I recently shared my delightfully complicated Christmas shopping habits with a toddler-mom friend. She was baffled as I foreshadowed what shopping for teenagers is really like. But she’ll be there one day, too.

Picking out Christmas gifts for teens has its fair share of challenges. For one, it becomes increasingly complex to guess their preferences—oh, and their preferences are aplenty.

Not to mention that inner Christmas elf that comes out in so many of us moms. We try our darndest to keep things a surprise, only to get aggravated because, well, our teenager can spell. Not to mention our teens are highly adept at navigating mom’s phone—and always Read more