar is made in the USA with a French-milled technique and individually wrapped with holiday motifs in a lovely gift-box. Fragrances include fresh holly, winterberry, pine, cranberry, peppermint, and mistletoe.

#2 - Book Quote Ornament

Cloth ornament shaped to look like a row of books and embroidered with different colored fabric and thread

Thomas Jefferson's famous quote to John Adams, "I cannot live without books" is embroidered on our book ornament. Red, beige, and green-gold embroidered fabric is richly detailed with light-catching metallic cording. Handmade ornament is 4"h x 3 ½"w.

#3 - Garden Friendship Ring Tray

Blue and white ring dish with scalloped edge and quote text on interior base

Surprise a friend - especially one who gardens - with this charming little porcelain ring tray. The heartfelt "Life without FRIENDS is like a garden without flowers" sentiment is encircled by a 19th-century-style printed floral border. Porcelain ring tray is 6" dia. x 1 1/4"h.

#4 - Monticello Book Quote Pillow

Cloth pillow embroidered with historic quote

In a letter to John Adams in 1815, Thomas Jefferson wrote the often-quoted phrase, "I cannot live without books." This cotton pillow with a cream back is embroidered with this famous quotation and is the perfect gift for a book-lover in your life. Measures 8" x 12".

#5 - Wooden Garden Ornaments

Small wooden ornaments cut in different garden-themed designs and painted

The perfect holiday gift for the green thumb, this assortment of laser-cut wooden garden ornaments is sure to delight. Made with jute string for hanging, they range from 1" - 4" in height. Boxed set of 18 comes with three of each style.

#6 - Honey Skin Care Set

Bottles of skin care products arranged by fabric gift bag

Made with honey collected from Monticello’s beehives, our gift-bagged honey skin care set includes luxurious 16 oz. body scrub, 16 oz. hand soap, 16 oz. lotion, 8 oz. body butter, 6 oz. bar soap and lip balm. Made in the U.S.A.

#7 - Winterberry Dish and Bar Soap

Ceramic dish with winter berry decoration and bar of soap

Our artisan pottery soap dish is made locally in Virginia. The set includes a triple-milled Winterberry-scented bar soap. Soap dish measures 6" l x 4 ½"w x 1"h. Handmade in U.S.A.

#8 - Monticello Men's Body Care Set

Bottles of body care product by cloth gift bag

Enriched with shea and cocoa butter, this five-piece set includes bar soap blended with wheat bran and apricot seed; three-in-one shampoo, shower, and shave formula; body scrub blended with exfoliating cocoa bean shell and apricot seed; shea butter lotion; and a fragrance-free beeswax lip balm. Made in U.S.A.

#9 - Salted Roasted Virginia Peanuts

If you've never had Virginia peanuts before, you'll be amazed at their large size, freshness, and crunchy texture. Our peanuts are cooked in pure peanut oil and lightly salted to maintain their distinctive flavor and healthy qualities - perfect for cocktail or anytime snacking. 40 oz. tin.

#10 - Seed Packet Box with Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Organize each season's seed packets in this ten-section, glass-lidded, rustic cedar box. We'll get you started with ten delicious historic vegetable varieties from the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.

Live Nearby or Visiting Monticello?

Stop by the Shop at Monticello, located at the David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, and check out these favorite items for entertaining and gifting. The Shop is open every day Monticello welcomes visitors and is available to shoppers with no admission required.