It’s a great thing when the holidays roll around and your friends and family all make the “nice” list, right? Well, yes, but it also means you have more Christmas shopping to do, which can be tough to squeeze in if you’re already short on time.

Let us help you. We’ve got some suggestions on finding just the right gifts, wrapping them stylishly and delivering them. Local concierge services specialize in completing these tasks in your stead. And, there’s no need to feel one bit guilty about it. After all, even Santa has his elves!

Lerner Concierge

Photo: Courtesy of Danni Lerner

Neat, stylish, and festive: Make sure all your gifts are wrapped this way with a personal concierge service

As the founder of Lerner Concierge, Danni Lerner’s diverse background includes working as a postpartum doula, providing household support for families after the arrival of a baby, restaurant hospitality, event planning and childcare. During the holidays, Lerner offers unique gift buying ideas, personal shopping, gift wrapping, delivering gifts or returning unwanted ones.

Greater Boston Area
$55 per hour
lernerconcierge@gmail.com
978-509-4142

Hands of Time Concierge

Before launching Hands of Time Concierge, which was originally just a pet-sitting service, Carolyn Kraut ran a software consultancy and worked in fashion merchandising. A Boston resident, Kraut gives her clients time to spend with their family during the holidays by taking care of the gift shopping, wrapping and delivery. Kraut can also create personalized and curated gift baskets, address holiday cards and invitations, and make item returns for clients post-holidays.

Greater Boston Area
$55 per hour, 2-3 hour packages for $50 per hour
carolyn_kraut@handsoftimeconcierge.com
617-359-6865

Good Neighbor Concierge

Good Neighbor Concierge was founded in 2011 by Susan Ho, a New York City native and multitasking pro. Her list of of skills is exceptionally long, and it includes personally shopping for holiday gifts, wrapping them, and shipping them off to where they need to go. Even if your gift shopping list is as long as Boston’s winters, Ho can take care of it.

Boston and surrounding suburbs
$40 per hour and up
617-209-9311

Fini Concierge

Photo: Lisa Czech Photography

Let a concierge deal with the gift shopping and wrapping for you.

The award-winning concierge team at Fini Concierge understands how stressful the holidays might get with relatives coming to visit, dinner parties to plan and gifts to be bought and wrapped. Their personal assistant services includes gift shopping, wrapping, shipping and delivering gifts, writing holiday cards and returning unwanted gifts.

Boston and Cape Cod
$75 per hour
info@finiconcierge.com
617-247-0043

Lisa’s Hands of Time Concierge

Operating for 17 years, Lisa’s Hands of Time, founded by Lisa Schreider, is a one-stop shop for concierge service year-round. During the month of December, Schreider and her team are available through email, text or call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Clients can request their personal assistant to shop for gifts, wrap them, hand deliver them if local, and take them to the post office, UPS or FedEx.

Boston and surrounding suburbs
$65-$85 per hour
lisa@lisashandsoftime.com
617-281-7606